New England Northern NH Tuner?

[Read Blinn]

A friend is staying up that way soon (somewhere in the Mount Washington Valley, I think, details forthcoming), and she has a pair of skis that need a stone grind. Does anyone know a reliable shop up that way — i.e., a place with a high-end machine and a good tech to run it.
@LiquidFeet?

 

[Read Blinn]

Details — Bartlett, NH, home of Attitash.

 

[LiquidFeet]

I no longer know people over there; moved to the other side of the state.

 

[Read Blinn]

Huh. Ok, back to square one.

Anybody?

 

[Muleski]

Stan and Dan Sports in North Conway would be one possibility. They have been around for a long time, and last I knew they did a lot of race ski tuning, and good work.
There's another shop on 302, closer to Attitash, I think called Andes. Also been doing tunes for years. I presume they're still there.
Maybe somebody with more current and local knowledge can chime in to confirm or offer up better suggestions!

 

[Read Blinn]

Stan and Dan Sports in North Conway would be one possibility. They have been around for a long time, and last I knew they did a lot of race ski tuning, and good work.
There's another shop on 302, closer to Attitash, I think called Andes. Also been doing tunes for years. I presume they're still there.
Maybe somebody with more current and local knowledge can chime in to confirm or offer up better suggestions!

It's a start — thanks!

 

[LiquidFeet]

My favorite place (in Jackson) closed down a few years back.

Yes, Stan and Dan's caters to racer kids as well as well-heeled recreational skiers.
Ande's is used by Attitash ski instructors. It's a small shop on 302, close to the mountain.
I used it once but I forget if I liked the service. I did not go back, but that may be because I started tuning my own.

 

[Dave Petersen]

A friend is staying up that way soon (somewhere in the Mount Washington Valley, I think, details forthcoming), and she has a pair of skis that need a stone grind. Does anyone know a reliable shop up that way — i.e., a place with a high-end machine and a good tech to run it.
@LiquidFeet?

You should ask @Doug Briggs - he is from North Conway. I am guessing he gets back there every once in a while.

 

[Read Blinn]

My favorite place (in Jackson) closed down a few years back.

Yes, Stan and Dan's caters to racer kids as well as well-heeled recreational skiers.
Ande's is used by Attitash ski instructors. It's a small shop on 302, close to the mountain.
I used it once but I forget if I liked the service. I did not go back, but that may be because I started tuning my own.

Thanks, LF. If it were a mere side-edge tune, I'd do that myself, but I'm not set up (pax @Jacques) for a stone grind.

 

[Read Blinn]

You should ask @Doug Briggs - he is from North Conway. I am guessing he gets back there every once in a while.

Great, thanks! I'll ask @Doug Briggs.

 

[Jacques]

Thanks, LF. If it were a mere side-edge tune, I'd do that myself, but I'm not set up (pax @Jacques) for a stone grind.

Ha ha! I have got a few pairs stone ground lately. Dangerously fast are they after lots of work But, hey, I'm in Oregon.
Always the good old sharp steel scraper method! Works good for a convex base.

 

[weatherman]

Sorry for the late addition. Been on vacation.

Stan and Dan's has the latest and greatest tuning machine. But I find working with that to be a PITA. Always busy and never know if an inexperienced staff will get your skis.

I go to Sport Thoma in Bartlett. It is staffed by the guys who were at Jack Frost in Jackson and later Frosty's in the same building they occupy today. The staff there are knowledgeable and do great work. Talk to Mark Bettencourt if he is in. Tell him what you want.

 

[Read Blinn]

Thanks. Sport Thoma in Bartlett. I'll pass it on.

 

[Wilhelmson]

Haven't had a tune at Sport Thoma but the guys in Lincoln took a few minutes to talk about ski size for my kid even though I told them I was buying used on ebay.

I owe them a purchase so when I finally buy myself a new setup I plan on stopping by.