Anyway by tailoring a composite I believe that it would be possible to arrive at a design that has the "right" torsional vs. longitudinal stiffness, if there is such a thing. ps: My skiing and snowboarding experience is very much limited to New England where most of my skiing and boarding ...

Hi, I am new to ski design! I was thrilled when I saw a post about homemade skis in the Make blog. I am an engineer who loves all things outdoors and snowboarding and skiing are some of my favorites. I read through the section on ski design and it is clear that some of the performance qualities of s...