Hi All,
There is a lot of work to be done to get the club skates ready for the season. Having the skates set up properly for each skater is a big part of performance in short track and long track speed skating. The season will soon be in full swing so I have started to go through our club skates. 
I am using an app on my tablet to start a new inventory. The inventory will have the item, a picture with details of the item. I then can assign the item to a category such as 'borrowed' or 'have it'.
To inventory the skates, I am marking the blades with an engraver. For the boot, I am using a sharpie that has yellow paint; like a marker but stays on better.
I am going to be organizing a number of members of our club to learn how to check the rocker and bend on the club skates. I will teach them how to bend a beginner blade and move to more advanced set up.
Look for my continuation of the series on How To Sharpen speed skates. I will use pictures and video to help you learn to sharpen speed skates and hopefully help you to get to be better at creating sharp edges.
See you in Calgary this weekend if you happen to be there for the Summer Classic LT competition.
