Please check your skis (and poles)

Exploring the trails at first practice

The youngest skiers (Polar Bears) should all have 'no-wax' skis, with a fish scale pattern on the base.  No need to check these.  The older kids are on 'combi' skis, and we use grip tape to provide grip during the first three classical technique practices.

Please check the condition of the grip tape on your skis.  There should be red grip tape on the base, on both sides of the groove, covering about the middle third of the ski.  Sometimes the grip tape comes off, especially if the skis are used in icey conditions (like we had earlier in the year).  If the grip tape has worn off, take your skis to Bluedog or get them to me (485-0876) for a new application of grip tape before the next practice.

Also, some of the ski poles got mixed up at the first practice, and a few people couldn't find theirs afterwards.  Bring whatever you have to the next practice, and we will get them sorted out.

The snowmobile is getting repaired and we should be able to groom more tracks for the next practice.  Let's hope we get more snow than rain.  Thanks for a fun time on Monday.