Ski tuning services
Winter is pretty long here in Vermont, so we’re adding ski services to expand our menu during the non-bike months. The shop owner, Ben, has been a skier as long as he’s been a cyclist – having done both since his age was single digits. We hope to bring the same care and attention to your skis that we’ve been providing for your bikes.
We offer complete tuning services, including base grinds for flattening and structure, and sharpening of edges to your liking. Our offerings below are hand-tuning services, all done with top-grade tools.
Alpine services are listed first, with Nordic (cross country) below. Backcountry nordic skis with edges will be tuned as alpine skis if edge maintenance is requested.
Please also review our metal edge notes at the bottom of the page!
Alpine (downhill) services
Tunes
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Hot wax $25/$30/$40
Iron-in hot wax. Prices in order are for all-conditions wax, then Swix Temperature-specific PS waxes, then finally Swix HS high-speed temperature specific waxes. Talk to us if you want to use waxes that cost more than a dollar a gram; we will use Swix TS waxes upon special request (price not listed for TS or similar race waxes).
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Basic hand tune $50
Our basic "tune." Side edges will be filed and deburred, base edges will be deburred and touched-up. We'll also let you know if your base bevels are uneven or if they've changed. We'll finish off with an ironed-in all-conditions hot wax.
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Pretty nice hand tune $65
A step up from our basic, inlcudes all basic edge work with added diamond polishing of edges. Temperature-specific Swix Performance Speed wax will be ironed in.
Add-ons
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Base grind $60
For ski bases in rough shape, we can take your skis back to flatness with a fresh grind as a starting point.
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Sidewall trimming $30
If you really want it, we'll do it. This is normally associated with more aggressive edge angles on skis, where you want the most grip and performance. This is required work if you want edge angles past two degrees.
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Base repairs $75/hr
Base repairs will be done using a plastic welder, then hand-blended back to the existing base.
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Set base angle $40
A service for new skis, freshly-flattened skis (i.e., base ground), or those wanting to increase the base angle. These will be filed to the set angle, then diamond polished to 400 grit. For base angles more than one degree, reasonable matching edge angles generally require sidewall trimming as well. For decreasing base angle, a base grind must be included.
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Base wax prep $15
Iron-in, temperature-specific base prep wax. We use Swix BP waxes; BP77, BP88, or BP99 depending on temperature.
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Mirror-edge polishing $30
Additional base and edge polishing with diamond stones. Side edges will be polished out to 1000 grit.
Nordic (cross country) services
Tunes
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Hot wax $20/$25/$35
Iron-in hot wax. Prices are for all-conditions wax, then Swix Temperature-specific PS waxes, then finally Swix HS high-speed temperature specific waxes. Talk to us if you want to use waxes that cost more than a dollar a gram; we will use Swix TS waxes on special request (price not listed for TS or similar race waxes). Kick zone will be excluded from hot wax.
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Classic prep and wax $30/$35/$40
Iron-in hot wax on glide zones, old kick wax removed, base kick wax and "today's wax" put on kick zone. (Ask if you only want base kick wax!) For "waxless" or "fish scale" skis, Toko Express Grip and Glide (or equivalent Maxiglide wax) will be applied in the kick zone area.
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Seasonal clean-up prep & wax (classic) $40/$45/$50
A discount on combined services, this includes a base wax prep for cleaning the base, and the classic wax and prep tune.
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Seasonal clean-up prep & wax (skate) $30/$35/$45
A discount on combined services, this includes a base wax prep for cleaning the base, and a hot wax. Tiered pricing for wax type.
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Kick zone cleaning & wax $15
Removal of all old kick wax and application of "today's" kick wax.
Add-ons
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Base repairs $75/hr
Base repairs will be done using a plastic welder, then hand-blended back to the existing base.
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Base wax prep $15/$25
Iron-in, temperature-specific base prep wax. We use Swix BP waxes; BP77, BP88, or BP99 depending on temperature. First price is for add-on to another tune, second price is stand-alone price.
Metal edge note
Metal edge skis can take a lot of abuse, from hitting rocks to damage from terrain park features. If you bring in skis that are primarily used in terrain parks, it is likely the edges will be beyond reasonable repair, especially directly underfoot.
FOR SKIS WITH TERRAIN PARK EDGE DAMAGE, WE WILL NOT RETURN SKIS TO A SHARP EDGE. We will discuss these tunes with the customer, but we will clean up and deburr the edges, look for cracks, and clean up tip and tail edges if these services are requested.
FOR SKIS WITH ROCK (OR OTHER) ISOLATED EDGE DAMAGE, WE WILL NOT GRIND OUT ALL SIGNS OF DAMAGE. Ski edge materials are only a few millimeters in section, and it is possible to incur edge damage that consumes a considerable amount of that thickness. These damaged areas, usually including only a few centimeters of edge, will still be visible as damaged even though the remainder of the edges have been sharpened. We believe that removing the amount of edge material required to get a perfect-appearing edge will compromise the ski’s integrity.