de tunning

what the hell is de tuning and is it for real or bull shit why would you want to take the sharp edge off of your board ....any opinion appreciated

Nu is right. You know when the snow is really wet and slushy how your board is squirely in the flats? That is because the tips are catching the snow and making your board ride funny. A lot of freestylers detune for extra foregiveness. Also, people detune to make their boards ease into a turn better. Don't take off too much!

The detuning process is Tecnically variable to every person. Over time you will get a feel for what you like. It is truly incorrect for a shop person to say that all people should detune one-half inch or some other specific value. The amount of detune is affected by weight, height (yes I said height for those of you who don't believe that height has any influence in snowboarding...not you Nu), style, preference, board, etc, blah blah blah. The snow conditions will affect your choice too. Go out and carve your board and see if you think it initiates or grabs into a turn too quickly. See if you hook up off jibs or jumps. See if it is trying to turn when you are riding it absulutely flat in the flats to the chair lift. If so, dull down just a bit on the tips starting from the contact points. I would say work in 1/4 or 1/8 increments. You don't need to dull much. Just knock the sharp edge off.

The board actually behaves in many different ways. I just took my brand new Andy Finch up and rode it un altered. It was not too catchy for me in carves. In fact some carvers don't like detuning. But let me elaborate on the theory so you can understand whenyou need it or don't.

The irony is that I haven't detuned my Palmer Andy Finch yet. I left out the fact that some people don't like to detune because they like the way thier board initiates, and they also don't like waste precious carving edge. I haven't noticed and problems with my Finch with no detune. Again it is all preference.

Originally posted by Andrew Are you all still working on getting some stones in?  Any ETA on them?

wow ok. learn something new everyday. i never thought bout detuning the nose and tail. sweet thanks guys.

personally i keep one of my boards rather sharp, just cuz its my b/c board and i dnt really want to detune it too much cuz there doesnt seem to be sense too, unless u guys know something i dont know bout edges in pow...

and my park board is pretty dull, which is good for rails and boxes. well and from experience this summer, my friend had to sharp of edges and caught his heel edge off the lip of a jump while tryin a bs 3 and broke his colar bone. soo its good for carvin off the lips of jumps too :).
all i know is thank god i dont live where there is ice, cuz i would be soooo confused on how my edges would need to be.
ice free is the way to be!

since we are talking with the masters, i'd like to ask that most people way not know what they should be detuning with?

i'll let the master (Brodster) reply with full details!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iP_ZywX4Zsc

if it feels like you're getting stuck and its hard to turn