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I just completed my 20th ski season. In June of 2003, while getting my oil changed, I noticed a classified ad listing in the local newspaper for Troy's Ski Apparel, the original owner was retiring and was selling his shop. I had only skied a handful of times but working only 5 months a year sounded like a pretty good gig, so I bought the shop.
I quickly found out that this career is a 16-month-a-year commitment, not the 5 months I was imagining. I quickly fell in love with owning my own business and really enjoyed being part of the snow sports industry. In 2012 I purchased the other shop in town, Ski Lubbock, and I merged the two stores together. "Officially" we are known as "Troy's Ski Lubbock," but we refer to ourselves as Ski Lubbock.