yeh, vac-bagging is pretty straightforwards, bit of a pain to get the bag properly airtight and you can probably squeeze a bit more resin out with a pneumatic system but my ski's didn't end up too heavy (approx. 6.5kg per ski with binding compared to my rossies which weigh in just a fraction lighter...

yep, you're all right - the blue stuff on the ski as it comes off the press is tape - 2" flash tape to be precise, good stuff it is too. You *could* just put some under a clear topsheet but to be honest, I think that the topsheet wouldn't stay on too long because that flash tape is designed not...

Cheers Kam, I'll try and sort out some bigger photo's tonight if I get time.

Definitely wouldn't call them beautiful though (especially if you see them close up !) but they're a lot of fun ;o)

Paul

Based these ski's on the Zag FS/BK (free style/back country) which are 119-86-119 (from memory) and 184cm long. The idea being that they are a park ski which have plenty of float in the powder - I skied them the season before last in New Zealand and really enjoyed them so thought I'd base my first d...

I used a maple core (vertically laminated) and had 11mm underfoot and approx. 2-3mm at tip and tail. Seemed to work fine but I used Biaxial carbon so not sure how relevant it is.

Sorry I can't be more help.

Thanks for the info - I was wondering whether it was possible to do this but didn't have the patience to sit down and try and work it out !

ta

I had the good fortune to be able to have a look round the Kingswood 'factory' while I was in NZ - very interesting, Alex is very friendly, offered me a free tour and answered a lot of my stupid questions. Hope he does well.

Cheers for posting the link - very informative.

We ended up getting our rubber damping strips from snowboardmaterials. com - they were fine. hope that helps

You lucky........ lucky........... b*rstard (for living in Cham)

Did you have any luck getting any edges from that Austrian company ?

Any chance you could send me some details if so.

Cheers

Paul

Not my usual destination but enjoyed it nonetheless. Was getting v. worried about the lack of snow beforehand but we got about a foot on the 2nd Jan so all was well - ended up trying my first pair of homemade ski's for 2 days while there was enough snow about to enjoy them off piste. Awesome. Spent ...

I'm in Aldershot at the minute.

I've now sourced some but I'll check out Hess and see what they have too.

Has anybody had any experience of sourcing hardwood for cores in the UK ? I've tried a heap of places locally but keep getting outrageous quotes (>£100, just for unfinished planks). Just after a bit of either Maple or Ash to start with. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm quickly running ou...