Snowboards provide a quick and exciting means of speeding down a mountaintop, allowing riders to escape winter doldrums or overly talkative yetis. Leave boredom behind with today’s Groupon to Olympus Board Shop in Torrance. Choose from the following options:

• For $20, you get a snowboard tune-up (a $40 value).
• For $12, you get a one-day snowboard rental package (a $25 value).
• For $20, you get a two-day snowboard rental package (a $40 value).<p>

Olympus Board Shop’s snow experts use their mastery to tune up boards and equip customers with gear by K2, Salomon, and Jones, custom-tested in-house. Techs bolster patron-owned equipment, smoothing rough surfaces with a base grind and edge bevel to prevent pointed edges from digging too deeply into snow or a neighbor’s roof. Afterward, a hot wax seals the surface against damage from ice.

Alternatively, renters arrive the day before a mountain trip to outfit themselves from the store’s comprehensive selection of merchandise, receiving a board, boots, bindings in adult or child sizes, and a book of mountain-appropriate smack talk. The staff customizes each specific piece of equipment to the experience level and goals of the rider, whether they want to test-drive the latest boards or practice their backflips.