For a variety of reasons I’ve got a pretty good number of un-skiable skis in the shop. Some of them are warranty returns that I get from the distributor in order to test grinds on “trash” skis before putting final structure on customer’s skis. Others are skis that end up broken in action, or in [...]

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I just returned from eight days on the road and found my shop all cleaned-up, organized, and ready to go. Most of the skis in there had even been flattened and are ready for final structure. And everything I finished before I left had been put through two cycles in the heatbox. I was visited [...]

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It sure is beautiful back East this time of year. I’m at “home” in VT after a couple of days in Lake Placid at the USST camp. I need to see to winterizing my house (anybody want to buy a really nice small place in Windham, VT?), and then I’m headed over to Manchester NH [...]

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The weather has finally changed out here. It remains nice - we’re still getting our share of sunny warm days, but it’s gotten quite a lot colder, and we’re getting regular rain as well. Other signs of Fall are evident in the shop. Plenty of work - I’ve been plugging away at a big pile [...]

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Check out www.bouldernordicsport.com to sign-up for the mailing list for the new informational magazine that Nathan has created. This is a project that he and I discussed back in the Spring as a tool for marketing the services that we provide. The marketing model in this case was to provide really good information on a [...]

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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 [...]

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I’ve been back in Squamish for 9 days, and it’s been nine nearly perfect days. I know, I know - I’ve been on about this all summer. The weather has been perfect. Whatever. But what you need to understand is that I’ve been talking up the misery of Squamish weather far and wide, and a [...]

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There has been a proliferation of little inukshuks in a couple of spots around Whistler Olympic Park. The fence at the biathlon stadium has a pretty good line-up of the things, but the original breeding ground was the area around the big inukshuk that stands near the jumps. The spectacle got compelling enough so that [...]

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I returned to Squamish yesterday from a trip back East to visit family and pick skis. The various coaches and athletes of the USST were all busy arriving at about the same time. Some drove, others flew, and they all made it in last night (aside from Chris Cook who is at a wedding) and [...]

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I made a trip to Austria in June to pick skis, but that’s old news. Recently I’ve been trying to coordinate my Fall schedule - trips back East to pick skis, Period One World Cup trip , another Austria trip, and Gunnar’s schedule around Amy’s various camps and races - it’s a bit of a [...]

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