mountain bikes use a small threaded bolt to attach the rear derailleur hanger. its identical to a standard chainring bolt, but much shorter. ive used many of them over the years to fix delammed skis. they are low profile, stay in place, and are the perfect size. if you cant find those online, just c...

haha, it will take longer and cost more than you think

that sounds really cool. what about an industrial Design major? i fit all the other qualifications, and industrial design goes hand and hand with engineering.

Elan uses that EXACT principle in a lot of their high end speedwave skis. it works incredibly well. does exactly what it says it does. as for doing a homebuilt, i dont see why you couldnt replicate the idea; just router out the grooves.

my buddy has a large format plotter (normally used for cutting vinyl decals), and he can cut thin plastic on it with different heads. the templates are cut from simple black and white images, where the black is cut out. its pretty damn accurate, fast, and cheap. only downfall, is theres a little mor...

CARDBOARD BOXES! i have a background in downhill skateboard construction, and the site Silverfishlongboarding.com has a very large community of builders who post thier work and share ideas. one of the members used vertically laminated strips of recycled cardboard Coragate to create a natural, afford...

suhweeeeet! i love that ski, rides amazing. cool to see exactly how they put them together. a lil different than i thought. the polyethylene in the core is odd, dampening? binding mount?

blades, ugh.

to be honest, skiboards dont really have any flex, and therefore should have very little if any camber.

think of a ski as a car. driving a car forward, its very stable. thats because the turning forces are initiated from the front. drive a car backwards at 30 mph, what happens? it wants to spin around, cause the turns are initiated from the rear. skis are the same way. and, most skis are not radial si...

Park Ski.dxf of size 0.495 MB
http://www.filefactory.com/file/5b6a1e/

Powder Ski.dxf of size 0.515 MB
http://www.filefactory.com/file/fda29c/

keep going, the URLs should be down there somewhere...

this is annoying

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not yet

so sorry about this...