treesprite
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I'm curious about how soon before competitions do skaters usually have their skates sharpened.
The reason I'm thinking about it, is because this skater insisted on having her skates sharpened the day before a competition. I think it was a crazy thing to do. The worst part about it, is the person responsible for sharpening them didn't do it, so when the skater came for the skates, my boss insisted that I do it because I was the only one around who can sharpen skates.... I hate our equipment because it is inconsistent, so nowadays I usually refuse to do customer skates (but do the rentals), and managers usually deal with it (unhappily), but this time I was not allowed off the hook.
The dressing arm seemed to not screw up, the blades came out looking okay, and the skater/parent did not complain (she used them immediately after I finished with them), but I think that kid was taking a very huge risk. It takes me a minimum of a week to adjust to a fresh sharpening, and a couple of weeks until I feel comfortable doing stops on them.
The reason I'm thinking about it, is because this skater insisted on having her skates sharpened the day before a competition. I think it was a crazy thing to do. The worst part about it, is the person responsible for sharpening them didn't do it, so when the skater came for the skates, my boss insisted that I do it because I was the only one around who can sharpen skates.... I hate our equipment because it is inconsistent, so nowadays I usually refuse to do customer skates (but do the rentals), and managers usually deal with it (unhappily), but this time I was not allowed off the hook.
The dressing arm seemed to not screw up, the blades came out looking okay, and the skater/parent did not complain (she used them immediately after I finished with them), but I think that kid was taking a very huge risk. It takes me a minimum of a week to adjust to a fresh sharpening, and a couple of weeks until I feel comfortable doing stops on them.