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LONG LIVE THE SKI SHOP

Source: Two things you can't get online: A quality boot fit and a chill dog.

One more thing: Talking gear with an actual human being.

Ever since the traditional ski-shop business model—buy a lot of product and hope to sell it for twice as much—ran into the e-commerce meat grinder a

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