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With skyrocketing lift ticket prices and ski-bus fares that don’t much offset the cost of driving yourself, it’s tough for a ski (or snowboard) bum out there. But this weekend, a Bend local is lending his expertise to help riders have a little fun and get their gear ready for the season. 

For $15, people can go to River’s Place on Saturday and get both a beer and a ski wax, courtesy of Scott Hammers, who boasts of 30+ years of ski-tuning expertise. The event happens from noon to 4 pm at River’s Place at 787 NE Purcell Boulevard in Bend.

This article appears in Source Weekly November 17, 2022.

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Drink a Beer, Prep for Ski Season

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
November 16, 2022

<h1>Drink a Beer, Prep for Ski Season</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />November 16, 2022</p> <p> <span class="fdnDropCap">W</span>ith skyrocketing lift ticket prices and <a href="https://www.mtbachelor.com/plan-your-trip/know-before-you-go/shuttle" target="_blank">ski-bus fares</a> that don’t much offset the cost of driving yourself, it’s tough for a ski (or snowboard) bum out there. But this weekend, a Bend local is lending his expertise to help riders have a little fun and get their gear ready for the season.&nbsp; </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lilb1-2.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lilb1-2.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-42650" /></a></figure> </p> <p> For $15, people can go to River’s Place on Saturday and get both a <a href="https://posting.bendsource.com/bend/ski-or-board-wax-and-a-beer/Event?oid=18075219" target="_blank">beer and a ski wax</a>, courtesy of Scott Hammers, who boasts of 30+ years of ski-tuning expertise. The event happens from noon to 4 pm at River’s Place at 787 NE Purcell Boulevard in Bend.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/drink-a-beer-prep-for-ski-season-18093789/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=42644&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/food-drink/drink-a-beer-prep-for-ski-season-18093789/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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