I've had it w/ Volkls

[Timberridge]

Our 3rd pair in ~ 7 years that has started to delaminate at the tail. 2 pairs of Kenjas, 1 pair of Mantras. Also, they all developed intermittent bumps along the base next to the edges that make any touch ups of base bevel in those spots an interesting proposition.

About 3 years into owning is when I notice this. I have a stable of Armada, 4FRNT, and J skis, all same age or older and treated the same way and none of them have this issue.

Skis are skied, taken home inside a car, brought into the house, racked to dry and then skied again. They're not sitting in a puddle of water. I do all my own work on them so they're not getting hit with heat from a bad grinding job or some shop weirdness.

Yeah I can fix this with a bunch of clamps and epoxy, but wtf Volkl?

[SumJongGuy]

Praxis RX

[Timberridge]

And they have nicer topsheets.

[PeachesNCream]

Did you buy the regular Mantra or the V-werks Mantra? I think the non-delaming topsheet is only a feature on the V-werks

[Timberridge]

The regular Mantra. Volkl should include a couple packs of Hardmans and some c-clamps with every pair.

[mall walker]

Praxis RX

It's staggering how useless you are as a poster. Can't you at least stay the hell out of tech talk / slide zone? You contribute absolutely nothing here, 100% white noise, you aren't even funny. You can't even manage to get the Praxis RX bit right. Just go away.

[stuntmanbo]

Did you buy the regular Mantra or the V-werks Mantra? I think the non-delaming topsheet is only a feature on the V-werks

Well I don't have enough time on all my volkls, but one pair of 100Eights I had delaminated, and my pair of Kendo may be starting also.
No problem so far with the 3 pairs of V-Werks I'm using for the past years ...

We'll see.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

It's staggering how useless you are as a poster. Can't you at least stay the hell out of tech talk / slide zone? You contribute absolutely nothing here, 100% white noise, you aren't even funny. You can't even manage to get the Praxis RX bit right. Just go away.

He may not know a goddam thing about a goddam thing, but at least he has opinions.

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[SumJongGuy]

It's staggering how useless you are as a poster. Can't you at least stay the hell out of tech talk / slide zone? You contribute absolutely nothing here, 100% white noise, you aren't even funny. You can't even manage to get the Praxis RX bit right. Just go away.

How much have you added to the the discussion at hand with personal attacks? No wonder you have no more ban hammer. Go walk up a hill or shoot your guns or something else useless.

[Timberridge]

I just came here to vent and get sympathy.

[SumJongGuy]

I've found that a rivet or ground down sheet metal screw helps hold together reguled tips and tails

[t-the-east]

What did you do with all the free time you created by not typing the whole word “with”?

[Timberridge]

^^The epoxy was the fast set kind and I wanted to get the clamps on.

[jasmap]

Yep. We've ditched 2 pair of Volkls the last couple of seasons for similar reasons. Especially the Kenjas.

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[ACH]

Huh...

You (TR) obviously aren’t alone, I’ve heard this from others too. The weird thing for me is that I have a number of Volkls in the quiver including Mantras and BMT’s, beat on them daily, no delams.

[bry]

New Mantra 102s might be worth the delam risk. Loving them.

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[Danno]

How much have you added to the the discussion at hand with personal attacks? No wonder you have no more ban hammer. Go walk up a hill or shoot your guns or something else useless.

he has no more ban hammer voluntarily. He wanted to ban lots of you people, but didn't.

[SumJongGuy]

he has no more ban hammer voluntarily. He wanted to ban lots of you people, but didn't.

Lots of people resign "voluntarily" from things they weren't cut out for. If his first instinct is to follow around people attacking them and insulting them... ya, best to give up that position..

[mall walker]

Lots of people resign "voluntarily" from things they weren't cut out for. If his first instinct is to follow around people attacking them and insulting them... ya, best to give up that position..

I didn't spend any time badgering you (or anyone) as mod, it seemed inappropriate. Though I can't deny I relish the fact that now there's nothing stopping me from telling you what a worthless blight you are on this place. Almost 5 thousand posts, can you point to a single good one? Have you skied even one run with anyone from here? Stop posting.

[Danno]

I didn't spend any time badgering you (or anyone) as mod, it seemed inappropriate. Though I can't deny I relish the fact that now there's nothing stopping me from telling you what a worthless blight you are on this place.

that right there is funny.

[gaijin]

Don't store your skis on their tails. This isn't unique to Volkl.

"But I should be able to stand my skis up in the corner."
"Okay, then why don't you store them standing upside down in their tips... you know, the part of the ski actually designed to take the blunt force of abuse?"

Skis should be stored horizontally, or off the ground and hung by the binding.

[nickwm21]

Don't store your skis on their tails. This isn't unique to Volkl.

"But I should be able to stand my skis up in the corner."
"Okay, then why don't you store them standing upside down in their tips... you know, the part of the ski actually designed to take the blunt force of abuse?"

Skis should be stored horizontally, or off the ground and hung by the binding.

There is nothing wrong with skis being stored on their tails. If a ski is so fragile it can’t hold up to its own weight on its tail, the ski is the issue, not the storage method.


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[SumJongGuy]

Have you skied even one run with anyone from here?

Yes.

[SumJongGuy]

Almost 5 thousand posts, can you point to a single good one? .

You're an asshole
^^^^One good post!
Done with your bullshit callouts in this thread, Like you said, tech talk. Practice what you preach and STFU.

[One (+) Sentence]

I've found that a rivet or ground down sheet metal screw helps hold together reguled tips and tails

Don’t do this. Epoxy and clamps or move on to a different brand. FWIW, I have found doing this one time with good epoxy to be a relatively permanent fix (at least until I don’t own the skis anymore.)