Mono Cera loves to ski & ride as much as you do & are committed to providing you with a tune that will ensure you get the most out of your equipment. Our goal is to allow you more time on the mountain by offering you overnight service with a convenient early morning pickup option. Mono Cera uses products provided by Summit County's own Purl Wax & supports their all natural organic line of waxes.
“Tune” your equipment for the off season
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25th, 2010 by adminThis is just a quick one, as it’s April 25th and most of us are done with the our seasons. Always a tough time of year… putting the gear away for ”next year”. Believe it or not, there is one more reason to tune your equipment. Summer. Yeah, it would be too easy to stash the board(s) in the closet and say, “goodbye”, ’til next autumn when you wake ‘em up again. Truth be told, you’ll be doing your gear and yourself a huge favor by getting one more tune on them, before “hybernation”!
The end of the season tune, or “storage tune” can be pretty important, and make next season’s start that much easier on you. First, assess your base: is there any significant damage that needs to be addressed-? Now may be the time. Get them dialed now, so that they’re ready out of the gate! Second, get those edges set and ready. Have them de-burred or sharpened, so when they do go on the new snow next season, they’ll actually perform for you. Third, and most important ( and really the most easiest step,) invest a layer of storage wax on your equiptment. It will help prevent oxidation, or “drying”, of your base. What’s better, you don’t even have to scrape it off! Leave it on, and do yourself a favor and use a medium temperature range wax. This way if “old man winter” comes knocking early and you’re in a pinch, at least you’ll have something on your base that will perform… After you scrape it! You can even take it a step further and “crayon’ some wax onto your edges to prevent oxidation (, in this case “rusting,”) in them as well .
So do yourself and your equipment a favor and take a little time now, and save a whole lot of time later on when it may be a bit more valuable to you. It may save your equipment as well!
Final in “recap”
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25th, 2010 by admin
March saw us leave for Vancouver and the Paralympics.
The Creekside at Whistler would be home for two weeks.
Rick "Pup" Ascher, of "Pup's Glide Shop" in Breck., CO, takes a break in one of the five stalls in the US Wax Cabin.
First day on hill was a "lay day" and a chance for all teams to check out each course and it's start. "Sasquatch...", no Head US Tech Jared Hawn towering over Blackcomb Mt. from Whistler.
Jared Hawn sets race specific bevel.
US Tech, Luke Byers, applies race and temp. specific wax.
Early Risers... Jared and "Pup" move race skis to the mountain at 6 o'clock am. All race ski's were brought to course starts, and all "trainers" were brought to the top of the gondola and ready for the athletes.
Start area: Head US Tech. Jared Hawn and Head Physio Kevin Pillifant ready for the race ahead.
Tricky weather patterns led to the old race saying, "Hurry up and wait". Due to snow, fog, and some rain(!), athletes like Alana Nichols, Tyler Walker, and Chris Devlin Young sort cover where ever they could.
Yeah, i did say "rain". Ralph Lauren outerwear!
Torch burning in Ceremony Plaza.
"Trainers" set out at dawn. The Athletes wouldn't be too far behind.
Another day, another early start. Kevin says, "Yeah" to no rain!
Chris Devlin Young ("CDY") receives the course report from the coaching staff via Jared.
... Another start. Kevin looks on.
US Tech, Luke Byers carries the Flag down course to the medal ceremony, after the final racer is off course. Team USofA took Gold and Silver in Women's Super Combine!
Canada was a incredible host to the World for over a month!
The Tech Team shares a moment with Alana Nichols. Congrats to Alana for winning two Golds, a Silver and Bronze... And congrats to the Techs for looking like bozos!
Two incredible weeks of competition in the books. Time to head home and sleep for a week!
Next in “recap”
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25th, 2010 by admin
Out of Mammoth and onto Snow Basin in Ogden Utah, for the second stop in the Dew Tour. Andres Wiig and Chas Guildemond sit for a bit before men's slopestyle with Ninja!
Torstein Horgmo discusses the course with Andres and Chas.
Another town, another wax room! Welcomed by the Marriot in Ogden Utah!
After Snow Basin, just about everyone moved onto Park City to wrap the Grand Prix's and find out who would be heading to Vancouver to represent the USofA! For Mono Cera it was a quick stop back in Summit County and then on to the X-Games in Aspen, CO.
Nick Baumgartner, who would be named to the USofA Boardercross team, does some "damage" that not even the tech's can repair. Nick kills it, but the course bit back this time.
Sammy Carlson gets some work in at practice. The kid is a machine, always working hard.
Sammy takes a look at the top of the Slopestyle Course. Sammy owned it and walked with a silver.
Kjersti Ostgaard Buass sets to drop and slay the Slopestyle Course at Buttermilk!
Kjersti on Course...
Women's Slopestyle Contenders, Chanelle Sladics and Jamie Anderson, stop by the Swix Speed Shack to get their gear prepped. Kenny Nault and BJ Mazzolla take care of them.
After X-Games '10, it was back to Mono Cera in Dillon, CO, to structure boards for Olympians Torah Bright and Kjersti Buass. USofA Adaptive Team Head Tech., Jared Hawn dresses the stone to produce the proper structure for conditions the riders will encounter at Cypress Mountain, where the Halfpipe Contest was held. After traveling the world over with the USofA Team for World Cup events and Championships, Jared is one of the few who can address the conditions skiers and riders will encounter anywhere on the Globe!
Torah's boards get the grind and structure at Mono Cera.
Luke Byers sets wax on just one of the four boards prepped for Torah. Torah killed it! Taking gold with what may be considered her "safety run". Congrats Torah!
The day after "prepping" boards for the Olympics, it was off to Mt. Snow, VT, for the final stop the Dew Tour. Apologies, this was the only shot i got from VT. Super busy at this one, and not only did the athletes kill (-Jamie Anderson taking the overall Championship for Women at the Dew Tour, Torstein Horgmo winning Men's Slopestyle, and JJ Thomas continuing his onslaught and winning Mens Halfpipe!), but everyone involved and working on the Dew Tour did a great job! Seems to get better each season!
2010 Northern Hemisphere Season… recap
Posted in Uncategorized on April 25th, 2010 by adminWell, i hope that everyone out there had a good season! It was tricky finding snow at times in North America, not necessarily the best snow season on record for some parts of the US… sitting here after riding a foot of fresh at Arapahoe Basin in Summit County, reflecting on the past seven months, it all seems really good. Crazy how one great day on snow will change your perceptions so quickly! Anyways, i’ve been really slack and away from the site, so i figured that i should really take a quick look back on the season and post a recap. Here we go…
The New Year passed and brought us to the second and third Qualifiers for the Olympic Team, at the Chevy Grand Prix in Mammoth Lakes, CA.
Olympic Year.
Another town, another wax cabin! Kenny Nault of Swix "decorates".
Jamie Anderson and Shaun White's boards set for some work.
Danny Kass' new board gets set with temp. specific wax.
Kenny Nault works on Kelly Clark's board amidst another chaotic start.
The Pipe gets "tuned".
Shaun White waits to "drop in".
Coach Bud Keane and Shaun discuss some new tricks as the Grand Prix wraps up in Mammoth, and prepares to move on to Park City, Utah.
