Terrible Ski Grind; charged me $98 for 2 pair of skis that were completely useless (bases concave/cupped so the edges were higher than the base) -- I had to have them completely redone. Absolutely do not go here. Here's my email to the owner Jeff at Podium Ski Service:
Jeff
I picked up two pair of skis you guys base ground yesterday. The order to your shop went like this -- "I just had three pair of skis ground from another shop and they turned out concave, which really pissed me off, so I brought these to you (at Podium Ski Service) as you are supposed to provide great grind/tuning. I need these skis ground FLAT -- no area should be concave-- then set a base bevel at .5" Bill's response "Well you should have all your skis ground here so that doesn't happen again".
I used a true bar in front of Bill and checked the skis before I handed them over; both skis had slight cupping in the tips and tails (Rossignol Radical Pro World Cup SL 132 & 139). I picked the skis up two days later (yesterday) from you, checked the skis with a true bar only to find both skis were concave in the base and tails -- worse then when I dropped them off. Your comment when I noted this was "the kids skis are hard to grind, they lack torsional stiffness... etc." I made the mistake of taking them as I didn't want an awkward scene in front of my kids who were with me -- one of whom is on ski team with your son.
I got the skis home and checked them carefully again and realized I can't race them as is. I called your shop and talked to someone (Joe maybe?) trying to find a solution. Joe (?) was very put out. Said he didn't need my "attitude", I didn't need to use his "shop" anymore, and suggested "my kid should just ski them and see how they ski". Hmm a tip tail that's cupped with a .5 base edge on a race course? This suggestion is comical in its utter retardedness. Joe went on to explain how some skis just can't be ground flat.
Really? A few minutes of base work with a Ski Visions Base Flattener on the tips and tails, followed by grinding then setting base bevel would have made these skis perfect. Unless you are not running your grinder properly (and it's causing convex grinds -- an issue many WIntersteiger operators have as you know).
I have an "attitude" because I spent 2 hours driving back and forth to your Park City shop, paid you $98 only to find my skis were no flatter than when I dropped them off, likely worse. I have an attitude because I now need to grind TWO pair of my race day skis TWICE (reducing their effectiveness and life), because your shop was either to incompetent or lazy to grind them properly the first time. I also have an attitude because I will be hard pressed to get these skis fixed with enough time to get multiple wax cycles in them before the next race which is in 7 days. I also have an attitude because your shop response to f-ing up my race days skis was a line of BS designed to confuse a typical unknowing customer -- "kids race skis just can't be ground flat" If this is really your shop position -- don't take kids race skis and tell customers you can grind them flat. I'm happy to pass this info on to all of the race families I know.
Jeff, at this point I think a refund would be best as I don't have any confidence your shop has the skills/time/desire necessary to grind these skis properly.
You can refund the card I paid with yesterday ending in 4425 in the name of XXX XXXXX
Regards-- XXXXX read more