What interests me most is its reported durability qualities...I've heard good reviews about it being both very durable as well as shedding snow nicely.

Since the birth of Skibuilders.com, many Ideas have bounced around, and with these there have been creative new ideas and concepts to be tested and tried. There are some things that we now know to work well, as well as other ideas to stay away from. Could we somehow consolidate these universal truth...

Since the birth of Skibuilders.com, many Ideas have bounced around, and with these there have been creative new ideas and concepts to be tested and tried. There are some things that we now know to work well, as well as other ideas to stay away from. Could we somehow consolidate these universal truth...

Does anyone have any info on what the "Carbonium Topsheet" material is that Never Summer uses on their top-end snowboards? It looks like really good topsheet material...

I picked up a pair of Goode skis and would be willing to part with them if anyone is interested. shoot me a pm. Good says they are 183cm, but I think they are more like 185. Dimensions, 120-91-102. Has G3 binding but I can't get one of the cartriges to spin for adjustment. It's rusted. It is an olde...

I picked up a pair of Goode skis and would be willing to part with them if anyone is interested. shoot me a pm. Good says they are 183cm, but I think they are more like 185. Dimensions, 120-91-102. Has G3 binding but I can't get one of the cartriges to spin for adjustment. It's rusted. It is an olde...

Thank you Davide,
You have helped me more than once in the past with my carbon fiber questions and yet again you come to my aide!

bi-directional C.F. is easy to find, and I've been able to locate a woven double bias tape (biaxial), but a non-woven or stitched double bias (biaxial) tape I have not come across, and I've spent considerable time researching it and trying to locate some. Anyone have a link or source?

-mikkelsen

Has anyone ever been able to locate carbon fiber non-woven biaxal tape or fabric?

-Mikkelsen

Here is the address, It's working for me.

http://www.grafsnowboards.com/index.php?url=home

camhard, I too wanted to build with bamboo, as all the marketing hype had me convinced that it was the ideal material, being strong in both tension and compression (what is described as "poppiness"). I bought the highest grade bamboo that I could find from a respected supplier in the bambo...

Dan, I just wanted to say thanks for all of your work that you are putting into this and sharing with us. Thanks, and enjoy your holidays!

-I'm having the same problem, no problem to print the top in PDF but unable to print the side-profile. Did you find a soloution?

-Mikkelsen

What are your thoughts about what makes a large/small sweet spot? I want to build a BC powder specific ski with lots of energy but still have a forgiving/large "sweet spot". My Design has a long, gently curved tip to maximize ski floatation (tip radius is about 500mm) and rises almost 95mm...

I agree that your core profile/thickness and materials is the most important. However, all the sources that I have seen say that carbon fiber is stong in tension, and worthless in compression. My own experimenting confirms this, and I have seen bow makers use it to back the bow (tension) and fibergl...