 Poster: A snowHead
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Appreciate views and experience of getting skis serviced in France. We are going to Vallandry (Les Arc).
Whilst no expert I manage to service my skis at home, takes me a while but at least I take care!
Never entrusted a ski shop to servicing, but appreciate views, are they to be trusted ?
And any specific recommendations or warnings for servicing in Vallandry appreciated.
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No idea about Vallandry but friend who has skis usually drops them off at the local (TO) recommended ski hire shop for a quick once over. He's never complained about the job not being done well.
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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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allthegearnoidea Assuming you're talking about edge & wax, how long are you out for? Unless April, or certainly later in the season when more frequent waxing may be beneficial due to snow conditions, why bother for a couple of weeks.. will servicing make any difference to your skiing..... at €XX a throw?
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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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Jivebaby ^^ The majority wouldn't notice if all their tyres were 10lb down... the more astute may notice if only one was 10lb down - not many these days though I'd venture to say.
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allanm, Waxing is probably more important now as the snow is so cold it is very aggressive, ie. sharp crystals, so you will notice that there is a lack of wax.
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have had my boards edged waxed in a couple of the ski shops in vallandry around JImys Bar and Maxima all seem much of a muchness, drop em in at the end of the day on way home or to the bar and collect on way to lift in the morning
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cheztichot : you waxed the edges !?!?!?! wow... or you meant as in the end of season sole reconditioning+waxing with coating on edges for the summer of season storage ?
As for the servicing in the reosrts, if you are in one of the Bourg Saint maurice Peripherical resorts (Killy, Paradiski, St Foy... etc...) I would recommend to ask the shop if they do it on site or if they send everything down the valley to be done overnight... which appears surprinsingly common practice...
I still do not know who is handling the planks down in the Bourg Saint Maurice area though.
If anybody knows, please advise.
As for Les Arcs I have been told there is a workshop next to one fo the smaller parking areas which does an amazing job. Cannot remember neither the name nor the place... and for Bourg Saint Maurice as such, there is a relatively good team at Intersports. They even gave a quick re-touch for free when I migrated from Tignes to Courchevel.
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