Mr. Polonia

http://www.snowboardingforum.com/boa...rd-repair.html

this just seems a little confusing to me.

ok im not a park rat but i do enjoy flying off kickers and do an occasional box here and there but most of my time is spent carving on the steeps.
where i do most of my riding, the snow is icey and hard packed so good edge hold would be ideal *duh* but then again I dont want my edges to be too Un-forgiving...

Snowolf said:
For a good all around and more forgiving edge, you could go with a 1 degree base bevel and a 90 degree edge bevel that will give you a corner of 91 degrees which is very forgiving for learning on and can easily be changed to a more aggressive edge as you progress

WTF???

so now im looking at file guides to buy but one says 1 degree on it and one says 88:
http://www.swixshop.com/mm5/merchant...ix-file-guides

Just dont get it with all these dif angles. Can someone Dumb-ify this for me please???

HELP

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redlude97

make sure you are looking at file guides for the base and the side edge. They are different and usually aren't interchangeable. In general I would leave base bevels to an experienced shop and only tune side bevels

Mr. Polonia

a side bevel angle is the angle in relation to the base of the board or in relation to the base angle already beveled

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redlude97

base of the board. ie an 88 degree side edge bevel is 88 degrees to the base of the board, but the effective angle with a 1 degree base bevel is 89 degrees and with a 2 degree base bevel is 90 degrees.

Mr. Polonia

ok so for every degree u put in on the base angle, that one degree gets added to the side bevel angle all together?

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