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About Jimmy Krupka

Jimmy was born in Boston, MA. He grew up on the slopes of Cannon Mountain, and later Sugarbush--his family moved to Fayston, VT when he started attending the Green Mountain Valley School. He has spent the past four years training with the US Ski Team as an invitee and attending Dartmouth College part-time. He enjoys surfing small waves, touting the Eastern mountains, and making silly videos. He is now enthusiastically hosting SRM's official podcast, "Ski Racing This Week."

Mastering Ski Edge Tuning with TOKO Wax Room: A Guide to Gummy Stone Techniques

The Edge Grinding Rubber, or "gummy stone," is one of my most utilized and thought-about pieces of tuning equipment. A gummy stone can be used to remove rust. (But if you use it on your base edge, do so sparingly). Base edges are easily affected and shouldn’t be meddled with). A gummy can also be used to take the spiky-ness off of a particularly bad burr (but a file and diamond stones will do the actual fixing). 

By |2024-02-02T13:31:56-07:00February 2nd, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Mastering Ski Edge Tuning with TOKO Wax Room: A Guide to Gummy Stone Techniques

Podcast: Important conversations with former U.S. ski teamer Andre Horton and Jamaican Olympic-hopeful Benjamin Alexander

In light of current events, we decided to do our part in having difficult conversations regarding the lack of diversity in ski racing.

By |2020-06-12T05:25:06-06:00June 11th, 2020|Comments Off on Podcast: Important conversations with former U.S. ski teamer Andre Horton and Jamaican Olympic-hopeful Benjamin Alexander

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