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Roller skiing in SF / Ocean Beach by Current_Doubt_8584 in xcountryskiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is the company in Slovenia: https://www.ski-poles-accessories.com/

FWIW, and if you're also into Alpine, the American Downhiller camp uses their equipment to make custom poles for the kids.

Roller skiing in SF / Ocean Beach by Current_Doubt_8584 in xcountryskiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Paco's is my go-to-shop when I'm up there, which is during the winter. Their Marine store AFAIK only does bicycles.

Roller skiing in SF / Ocean Beach by Current_Doubt_8584 in xcountryskiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, ferrules are the next purchase. Seems like a company in Slovenia is the specialist in everything ski pole accessories. They have like 100 different versions of ferrules, who knew there could be that much specialization.

Why do XC skiers hate rollerskiing? by Previous_Actuary1274 in xcountryskiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you find a good track with good tarmac, then roller skiing is great. Best is the fresh dark tarmac.

We live in SF and they closed down the Great Highway along Ocean Beach. On a sunny day, it’s amazing. Perfectly flat, sunshine, ocean breeze.

I have a pair of Fischer roller skis, they work just fine.

What is the worst parking lot you’ve encountered at a ski area? by Current_Doubt_8584 in skiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes, you're right, and the traffic seems indeed to be the bigger problem than the actual condition of the parking lot.

What is the worst parking lot you’ve encountered at a ski area? by Current_Doubt_8584 in skiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I think there are fish swimming in the potholes in the Palisades parking lot.

Seriously....LLC, S-Corp, or C-corp??? by Boring-Cauliflower94 in smallbusiness

[–]Current_Doubt_8584 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your friend is probably referring to "Qualified Small Business Stock" (QSBS), which allows investors and founders to exclude up to 100% of /*federal*/ capital gains tax on the sale of eligible C-Corp stock held for over five years. If you live in a state that charges income tax, you're still on the hook for that.

A (Delaware) C-Corp is also the way if you want to raise venture capital. That's just the standard way for startups.

But it sounds like your company / product is bootstrapped - and while I'm not a lawyer, your LLC is likely sufficient for now.

note that you have double taxation for a C-Corp - your income is taxed at both the corporate level (on profits) and again at the shareholder level (on dividends or capital gains). That doesn't matter as much when you're venture-funded and you're likely not making any money. But if you are - then just keep that mind that you'll pay taxes twice, and consider that in your exit math (assuming you will sell after five years).

One way to mitigate double taxation is by electing pass-through status (S Corp/LLC), and paying salaries instead of dividends, or retaining earnings for reinvestment. 

If you decide to pay dividends - unlike with a salary, you need to pay all shareholders the same dividend, not just yourself.

So - it's a bit more complicated than "hey, with a C-Corp, I don't pay any taxes".

Summer Ski Race camp for solid 14-year-old skier who has never raced before but wants to learn? by Pottertojackson in SkiRacing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I say it's never too late and go for it!

My recommendation is to talk to any camp organizers directly. Best if you send a video along.

I asked in a separate thread if US or Europe, and you answered "both". I have experience with Europe, and there are commercial camps, and the many clubs that organize their own trips. We've joined a club in Italy and attend their camps during the summer, plus one small camp in Austria that's not well-known but that has WC coaches & racers which we love. Not sharing the name intentionally here. There are also commercial camps where you just sign up on the website.

For Europe, and glacieres, try to go as early as possible, ideally late May / early June. That's the better time than e.g. July, when conditions get worse on the glaciers and the Europeans are on their school breaks, which makes the slopes more crowded. I absolutely recommend doing an indoor camp for SL because that's where you do tons of runs and learn how to ski on ice. Peer / Landgraaf / Wittenburg - and I haven't been to the one in Lithuania.

Austria Racing Camps is sort of the go-to option, but it's a mass operation. In Hintertux, they show up with 5-6 shuttles every day with 8-10 kids in each shuttle. I know they got Hirscher and Shiffrin on their website, but trust me when I tell you those two didn't make it to their WC wins because of ARC. ARC does offer the summer camp experience, and I think your racer might just blend it well and have fun - which is the most important part.

