New to snowboarding, and I already have a good idea on what I need for waxing thanks to help from Bandito and others here.
For tuning I've read:
1) get an 'edge guide'. Some of these edge guides are adjustable, some fixed. Some are for Side Edge or Base Edge only. Side Edge more important to sharpen/tune than base edge. Base of snowboard will be ground down when sharpening base edge, so do only if necessary
2) use diamond stone (or gummi stone) first, to de-burr, then a normal file to sharpen, then finer grit diamond stone to polish?
3) my board comes from factory with 90 degree bevel on both side and edge, and that for recreational riding that should be fine to keep it that way without changing the angles
4) de-tune tip and tail to make less 'catchy'
5) every time you tune you take a little metal off, can't get it back, so only tune when necessary
amazing resource here: http://www.alpinecarving.com/tuning.html#edges
So what do you guys use / how often? Do you notice increase in performance?