Ski & Snowboard Tuning Process

Express Delivery Service | What is Tuning? | Tuning Options

Our Experienced Professionals & State of the Art Equipment are what makes
Ski Express the best place in Vermont to have your skis & snowboard tuned.

Our technicians will Pick-Up your Skis or Snowboard, evaluate your needs and provide a high-quality tune-up that fits your ability and ski type. We will then return your rejuvenated equipment the very next day! - Now that is SERVICE!

Equipment Tuning is specific to your ability level, equipment type & intended use. Below is general outline of the tuning process.

The integrated ski and snowboard measuring unit automatically recognizes the equipment - guaranteeing very little operator error.

The revolutionary Ceramic Disc Finish guarantees a precise edge geometry, exact grinding angles and an absolutely smooth edge surface over the total ski and snowboard length.

All relevant angle combinations can be set for the skier and boarder. Grinding with the self-sharpening Ceramic Discs gives skis and snowboards increased turning power. This means optimum skiing fun and precise carving control on hard and icy slopes. Additionally the edge sharpness even lasts longer.

The fast, innovative feed system makes the use of binding bridges unnecessary and ensures high throughputs and easy handling. Grinding in both directions provides the ability to carry out any number of side and base edge angles in one pass. This saves a huge amount of time and increases performance!

Precise Finish.
The WINTERSTEIGER Ceramic Disc Finish technology with self-sharpening grinding discs ensures precise edge geometry and a polished edge surface.

Heating element covers half of a ski width

Used primarily for base repair on telemark skis, snowboards, or any ski that cannot be run through our Skid automatic P-Tex machine

Fully computerized stone and belt grinder

Infinitely adjustable stone structure with high quality diamond cutting tool

Stone can be configured to tune snowboards or skis, and can also be configured to have different structures on different halves of the stone. This allows one side to be used to remove material on base high skis, while the other side can be used to put a finish structure into the base of the ski.

Feed wheel is in three segments which enables more pressure to be applied to different areas of a snowboard. This is mainly used to create a base edge bevel on snowboards

Four different structure patterns possible on the stone:

1. Cross pattern- most commonly used structure. With this structure, the water crystals are directed to the sides and tail of ski evenly so that there is no specific left or right ski
   
   
2. Cross pattern tilted left or right- same as above but the pattern is tilted so that water is directed to one side. This is often used when racing to create a specific left and right ski
   
   
3. Linear pattern- used in a downhill application, where the ski is primarily going straight down the hill

If that is not enough for you, leave your skis overnight in our custom Heat Box. Just $15.00, this includes four layers of hot wax and an overnight stay in our temperature regulated box, which allows the wax to penetrate deep into your bases. Your skis are then hand scraped and brushed to give you the smoothest and fastest bases out there.