Grind volume has tapered off since a very busy holiday rush in preparation for US Nationals and Canadian trials. I’ll be running structures as necessary, and mostly focusing on test skis and on-snow testing through the 16th. On the 17th I’ll head to Canmore for the World Cups, returning the 27th. Larry Poromaa (USST head [...]

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The Canmore trip was good - I learned a great deal - and now I’m back for some shop work. I picked up a bunch of skis in Canmore, and have some here waiting for me. I’m about to head to the shop to get things resettled after the recent construction which should have been [...]

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Well, I just couldn’t sit still. My shop is still a construction zone, and the snow up at the Callaghan took a beating in recent rain storms. So Gunnar and I will catch a flight to Calgary this afternoon to meet Amy and the CVTC crew for this weekend’s Nor Am competitions in Canmore. I’ll [...]

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I returned from Finland yesterday, and am back in BC. For the next week I’ll be getting caught up on desk work and phone calls, and hopefully getting on snow. My shop is getting finished up - new sheetrock on the ceiling, lights, a bathroom, etc. They did most of the work while I was [...]

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I’m out of the shop attending the Beitostolen and Kuusamo World Cups with the USST. I will be checking e-mail but will not be available by phone until I return to Squamish on December 4th.

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I’m back East now - currently visiting my good friends at Fischer US. Actually, Fischer and Swix, since Andy Canniff (who’s putting me up for the night) just moved from Fischer to Swix. On Wednesday I fly over to Norway for the Beitostolen World Cups where I’ll be working with the USST service staff. From [...]

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I just got home from a 15 hour day in the shop. A little better than 100 pairs finished in the last few days, and another 100+ to go in the next few days. Then I fly back East to pick skis, and continue on to Norway and Finland for World Cups. I’ll be ready [...]

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The shop is pretty much fully operational - I went ahead and put the grinder in place, wired in the power, plumbed in the air, built additional racks, cleaned some stuff up, and started grinding skis (thanks to Chris and Jesse for helping with various parts of the [...]

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The shop is coming together. Work benches are installed, the flex tester and computer have a table, I’ve plumbed air lines and wired in three-phase power. I still have to put the grinder into it’s final position (just to the right of where I stood to take the picture), but I’m waiting for contractors to [...]

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I’ve got the keys to a shop space, and have started building and installing benches. The big bits of equipment are moved, and if necessary I could be grinding skis tomorrow evening. As it stands I’m going to spend a bit more time getting things well set-up so I’m not dealing with inconvenient work-around solutions. [...]

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