Evening snowboard maintenance?

On the road: Paste wax and a gummi stone.

At home: Mill file and guide, diamond stone, steel scraper, hot wax
and plastic scrapers.

I have all the tools, tuned over 1,000 snowboards at the store where
I used to work, and still take my board in ONCE a year for a edge
sharp.
I then carefully check the nose and tail for 20 degree bevel, put it
back in if it's gone, and wax it.
Since I only board 10 times a year lately, I don't need waxing with
the lower end base I use on my 5 boards.
Sintered 2000, maybe wax every 3 days, if you pile up the mileage.
Anything higher grade, more often waxing.
Keep edges dry!

Ed Chilada wrote:
For the first time I've got my own snowboard and so I won't be hiring.
So all of a sudden I care about the board! What sort of maintenance do
people do each evening back in the hotel? What sort of stuff do I need
to buy for this?

Thanks


I don't do anything other than brush most of the snow off and lock it to
something. It's usually below freezing in board rooms anyway so it never
rusts.
I think the main thing is to make sure you dry it before putting it in a
bag before going home at the end of the trip. I've had edges rusting in
6-8 hours when I haven't dried it properly.

Octes

While pondering the Universe, (Ed Chilada) wrote
:


For the first time I've got my own snowboard and so I won't be hiring.
So all of a sudden I care about the board! What sort of maintenance do
people do each evening back in the hotel? What sort of stuff do I need
to buy for this?

Keep a small towel in the car to wipe the board down with. If you are
only using it while on vacation (ie in a hotel room) I would also bring
a structure brush and an old plastic card (something like a credit card).
A lot of times shops at resorts get sloppy when waxing and don't take
it all off or miss dimples (imperfections) in the base that accumulate
wax. Use the card at a low angle to gently remove any excess wax. Use
the structure brush after (following the pattern in the base) to finish
it off.

Sure you can bring the whole set up to wax, but I for one don't want to
travel with it for a 4 day trip. I'll usually wax at home before I go
checking on the local conditions first, and then if I need to get one
done on location.

I would *not* jump into doing your edges right off the bat - you can
easily screw things up if you don't do it right. Your first goal should
be just learning to wax the board properly.