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BurritoA few years ago I moved to a town (Santa Cruz, CA) with a single shop that I absolutely do not trust with my gear. It's one of those weird, bargain-basement spots that sells patio furniture in the summer. With no other option I did my first paper template self-mount that season. It's a little nerve racking at first, but at the end of the day it's not that hard...and you'll only have yourself to blame if you fuck it up.
BigNolJust got mine back mounted true center... and they mounted one ski backwards😐
BurritoA few years ago I moved to a town (Santa Cruz, CA) with a single shop that I absolutely do not trust with my gear. It's one of those weird, bargain-basement spots that sells patio furniture in the summer. With no other option I did my first paper template self-mount that season. It's a little nerve racking at first, but at the end of the day it's not that hard...and you'll only have yourself to blame if you fuck it up.
mystery3Helm of Sun Valley I assume? I only dealt with the San José location and with that limited experience there's no way I'd have taken skis there for anything.
BurritoThat's the one. I don't want to bad-mouth them too much since I never actually game them a chance, but the five minutes I spent in the store did not inspire any semblance confidence.
cydwhitThinking about writing about ski shops and how unacceptable it is that they mess up ski mounts so much. Has this happened to you? If so, how did they mess up, and how did they go about making their mistake right with you? And have you noticed a difference between local ski shops and big box stores?
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EndoCrocI dropped my skis off today for a remount. I have on3p Jeffries and I set them on the counter and the employees exact words were “I haven’t seen these before, how do you pronounce (the name) of this brand” after I told him and laughed nervously I set my boots on the counter, dalbello kryptons and he goes “huh, they look like full tilts” which in a sense they do. I’m posting this on this thread because after reading your guys stories it’s got me nervous. Lol pray for me
Way*MoI want to know how many skis out there exist with at least one of the holes stripped and effectively not helping secure the binding to the ski. I have mounted multiple pairs of my own skis, used a drill press to insure they holes were vertical, and taken care when threading in the screw and still had several strip. I’ve rectified my errors by inserting a quiver killer or heli-coil on the bad hole. But I can imagine a lot of these bad techs regularly strip a hole and think “Ah well, there is three more”.
Way*MoI want to know how many skis out there exist with at least one of the holes stripped and effectively not helping secure the binding to the ski. I have mounted multiple pairs of my own skis, used a drill press to insure they holes were vertical, and taken care when threading in the screw and still had several strip. I’ve rectified my errors by inserting a quiver killer or heli-coil on the bad hole. But I can imagine a lot of these bad techs regularly strip a hole and think “Ah well, there is three more”.
KilaTsunamiIt happened to my friend. He made a big stink about it and they fixed it for free lol. He always doin the most
WisconsinDogfartGo to ERIKs. mine called me asking if i wanted my honeybadgers center or recomended. they did a great job mounting the binding too, no volcanoeing.
DeebieSkeebiessome pretty salty individuals who commented on the FB link that was shared haha, maybe get better at your jobs and stop messing shit up??
cydwhitRight!? Glad I’m not the only one who feels that way. Comments seem to be full of the techs who talk down to me and then leave random holes in my skis.
.nastyThere is no place in this industry for “cool guy” types who talk down to people. It’s just a huge pet peeve of mine, and is overall not a proper way to conduct business.
Even though I consider myself a very proficient ski tech, we are always learning new things every day, no matter how big or small
No.QuarterThe last time I got skis mounted in a shop they didn't adjust the AFD height and I didn't notice until I was standing on top of the ridge and could rock my toe up and down in the binding, made it down the sketchy early season chute and got to a bench with a screwdriver and saw that the FP was incorrect as well.
anders_aif you didnt get a printout, they didnt test it
SPK_I was reading all those threads about messed up mounts and was half laughing because I had left skis in the shop to be mounted, but I felt like yeah, these things only happen to others right? Haha. Plus the shop I left my gear at has a strong reputation in the freestyle scene over here, so I thought no way my Chronics would get messed up, like wrong way or mounted at -5. I mean the tech seemed really experienced and attentive, he actually called me when the bindings I swapped couldn't fit on my old rock skis, so I brought other bindings and he was really careful when he checked to see if they could fit and where. Fast forward I get home with my new skis and thoroughly inspect whether I get to make yet another thread on NS or not, and you guessed it, here I am.
I got to say I have rather the opposite problem of people here: I got my skis mounted center, when there's still the sticker on them saying "Reco". I can understand why the tech would assume I might want them centered looking at my setup (it's like a cliché: Full Tilts, Pivots, Line skis, Newschoolers stickers on my old skis...). I'm still unsure whether it's worth it to unleash my inner Karen or not. I was heavily undecided where I wanted to mount them, considering I skied centered park skis as dailies for years without any problem, but eventually went with -3 as recommended. I'm still appalled this has happened, but I'm not that mad since there was a 50% chance I would've wanted them centered anyway. But still, it does not only happen to others...
StaticHow did they fix it? Brand new skis? Anything less and they didn't.
KilaTsunamiI just meant they remounted them where he wanted them (centered). They were Line Chronics. I actually rode them and loved them. We both couldn't tell it was remounted. They filled the holes i think too...,,,. The more I elaborate, the worse this all actually sounds hahaha damn. We were young tho. Is remounting really that terrible for a ski?
DensecloudsIf they're your own pair of skis that you never plan to sell, one or two remounts shouldn't have MUCH if any noticeable effect. If the holes are too close it could risk your binding ripping out, but the chances are low. As far as resale value goes I'd say a mount is the equivalent to 50K miles on a car. A ski with 1 mount would be like buying a car w/ 50k miles. 2 mounts = 100k etc.. You wouldn't ideally buy a car w/ over 150-200k +(unless its a yota) as you're likely going to run into issues sooner than later..
Matthewbyrne1Yes. Recently I got my new Vishnu wide plus mounted. I had marker griffons which I purchased at the shop, very well reputable around the area I might add. Had them center mounted which they had no issues with and they shouldn’t considering the ski was built to be mounted that way. 3rd day on snow the back piece ripped straight out of the ski. I do ski fairly hard but I take good care of my equipment. Anyways take it back and they basically blame the ski company and told me it was a common issue with the brand which is bs. Talked to the owner emmet and he told me the issue is extremely rare and unlikely and I personally have never had any issues similar or herd of any before with them. Takeaway mount your own skis or get a shop you really trust.
.nastyAfter reading this thread I guess we'll have to open up stores country wide!! hahah
.nastyThat’s not true, some shops (like us) use the Vermont calibrator which isn’t a machine that prints out results.
SFBv420.0before ya go buy new shops maybe spend a little loot on a REAL binding testing machine
vrs. 45 year old antiquated technology that isnt subject to user error or varibilities
