Start Haus Ski News – March 22

Posted on 03/22/2013 by Start Haus

Welcome to the Start Haus’ Tahoe Ski News blog, and welcome back powder! We’ve got all the latest on ski racing & competition, the best ski deals, wax calls and other Tahoe ski related news.

Send your race, ski event or results to website@starthaus.com. with the headline: Tahoe Ski News to get them listed here each week.

The 2013 Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships are going on now at Squaw Valley (March 20-24), get out and watch world-class racing action, featuring home-town favorites like Julia Mancuso, Marco Sullivan and Travis Ganong.

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And Saturday, swing by the Start Haus between 5 and 7 p.m. to meet athletes including Marco and Travis at our POC Athletes Event – get a poster signed, say hi, and shop our ski sale!

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Start Haus Ski News – March 15

Posted on 03/14/2013 by Start Haus

Welcome to the Start Haus’ Tahoe Ski News blog, and welcome back powder! We’ve got all the latest on ski racing & competition, the best ski deals, wax calls and other Tahoe ski related news.

Send your race, ski event or results to website@starthaus.com. with the headline: Tahoe Ski News to get them listed here each week.

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Rahlves Banzai Tour Sugar Bowl Photos

Posted on 03/11/2013 by Start Haus

The Rahlves Banzai Tour came to a close at Sugar Bowl this weekend, and the racing didn’t disappoint. Check out our photos below. (Click on the photos to enlarge)

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Start Haus Ski News – March 8

Posted on 03/08/2013 by Start Haus

Welcome to the Start Haus’ Tahoe Ski News blog, and welcome back powder! We’ve got all the latest on ski racing & competition, the best ski deals, wax calls and other Tahoe ski related news.

Send your race, ski event or results to website@starthaus.com. with the headline: Tahoe Ski News to get them listed here each week.

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Start Haus Ski News – Feb. 22

Posted on 02/22/2013 by Start Haus

Welcome to the Start Haus’ Tahoe Ski News blog where we’ve got all the latest on ski racing & competition, the best ski deals, wax calls and other Tahoe ski related news.

Send your race, ski event or results to website@starthaus.com. with the headline: Tahoe Ski News to get them listed here each week.

Ski resorts got up to a foot of fresh snow this week and the skiing is fantastic!

A Start Haus ski tester trying out next year’s Volkl One powder ski at Sugar Bowl this week. Photo by Sylas Wright/Sierra Sun.

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Start Haus Ski News – Feb. 15

Posted on 02/14/2013 by Start Haus

Welcome to the Start Haus’ Tahoe Ski News blog where we’ve got all the latest on ski racing & competition, the best ski deals, wax calls and other Tahoe ski related news.

Send your race, ski event or results to website@starthaus.com. with the headline: Tahoe Ski News to get them listed here each week.

Competitors drop in at the beginning of the Rahlves Banzai Tour, Alpine Meadows. Click the image to see more photos and results.

The second stop of the Rahlves Banzai Tour at Alpine Meadows brought some of the most exciting competition yet, with one of the closest finishes ever for the tour. See results for the Banzai at Alpine here

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Rahlves Banzai Tour Results and Photos – Alpine Meadows

Posted on 02/11/2013 by Start Haus

The 2nd stop of the 2013 Rahlves Banzai Tour at Alpine Meadows sponsored by the Start Haus saw some incredible racing action. Below we’ve got photos and results from the event, enjoy!

Daron Rahlves pre-runs the course Sunday at Alpine Meadows.

Men’s skiers dropping in.

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Start Haus Ski News, Banzai Take 2!

Posted on 02/08/2013 by Start Haus

Welcome to the Start Haus’ Tahoe Ski News blog where we’ve got all the latest on ski racing & competition, the best ski deals, wax calls and other Tahoe ski related news.

Send your race, ski event or results to website@starthaus.com. with the headline: Tahoe Ski News to get them listed here each week.

Once again, the Start Haus won “Best Backshop, Bootfitting” from Skiing Business at the SIA Tradeshow in Denver last weekend – way to go Jim, Doug, JD, Nate, James, Jason, and the rest of the boot fitting crew!

Start Haus Owner and America’s Best Bootfitter Instructor Jim Schaffner said the award reflects the entire bootfitting staff’s ability to offer the same cutting edge boot fitting service to every customer.

“Every shop has a guy that’s good, but we have a whole team,” Schaffner said. “No matter who you work with in the boot fitting room, we have a consistent protocol that guarantees a great fit – from what questions we ask to how we assess the foot and lower leg.”

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Rahlves Banzai Results – Kirkwood

Posted on 02/05/2013 by Start Haus

The 2013 Rahlves Banzai Tour started off with a bang – competitors went big on a great top-to-bottom course for all out racing action.

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Wintersteiger Micro NC – the best ski grind available

Posted on 02/04/2013 by Start Haus

The Start Haus is known as one of the best ski shops in the country, with numerous awards, accolades and some of the world’s top skiers relying on us to work on their skis and ski boots.

One of the tools that makes our shop on of the best in the country is the Wintersteiger Micro NC grinder – the only one publicly available in North America!

The Wintersteiger Micro NC can create patterns and structures in the base of a ski no other ski grinder can.

An example of one of the unique grinds the Wintersteiger Micro NC can create.

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