This is just a quick one, as it’s April 25th and most of us are done with the our seasons.  Always a tough time of year…  putting the gear away for  ”next year”.  Believe it or not, there is one more reason to tune your equipment.  Summer.  Yeah, it would be too easy to stash the board(s) in the closet and say, “goodbye”, ’til next autumn when you wake ‘em up again.  Truth be told, you’ll be doing your gear and yourself a huge favor by getting one more tune on them, before “hybernation”!

The end of the season tune, or “storage tune” can be pretty important, and make next season’s start that much easier on you.  First, assess your base:  is there any significant damage that needs to be addressed-?  Now may be the time.  Get them dialed now, so that they’re ready out of the gate!   Second, get those edges set and ready.  Have them de-burred or sharpened, so when they do go on the new snow next season, they’ll actually perform for you.  Third, and most important ( and really the most easiest step,) invest a layer of  storage wax on your equiptment.  It will help prevent oxidation, or “drying”, of your base.  What’s better, you don’t even have to scrape it off!  Leave it on, and do yourself a favor and use a medium temperature range wax.  This way if “old man winter” comes knocking early and you’re in a pinch, at least you’ll have something on your base that will perform…  After you scrape it!  You can even take it a step further and “crayon’ some wax onto your edges to prevent oxidation (, in this case “rusting,”)  in them as well .

So do yourself and your equipment a favor and take a little time now, and save a whole lot of time later on when it may be a bit more valuable to you.  It may save your equipment as well!

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