 Poster: A snowHead
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I've got a couple of pairs of skis that need edging and waxing and some minor scratches removing. Locally, in Somerset I can have it done for £20 a pair. The chap that does it also runs 3 hour courses in which you service two pairs of your own skis.........for £60. Seems like a plan. Has anyone done one of his courses,he's based in Taunton? Also is 3 hours enough to become half proficient?
Cheers.
(He's probably a Snowhead and is reading this  )
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sounds like a great shout, does he do snowboards as well or just skis?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@trainee snowboard jedi,
Snowboards as well.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Sorry, can't give you any insight but sounds like a good excuse for me and the Mrs to get some time away from the kids!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm probably going to book in the first or second week of Jan. Max 3 to a course. Anyone else fancy it then?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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You service your own skis and pay for the privalege...
Genious!
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@Downhill Sailor, Crikey, that's rather negative 
If someone locally can teach me to do a good job of servicing my and my family's skis for a reasonable price.......seems good to me.
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@sequoiaboard, have you looked on you tube?
The basic stuff really isn't hard to do.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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@Mosha Marc, I see your point,but if someone just down the road is prepared to hold my hand and take me through it all, with less chance of wrecking my and my family's skis,got to be worth thinking about. they do need servicing and at the mo I don't have the kit.
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| Downhill Sailor wrote: |
You service your own skis and pay for the privalege...
Genious! |
A friend of mine builds huge log cabins for a living.He runs two courses every year, log cabin building. He uses his paid to work labour to do the bulk of the work on big commissions . Up to twelve people working their butts off for two weeks for him, and paying for the privilege to do so. Again, genius. 
Ultimately his trainees, his customers and he are all happy.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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At £60 I would definitely do this course, I spend that on servicing my 3 boards every season, so to know how to do it would be a real win. The only thing putting me off is the location as it's a fair trek from where I live. Being a technical numpty, being shown and being able to ask questions would be a lot better for me personally than Youtube.
As the saying goes, give a man a fish and he can give his family a meal, teach a man to fish and he can feed his family forever. Or something like that.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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give a man a fish and he can give his family a meal, teach a man to fish and he can feed his family forever
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...and teach a man to trade Fish derivatives on the futures market and he can dine on high-end Sushi for the rest of time.
But yeah, I just invested in a 2nd hand servicing kit as we've got 2 boards and a set of skis which need some loving.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Richard_Sideways, ummmmm sushi....unfortunately I'll never understand derivatives.....pie and a pint for me then! Where did you get your servicing kit from? Where did you learn to use it?
@ricfrench, Thanks for the steer, but Notts is still a fair trek, I'm in Bucks (stockbroker belt apparently, shame I ain't one of them....)
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