I’m slowly emerging from the worst illness I can ever remember having. Fever for several days, topping out at 103.5, and a throat that looked like this.  And as I emerge, I’m realizing that we’re pretty looking at ski season. NOW. I ground a big batch of World Cup skis for the USST while they were here for their September camp, and sent them back to Utah on the 10th. Peter Hale brought a carload of Madshus skis up to fill the space that the USST skis left.

This is the time of year when it’s tempting to say that things look really busy, but when I also don’t want to scare anybody away from sending skis, because I know it’ll only get worse later. The best reason to get grinding done early this year is that I’m leaving for several weeks in mid-november. I’ve got some business to attend to back East, and will carry-on to Sweden and Finland for the Gaellivare and Kuusamo World Cups the last two weekends in November before returning December 1. This means that I need to have all pre-season skis in the shop before the first of November, without question. Start planning!