A Quality Tune = A Quality Day on the Mountain
Well-tuned equipment instills confidence.
Quality Tunes
OVERNIGHT TUNING
Sidecountry Tunes fills the need for quality, hand tuning of ski and snowboard equipment in the Smugglers’ Notch area.
Tim Aiken will personally tune your skis and snowboards to your needs.
Don’t send your expensive equipment through a one-size-fits-all machine that may remove material unnecessarily.
Let Tim hand-tune your equipment, and manipulate it through the best machines. It will be handled carefully, with craftsmanship.
EXPERIENCE
Tim started his career in the ski industry in 1988 as a ski and snowboard instructor. In the mid-‘90s he transitioned into ski technician work and never looked back. After working at a couple different shops in the northeast, he finally settled in at Today’s Edge in Stowe, where he perfected his craft for an additional 13 years under the tutelage of Doug Adams.
STARTS TUNING BUSINESS
When Doug retired in 2019, Tim purchased the shop equipment and moved it over the Notch to Jeffersonville, opening the doors to Sidecountry Tunes. Located just off Route 108, near Martell’s, his location is convenient to Smugglers’ Notch Resort.
KNOWS YOUR TUNING NEEDS
Tim has a passion for tuning equipment to perfection for its user. The benefit of bringing your equipment to a skilled tuner like Tim is that he knows what’s wrong with your gear by examining it and hearing about your experience on it, and then makes your skis or board like new.
EXPERIENCE
Tim started his career in the ski industry in 1988 as a ski and snowboard instructor. In the mid-‘90s he transitioned into ski technician work and never looked back. After working at a couple different shops in the northeast, he finally settled in at Today’s Edge in Stowe, where he perfected his craft for an additional 13 years under the tutelage of Doug Adams.
STARTS TUNING BUSINESS
When Doug retired in 2019, Tim purchased the shop equipment and moved it over the Notch to Jeffersonville, opening the doors to Sidecountry Tunes. Located just off Route 108, near Martell’s, his location is convenient to Smugglers’ Notch Resort.
KNOWS YOUR TUNING NEEDS
Tim has a passion for tuning equipment to perfection for its user. The benefit of bringing your equipment to a skilled tuner like Tim is that he knows what’s wrong with your gear by examining it and hearing about your experience on it, and then makes your skis or board like new.
Are You Experiencing Lack of Control With Your Equipment?
Common Issues:
- Base-high (convex bases) – ski feels wish-washy, lack of edge control
- Railed (concave bases) – can’t get off your edge, lack of fluid, linked turns
- Too sharp – edges have too much angle and your skis turn before you want them to
- Lack of base bevel – twitchy, hooks up too quickly into the turn
- Lack of wax – bases too dry, no glide, feels like skiing on Velcro
- Edges dull – can’t hold an edge
- Damage requiring repair – base damage/ core shots, de-lamination, broken edges, cracked sidewalls
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Common Issues:
- Base-high (convex bases) – ski feels wish-washy, lack of edge control
- Railed (concave bases) – can’t get off your edge, lack of fluid, linked turns
- Too sharp – edges have too much angle and your skis turn before you want them to
- Lack of base bevel – twitchy, hooks up too quickly into the turn
- Lack of wax – bases too dry, no glide, feels like skiing on Velcro
- Edges dull – can’t hold an edge
- Damage requiring repair – base damage/ core shots, de-lamination, broken edges, cracked sidewalls
Text Us
Wax Only
- Iron-on
Edge Service & Wax
- Must be rust-free
Complete Tune
- Edge service, wax, flatten bases, re-bevel bases, side edges
P-tex Work
- Includes complete tune
- Must be minor P-tex work
Core Shot Repair
- Includes complete tune
- Price starts @ $80, depends on damage
Binding Inspection
Binding Mount
Season Tune Pass
- Each additional pair $175
- Tune pass includes unlimited complete tunes for the season.
- Race service excluded.
- Limited quantity of tune passes available.
Race Service
- Call for an appointment.
- Two day turn-around.