I do my own edges, hot wax my own skis and monitor and maintain my bindings. I was an advanced level to expert level skier and, as in everything I do, do my own wrenching. I am working my way back up to newer equipment, but the cost of skiing is very prohibitive to a senior on a fixed income. Two years ago upon retirement, I was able to get back into skiing and once again… I was chasing down used and older equipment to get me back into the sport I loved. The binding springs were released and they were oiled and cleaned and all properly stored and put away in storage for well over a decade. I did trade/work once for a brand new pair of K2 Merlin V’s with Tyrolia Td8 diagonals back in the early 00’s and only skied them twice before leaving the mountains. I still today service and maintain my skis regularly and my bindings (religiously) at the beginning and end of every ski season. I found many treasures over the years and have always mounted and service my own gear for my 50+ years of skiing. Where I have never been rich enough to own brand new gear, every 5 years of so, I was lucky enough to live close enough to monitor the old green dumpster in Function Junction (Whistler locals know what I mean) for almost two decades. I have been ski bumming since the 70s and am now closer to my 70s, than I feel.
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