Start Haus Ski News
Welcome to another week of our Tahoe Ski News blog post, where we share ski conditions, racing info, ski events, wax calls and ski deals every Friday.
Send your race, ski event or results to website@starthaus.com. with the headline: Tahoe Ski News to get them listed here each week.
Another dusting of cold smoke is on the ground and the skiing continues to be fantastic here in Tahoe - if you're not here you're missing out!
We're excited to be nominated by Skiing Business for Most Knowledgeable Staff, Most Innovative, Best Backshop: Ski Tuning and Best Backshop: Bootfitting! We've taken wins in Best Backshop: Ski Tuning, best Backshop: Bootfitting, and Most Knowledgeable Staff in the past, so keep your fingers crossed for us.
In ski racing and competition news, Far West Skiing has Ski Cross coming up at Squaw Valley on January 12-13 and 19-20. U10/U12 Juniors will be racing at Sugar Bowl January 12-13. The Tahoe League Race Series is heading to Auburn Ski Club January 12-13. Far West Masters head to Sierra at Tahoe this weekend as well. At Northstar, the U.S. Revolution Tour brings halfpipe, slopestyle and cross events on January 13-18. USASA Rail Jam and Slopestyle are on tap at Boreal.
Wax calls for this weekend at Sugar Bowl: Holmenkol Beta Mix, Swix CH8, Toko Red, and Dominator Race Zoom.
Have you shopped our ski sale section lately? We've got a few great deals left - but they're going fast, so don't miss out!
In other shop news, 2013 skis and ski equipment are selling out fast this season, so if you have your eye on a new pair of skis, boots binding or other ski gear, you come in to the store or go to www.starthaus.com and grab it!
If the ski your after is gone, or you need help finding the right ski for you, we've got a ski buyers guide and three new ski comparisons: all mountain ski comparison, big mountain ski comparison and powder ski comparison.
Don’t forget about “Find Phil on the Hill.” We’ll post what Phil will be wearing and where he’s skiing on our Facebook page, and the first 2 people to find him will get prizes!
Get to know the Start Haus
Stan Eriksson
Stan, one of our head ski technicians at the Start Haus, has been in the ski industry for decades. He's been racing and tuning skis since he was 14 years old, competing on Peugeot Tour and the Coors Tour in dual slalom and dual GS, winning at Bear Valley in the early 1980s. He was racing and working on skis at the same time as Jim Schaffner, the store's founder, and has been with the Start Haus for 3 seasons. There's nothing Stan can't do with skis, specializing in special waxes and even cross country skis - he can get your skis tuned just the way you want them. In the summer, Stan sails on Lake Tahoe, fishes and hikes.