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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 […]
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Mid Summer Update
Nobody pays much attention to the ski world in the Summer months, so we don’t spend a lot of time updating things. But we’ve been quietly toiling away at Caldwell Sport set-up, and things are taking shape. Our original plan had been to rent a shop space early in the summer and, get cranking immediately […]
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Take a breath…
Sometime between between deciding to move back to Vermont, packing the house and shop for the fourth time in four years, arriving in Vermont, unloading the truck, and departing six days later for a ski picking trip in Europe, it’s possible that Amy and I forgot to breath. I’m back now, and the list of […]
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Madshus Visit
I’ve just wrapped up a four-day visit to the Madshus factory in Biri, Norway. It was a multi-purpose trip, like all factory visits, and as usual the most important part of the visit is the opportunity to work with the people who design, build and support the skis. This is where we get an inside […]
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Unloaded, but not unpacked
We made it to Vermont, and (with thanks to the Stratton Mountain School team), got the truck unloaded in record time. Now we’re trying to sort out everything, and get ready to pick skis. We’ll pass along news as we have interesting news to pass along. But for now it’s mostly drudgery. More later…
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Picklist Brand Distribution
Distribution of new ski orders as of May 26 As we build the ski pick list for next season it’s interesting to see which skis people are ordering. Anytime I write-up a description of skis I try to maintain neutrality and focus on the strengths of a brand, while acknowledging limitations. I don’t want to […]
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Announcement
Yesterday morning we sent out the following e-mail to a list of addresses excavated from Zach’s inbox from the last six or seven years. We’ve had about 200 replies so far! It’s great to reconnect with a ton of old friends and customers, and we’re really excited by the response we’ve had to the announcement. […]
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Moving Truck is Booked
Amy has reserved a big truck to be picked-up Thursday the 26th of May. I’m nearly finished grinding the last batch of BNS skis. Anybody with nothing better to do than load a grinder into a truck in Boulder on Thursday the 26th – get in touch!
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Ski Picking
Order your new skis now! The process of learning about skis never ends, and next year’s ski picking begins with factory visits just a few weeks away, in June. Understanding skis depends on relating the sensations of skiing on snow with insight into materials and design. The skiing on snow part isn’t too hard – […]
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Reinventing Everything. Again.
Because, really, why wouldn’t I come up with a new grand unification theory just when everybody has gotten accustomed to the old way of thinking? In order to keep things interesting, I’ve been developing a new color-based system to describe conditions, and categorize skis and grinds. As always, the goal is to make the system […]
