Are tunes with variable edge angles a thing?

[Hankj]

Skiing yesterday it struck me that on the skis I was on, I wanted sharper nose to underfoot but less acute tails. More than detuning the tails would provide, like blending in a different edge angle up towards the heel.

Do tunes exist wherein the edges are for instance 3 degrees in some places but 2 degrees in others? Are there any reasons other than practical doability this would be a bad idea?

Thanks!

 

[cantunamunch]

There are things called radial tunes where the base angle changes along the ski.

But I suspect you already knew that; it's been discussed on these forums enough.

 

[Hankj]

There are things called radial tunes where the base angle changes along the ski.

But I suspect you already knew that; it's been discussed on these forums enough.

I had no idea! Thanks for the heads up, will do a bit of searching.

Why does base angle change instead of side?

 

[Philpug]

Review: - Wintersteiger Jupiter -- For an out of this world tune.

Checking out Wintersteiger's Jupiter tuning machine

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[Tom K.]

It's funny, a million years ago, back in the Age of the Straight Ski, there was a brief fling with variable base bevels. Flat underfoot fading to two at tip and tail.

But those were the dark, early years of self-ski tuning, in the early to mid 80s.

 

[James]

The Jupiter will do it.
In their demo they only vary by about 1/2 degree on the side edges.