Great looking skis plywood. The idea of combining reverse camber/sidecut with a traditional camber/sidecut is one i am looking forward to playing around with myself.
I am really excited to hear how they worked.

Thanks Alex that is good information. The two questions it raises for me are? 1. Your data makes is look like basalt is actually heavier than glass while most of the marketing lines point to the opposite. Is one measure for the cloth and another for a solid peice of material? 2. The last line also s...

Powder has a terrain park??? I have been gone to long. Sounds like you hit a home run with the doods hafte, good on ya man. I agree with most that finding customers for skis would not be hard. One guy on the lift found out I made my skis and asked "how much for my own pair?" I laughed beca...

I wouldn't say you are "worrying a little too much about flex" at all. Flex will make or break a ski and I think we all spend a lot of time trying to perfect, predict, and quantify flex. What (I think) G-man and others are saying is that the species of wood used in a core is much less impo...

Good thoughts G-man. I think that the push back to sandwich construction (rather than cap) has been something the market has wanted for a long time. Ever since cap came out there has been a large group critizing it as bad for skiing. Kam's point about the power of this community also hits home with ...

Wow that looks familiar. To be honest I really haven't come up with a better solution than the "spot super glue" method since then. I hated doing it and it still feels wrong but the edges have held up great just FYI. Just makes sure that when you use the super glue that there are still gap...

Thanks for making that video Kam. As usual the quality is top notch. That is my first time watching myself ski and it's definitely humbling, so here's to many seasons of improvement. Skiing with ski builders is excellent so lets do it again soon.

Wow, the fit and finish on those boards takes craftsmanship to a whole new level. Great tips on the PU topsheet and preventing logo float. I hope to put both of those to use soon.

That is awesome Kam!!!

It's funny because we all know the cosmetics are just that, but it is still fun to make the tools look nice. That is a different green than I was picturing but the one you choose with the yellow/orange makes the setup look professional.

I find that it's also important that the core is held down really securely so that it isn't pulled up into the cutter while profiling. That deserves repeating. A vacum setup is ideal but a cheap workaround I found was duck brand double sided carpet tape (home depot). It's fairly thin and strong eno...

Thanks for posting that. On the whole I think it provided more motivation than technical tips however there were a few interesting things I took away from it. 1. The whole idea of making the ski out of as much wood and as little fiberglass as possible appeals to me. I havea lot of 22 oz fiberglass l...

Just wanted to insert my perspective on Saturday. It was without a doubt one of the best days I have had on skis. Kam’s posse (Skip, Todd, Eric, Cass, Jen, and Allyson) are ripping people and ripping skiers. From the first run in mineral basin it was obvious that this would be a day where I would ne...

Idris - I also use mdf for my rails and it works great. My bit is similar to Kams but without the rounded edges and is 3/4" in diameter. I have a planer and so the most material I have to remove is about 1 cm but I am able to do that in one pass. Not sure why you would have so much trouble. oh ...

Having seen these skis in action I can attest to both their softness and dampness. We (Kams friends, Weezer and I) would wait at the top of a pitch while Kam skied down and setup video. The whole time people would be making comments like “look at those things flex” and “they look almost liquid”. We ...

I don't have the breakdown on me but my cost came in at $110 per pair. I was really happy with all of the materials I used except for the edges. Next time I am going for the 48R stainless for sure.