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Almost Normal!
Our grind tally for the season to date is somewhere above 1200, which was our business plan projection for the entire season. We’ve been working pretty hard here! Last Wednesday I stayed up until midnight finishing our final pre-Thanksgiving batch so that we could take Thanksgiving day off. We woke up to groomed trails at […]
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Another Coaching Diversion
Here’s a longish video documenting Noah’s final pre-travel technique camp, early November ’11.
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New Materials!
On Friday morning the shipment of new stones and assorted grinder materials finally cleared customs, and I sent Noah off to pick up a really cool John Deere crate (!?!?!). I did feel some remorse over sending an Aspen kid into the wilds of the industrial environs near Logan airport in Boston. But he made […]
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Small Status Update
With many thanks to Wayne Johannson we managed to finish a huge batch of skis over the weekend, and now we’re working on sorting and shipping 500 (+/-) pairs. We’re already cranking on the next batch. Our new grind stones are in Boston, and being processed by customs. We will be cranking along continuously now, […]
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Big Status Update
We’ve been sort of quiet on the website lately. It’s not because we don’t have anything to say. As usual, this time of year, it’s because we don’t have a lot of free time to say it. Ski season has definitely arrived. A brief history of Caldwell Sport mark II (abridged) We moved from Boulder […]
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A small coaching diversion
Kris came to drop off some skis last week, and we grabbed the opportunity to work on some classic sprint speed. In particular, he wanted to address the running gear where he gets his butt kicked on steep uphills. We had a little bit of fun with the session.
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Hard at work (edit)
We’ve got everything set-up and rolling in our new location. Minor technical difficulties with our web host are preventing me from posting photos for the moment, but we an link to youtube videos! Our work schedule is a little bit behind because we’re waiting for some new grind stones from Sweden. The materials we have […]
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Madshus testing in New Zealand
The US Ski Team men have recently returned from their annual on-snow camp in New Zealand. It’s a long trip, but New Zealand provides true mid-winter conditions and a great training environment, and the guys have found the camp to be very valuable. It also provides a great opportunity for testing new skis prior to […]
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Salomon Visit
I have recently returned from visiting Salomon headquarters in Annecy, France, and selecting skis at the Amer factory in Altenmarkt. While Salomon is a leading brand in the ski industry, they are a young ski company by any measure. Their brief history in the ski manufacturing game is quite instructive. When you visit a ski […]
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Salomon!
I have previously hinted that we would be carrying a third brand of skis this year. We’ve finally got the arrangements mostly made for another trip to Europe, this time to visit the Salomon company headquarters in Annecy, France, and to pick skis in Altenmark, Austria. Working with a ski brand represents a big commitment […]