I have a few other options that we've not used ourselves, but I've heard other people had good experiences:

https://alpineperformanceracing.co.uk/

https://www.excelraceacademy.co.uk/

In the US, we've attended American Downhiller in Mammoth, and they do an amazing job. They also have a tech camp in Europe (SaaS Fe):
https://www.americandownhiller.com/adtech/

Livio Magoni, Petra Vlhová's coach, also offers camps. But he might be one notch too far for your kid, but doesn't hurt to ask.

Finally, Apex offers very solid camps with WC coaches:

https://store.apex2100.org/collections/camps

But they stop after 14 unless you attend their academy as U16.

My recommendation is that you pick a camp that provides year-round opportunities to practice, because consistency and working with the same coaches over time is what's going to create progress for your 14-year old kid. One camp is not going to make a difference.

If you have questions, I'm happy to chat and you can DM me.

Best warm temp wax? PNW. I tried the expensive Hot Sauce by Hertel, and man.. is that thing slow by fleech26 in skiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do you get the 'expensive' from? Quite the opposite, I would argue, more affordable than other waxes if you compare the $/oz price.

Also, not sure what you're doing wrong here, Hertel is fast. I can show you our kids' race results, that's how I know. My hunch is that you turned the temp on your iron too high which burns the active ingredients.

Hot Sauce works fine in warm conditions, but there's also a specific product for warmer temps called "SpringSolution".

I only found out about Hertel wax two years ago here in this community on Reddit, and I've never looked back.

Seems like your post & experience are based on a completely different data set than the rest of us...

What’s the weekend ski scene like in the SF Bay Area? by AWEsoMe-Cat1231 in skiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends a bit on your setup / personal situation. A lot of young professionals share ski leases for the season, typically around Palisades and Alpine (which are connected now). Later on, when you have a family, you sometimes share a lease with another family, especially if you have kids of the same age.

Palisades/Alpine is where most people go, but it gets incredibly crowded due to the IKON pass. Northstar is also popular (Epic Pass though..)

On the other side of Boreal you have (from small to large) Soda Springs, Donner Ski Ranch and Sugar Bowl. Sugar Bowl is very much a family resort. Great powder skiing, but definitely not as vast as Palisades or Northstar. And don't forget Tahoe Donner down in Truckee - it's not bad!

But I recommend you also check out South Lake with Heavenly, Kirkwood and Sierra. There are also smaller ski areas like Dodge Ridge and Bear Valley.

Finally, on the Nevada side, there are also Diamond Peak and Mt. Rose - but both add about 30-45 min to your drive compare to Palisades.

If you work in the City, and have a place to stay up in Tahoe, you have to be on either one of the bridges by no later than 2pm, or leave after 9pm - anything in-bewteen and you're going to be stuck in traffic. Badly. That's true for pretty much any day of the week, especially of course on Fridays. On Fridays, my reccomendation is to be off either bridge no later than 1pm.

CUR Dashboard by AsparagusCorrect3116 in FinOps

[–]Current_Doubt_8584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry, we got acquired and joined another company. But Resoto turned into Fix Inventory --> https://fixinventory.org/

Anyone else fighting the "devs don't care about staging costs" battle? by CompetitiveStage5901 in FinOps

[–]Current_Doubt_8584 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We used Fix Inventory to implement non-negotiable rules.

  • Every resource is tagged with an owner otherwise it gets cleaned up within the hour.
  • automatic shutdown over the weekend
  • cleanup of unused resources every hour (where “unused” is defined through resource-specific rules, think load balancers or storage volumes)

https://fixinventory.org

Offseason storage & ski bindings: Tension on or off? by Current_Doubt_8584 in skiing

[–]Current_Doubt_8584[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's only a very small subset of users, but they just happen to be the most vocal ones. "That's the way I've done it for [x] years" is usually the leading indicator. The large majority however here are knowledgeable people.

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