I would be willing to put together a east coast meeting. I'm in upstate NY and would love to ski with other builders.
Anyone have dates in mind? I'm thinking early Feb maybe at Magic, mad river or jay peak.

Some testing shots. So far, real good results and lots of homemade smiles. Bluegrass meets snow. http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w162/scombs01/IMG_7120.jpg Bluegrass likes snow http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w162/scombs01/IMG_7122.jpg One happy bluegrass rocker! http://i176.photobucket.com/al...

more finished pictures. http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w162/scombs01/IMG_7113.jpg http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w162/scombs01/IMG_7115.jpg http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w162/scombs01/IMG_7116.jpg All in all I learned a great deal about making skis and I can't wait to build my next pair...

Well the skis came out of the press after 15 hrs. I like pictures so I use them to tell the story. Me geared up http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w162/scombs01/IMG_7052.jpg edges bent http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w162/scombs01/IMG_7040.jpg cores layed up http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w16...

Getting ready to pull them out of the press. wish them luck...

balsa wood impregnated with epoxy - it's the new foam/carbon

Thanks for the kind welcome, this place is truely special. Some answers. the core will be 11mm at the waist and 2mm tip and tail. I'm going to try and get a nice smooth round flex. I don't see myself hitting top speeds on these at a place like MRG, so softer would be better. BK, no inserts as I'm a ...

Just wanted to add some EC pow stoke since it is nuking out right now on April 15th!

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I have always wanted a big powder ski that work in tight eastern trees. (currently skiing mantras) So after lurking here I finally picked up some material (thanks kelvin) and started designing my very own Bluegrass Rockers. Being a recent transplant to the northeast, I grew up skiing on a 400' vert ...