The goal of using the piezoelectric as a matrix material would not be to increase its modulus of elasticity (stiffness), but to increase its dampening effect. Inducing a force in the matrix material would hopefully dampen the vibrations, while not stiffening the ski (because this could mess with the...

check out my post on vibration damping skis in the ski design and layup topic.

I read a lot of posts on the forum regarding vibration dampening skis and figured I'd share some wealth. It's a really cool idea that Head (and probably others) tried to accomplish with thei "Intellifibre" design. Piezoelectrics, or PZTs, are materials that react to electric currents and r...