True hard alu-oxide grinding stones used for base flattening while being applied leave behind a basic, permanent structure, either fine or medium coarse, which is suitable for the snow condition at the turn of fall and winter as well as for mid-winter (new snow, low temperatures), or a coarse structure, fitting the snow conditions which rule at the turn of winter and spring (wet snow, milder winter climate).
Stone flattening and structuring is usually performed once a year, before the skiing season. Permanent medium coarse structure applied improves gliding conditions of skis or a snowboard and facilitates handling them.
If there’s fresh, dry snow on slopes, or it’s overfrozen (technical), during the friction (glide) there’s not formed enough water under a ski or a board. Appropriate amount of water and glide improvement under such conditions could be achieved through a fine structure put on a ski base , of course, along with proper hot waxing. Contrary to it, wet spring snow leaves under a ski or a board escessive amount of water and the skis without a structure or convenient wax creates no glide but suction. To prevent such a suction there’s applied a coarse structure which works for the skis or the snowboard like winter tire pattern.
Ski Base Flattener & Structure Tool
