skidude Posted December 6, 2005 Report Posted December 6, 2005 Hey Camelback....Give this guy a raise, hes the best shop tech in the poconos!! Mark is back...YAY Quote
mbike-ski Posted December 6, 2005 Report Posted December 6, 2005 I had some looooong RD's like those in the background - 215 Coyotes ! Quote
skidude Posted December 6, 2005 Author Report Posted December 6, 2005 Does no one else here share my love for Mark? Quote
LineSki Posted December 6, 2005 Report Posted December 6, 2005 Cant say I know the felllow, but he works at cb so I guess thats a plus Quote
steezy Posted December 6, 2005 Report Posted December 6, 2005 Hey Camelback....Give this guy a raise, hes the best shop tech in the poconos!! Mark is back...YAY nah dude Brad Sweney is the best in the poconos Quote
The_Public_Enemy Posted December 6, 2005 Report Posted December 6, 2005 I would have to agree with skidude, Mark is the best. He's saved me and my skis a couple times, as well as hooked us up with free skis to build a snow bike, haha. Quote
skidude Posted December 6, 2005 Author Report Posted December 6, 2005 Brad Sweney works at the loft? I know him as Brad (so If were talking about a different guy, lemme know). I would say Mark is the best ski repair guy, and Brad (tho I haven't had much done with him) is the best boot guy around But if you ever run out onto a problem on the hill Mark will help you out, and knows how to get the quick fixes so you can finish your day skiing. He also knows how to get the long term fixes, to save your gear. If you don't know him, and ski CB alot...He is deffinatly a good guy to get to know!!! Quote
steezy Posted December 6, 2005 Report Posted December 6, 2005 Brad Sweney works at the loft? I know him as Brad (so If were talking about a different guy, lemme know). I would say Mark is the best ski repair guy, and Brad (tho I haven't had much done with him) is the best boot guy around But if you ever run out onto a problem on the hill Mark will help you out, and knows how to get the quick fixes so you can finish your day skiing. He also knows how to get the long term fixes, to save your gear. If you don't know him, and ski CB alot...He is deffinatly a good guy to get to know!!! Yeah Brad works at the loft. He has been my go-to ski guy ever since I started skiing. He also sold me my first pair of skis.Brad defenlty is a really good boot guy but he can save your skis like no ones bussiness. I once had a 2 inch gash all the way down to the base of the ski and Brad fixed them for me by the next morning. The time he took to fix them was fine becaue I was still recovering from the fall... lol lol Quote
skigurl Posted December 6, 2005 Report Posted December 6, 2005 mark does amazing work, i've never really killed MY skis but others i know have and he really can get you back on them by the next day, if not the same day Quote
Timeless Posted December 6, 2005 Report Posted December 6, 2005 mark does amazing work, i've never really killed MY skis but others i know have and he really can get you back on them by the next day, if not the same day He did a good enough job on my board base that I gave up waxing it myself.... Quote
lurker Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 Yeah Brad works at the loft. He has been my go-to ski guy ever since I started skiing. He also sold me my first pair of skis.Brad defenlty is a really good boot guy but he can save your skis like no ones bussiness. I once had a 2 inch gash all the way down to the base of the ski and Brad fixed them for me by the next morning. The time he took to fix them was fine becaue I was still recovering from the fall... lol lol That's not really that hard of a fix, but Brad is a good guy from what I can tell. I'm pretty sure he sold me my boots. The only time I've delt with Mark, he was really friendly. It was when I ripped the heal out of my Atomic Boots. He basically gave me the tools I thought might fix it, and we tried seeing if we could screw it back on. It wasn't fixable and he kept me from wasting my time trying to fix something that couldn't be. I ended up getting a newer, upgraded pair from Atomic so that worked out great in the end. It just sucked that I didn't have my boots for about 3 weeks. Quote
sibhusky Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 They are both good guys. I would have given the nod to Brad for technical prowess, except for the complaint from Atomic, which has me worried. Mark is a SUPER SUPER guy to deal with and Siblet and I owe him a lot. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 They are both good guys. I would have given the nod to Brad for technical prowess, except for the complaint from Atomic, which has me worried. Mark is a SUPER SUPER guy to deal with and Siblet and I owe him a lot. When I dropped my skis off, i said I wanted 1degree base, 3degree side bevels, and the guy said to another worker "brad will have to do them when he gets in" I'm not sure if he just did the bevels, or or the grinding too, but my GS:9s have a low spot where they were ground down too much (it's very apparent when tuning) Quote
sibhusky Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 When I dropped my skis off, i said I wanted 1degree base, 3degree side bevels, and the guy said to another worker "brad will have to do them when he gets in" I'm not sure if he just did the bevels, or or the grinding too, but my GS:9s have a low spot where they were ground down too much (it's very apparent when tuning) I think you should have taken it up with them at the time or at least found out what exactly happened so that we have the facts and not guesses. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 I think you should have taken it up with them at the time or at least found out what exactly happened so that we have the facts and not guesses. didnt notice it until i started tuning my own gear (first time actually). I noticed looking from a side profile, you could see the side edge was thick at one point, and then got thin and then thick again, it's like they held it that spot on the grinder for longer... Quote
Papasteeze Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 FUNNY - I gave mark an ear full on Sunday, introduced him to Ridge an Nipples - gave them stickers and required them to place them prominently or I was going to hate on them online. J/K!! Any how. Nice pic dude. When I go to pick up the stuff I left off this weekend I will have to let him know he is a celebrity! Quote
skidude Posted December 7, 2005 Author Report Posted December 7, 2005 I have to go see him this weekend too. I have to have him look at something on one of my bindings, plus just say hi to him for the season. Rob, I'm sure you will get to know him real quick. Quote
Papasteeze Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 Yeah - they know me.. I was the loud mouth who bent their ears for 20 minutes or so Quote
method9455 Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 "When I dropped my skis off, i said I wanted 1degree base, 3degree side bevels, and the guy said to another worker "brad will have to do them when he gets in" I'm not sure if he just did the bevels, or or the grinding too, but my GS:9s have a low spot where they were ground down too much (it's very apparent when tuning) sweet you don't even know how the machines work (um beveling and grinding are the same operation its one machine, you set the angle, run the ski over it, turn it around, run the other side over it. repeat) but you can definately tell it was the guy in the shop who did it not you trying to tune or a manufacturing defect. Running a ski over an edger is something i learned literally my first day working in a ski shop, i'm sure some one who has worked for more than 2 weeks has spent time tuning rentals, and by the time you've done a hundred pairs of rental skis in a day you can pretty much do it in your sleep. I'm sure he didn't fuck up such a simple operation on your skis, so don't give a local shop a bad rep. Actually if you leave it on one spot too long you get a black mark on your edge from burning it, so if you had that indent it would be black as well. Which you didn't mention, thus i doubt his equipment did it. Quote
adrian Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 people coming to this thread in the future will be thoroughly confused. Quote
Zonked Posted December 9, 2005 Report Posted December 9, 2005 that trail looks pretty much perfect...I love when its all groomed like that- it kind of makes me giggle when i ski on it hahah but thats just me ha Quote
LineSki Posted December 9, 2005 Report Posted December 9, 2005 There is this inside joke between me and my friends with marjies delight. We laugh everytime we go on it. Quote
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