"He calls it Salty Ski Service, a mobile ski and snowboard tuning shop in Salt Lake City. The work is simple on purpose: show up, sharpen, wax, patch what needs patching, hand you back your boards-ready for tomorrow. No leaving your gear in a shop line for a week. No missing the storm. "That's the whole point of this," he said. "Right away you get an edge and wax right now-and you're gonna have a really fun time tomorrow.""
"27-year-old Jake Filarski chased fish before he chased ski edges. Boats before vans. The ocean before the mountains. In summer he runs rivers in Alaska. In winter he wants to ride-and to pay for it without killing the dream. "I started the ski tuning business to support the fishing," he told me. "And the fishing has kind of gone back and forth...basically it gives me another thing to spend money on.""
Jake Filarski runs Salty Ski Service, a mobile ski and snowboard tuning business in Salt Lake City that offers on-site sharpening, waxing, and minor repairs so riders get tuned gear immediately and avoid shop delays. Filarski’s background centers on maritime work, tugboats, and commercial salmon fishing in Alaska, with a two-weeks-on, two-weeks-off schedule that enabled long western riding stints and living out of vehicles. After experiencing the loneliness and instability of full-time vanlife, he developed the tuning service as a winter home base and craft that supports his fishing seasons while preserving riding freedom.
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