Sporting Goods
Attridge Snow Ski Wake
About Attridge Snow Ski Wake
Gear years in Vernon run in two halves. From roughly May the boats go in and the towropes come out on Okanagan and Kalamalka, and by December attention shifts uphill to the ski hill sitting on the skyline a short drive out of town. A shop that works both halves of that calendar stays busy all twelve months, which is not something every town in the country can support.
Attridge Snow Ski Wake is at 2706 48 Ave. Shops of this kind carry hardware that has to fit a person rather than simply be bought off a shelf: boards, skis, boots, bindings, vests and ropes, where the right size and the right flex matter far more than the name printed on the topsheet. Trying things on beats ordering blind, and carrying your own boots in when you are looking at bindings will save you a second trip.
Timing is what most people get wrong. The week the first real snow falls is the worst possible week to ask about a tune, a mount or a boot fitting, and the same is true of the first hot weekend in June for anything that goes behind a boat. Coming in during the shoulder season, when the counter is quiet, buys you a longer conversation. It is also worth asking what a shop services as well as what it sells, since repairs, waxing and rentals differ a good deal from one place to the next.
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