ski tech, need help

i assume you're talking about rental tech. For that you dont need to know much about skis, because the shop will probably have them organized so you can figure it out pretty easily.

If you're gonna be a retail tech, the easiest thing that i have found, is tell them you are good at remembering things. To proove this, once you start working, grab the brochures of the companies you are selling. Most companies keep the same construction for all their models, so just review that stuff.

for example, most K2 Skis are a wood core with a triaxel fiberglass wrapping and a 360 cap construction (except new public enemy and i think Seth pistol are sidewall, BUT this is identifiable by looking at the ski).

Line skis uses the same triaxel fiberglass wrapping, and they use a pine/poplar core and 360 seamless cap on all their skis.

I especially like the Dynastar, which incorporates cap construction on the tip and tails, and a straight sidewall running the span of the contact points (the points of contact when the skis are put together base to base).

Most of the stuff you can tell by looking at the ski, just study the flex. Companies usually make it easy to know by marking flex and sidecuts of different skis by numbers, for example the old K2 Merlin had 1-5, higher number, stiffer straighter ski.

hope this helps ya out!

Spinks

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I would say just read as much as you can, or talk to tech reps when they come into shops. i work in a shop, and whenever i get a question i dont know,(rarely:) ) i write it down, and ask my boss later. and if some joey asks you some stupid question that you dont know, just try your best, after talking to many custys, i sort of get a feel about what info they need to know, and what they really dont. like radis of a ski is valuble info(compair it it other skis) stiffness of skis, and cors. info like base construction, edge material and things like that the average joe does not really need to know. just sound confident when you are on the floor and you could tell them that there was paper in the cores and they would beleave you!

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i learned a lot in 1 year and a lot of the info you just learn as you go.
Ask some other people who have been doing it a while one guy i work with has been a tech for 15 years i learned a lot from just talking to him and asking questions even stupid ones.
Read as much brochure and tech info as possible and if you dont like reading most companies will send you videos.
Also look on the internet and sites like ns for info on new technology and equiptment as well as reviews.