How to Sharpen skis

What you will need• Skis • File • Rubber band

Hold down the bindings • Grip both rubber tips of the binding and pull up to get them out of the

way

Hook rubber bands around a binding• While still holding down the binding, hook the rubber bands around

one of them and keep the binding down

Secure binding • Bring the rubber bands around and hook them on the other side to

keep the binding secure without having to hold them

Sharpen the skis • either using a vice grip or a steady hand, keep your skis stable and

place the file on the tail end of your skis • slowly run the file along the whole edge using constant pressure• repeat this step several times until satisfied

Flip skis and repeat• flip your skis to the other side and repeat the process, starting the file

at the tail end and slowly dragging it across to the tip, keeping a constant pressure and direction

Check your edge• after several passes on each side carefully scrape the back of your

hand across the edge to judge its sharpness. be careful not to cut yourself while you do this. if it is still dull it will feel smooth, with a sharp ski will scrape a little bit of skin off

Have fun on the slopes!