How-To
Shred season is approaching homies! Get your tricks dialed before you even hit the slopes with Trick Tip Tuesday, coming at you weekly all winter long. In this episode, indulge into the insight of your boy Nima Jalali getting down with the classic Front board.
TransWorld SNOWboarding and Swix Technician Franklin Crowe team up to show you how to detune your brand new board or your newly sharpened edges.
Swix tuning expert Franklin Crowe shows you how to sharpen your edges.
Swix tuning expert, Franklin Crowe shows you how to clean up and de-burr your beat down snowboard edges using specialized tools like the diamond stone and the carbide gummy stone.
TransWorld and Swix tuning expert Franklin Crowe cover the basics of edge beveling. A must-do for firm conditions.
If you had to learn one thing about tuning your edges, it should be edge beveling.
The two-part TWS base repair class is in session. First we figure out if that base gouge is a do-it-yourself fix or do you need to take it to a shop for a baseweld? Then we have Swix tuning expert, Franklin Crowe covering how to repair gouges to your base using a lighter, two scrapers, and a p-tex candle.
Josh Dirksen explains how you can take that old board and make it into the ultimate backcountry powder getter.
A proper detuning is in order anytime you unsheath a new board. Sure, you can get by without it, but be prepared for unexpected edge hooks in the worst possible places, like say, icy cat tracks first thing in the morning, or cold steel rails on your last lap through the park. Count on it. Or follow these five steps to detuning your new board and up your odds of staying on your feet first chair to last.
