new skibuilder - new skis
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new skibuilder - new skis
As kitesurfer my brother and i built about 40 kiteboards and skatebords. But if you life in switzerland, kitesurfing isn't the best free time acticity for you.
So i decided to build a pair freeskis to expand my quiver to rip powder
the dimensions are 183 * 135/104/118 and i will use them mainly for snowkiting.
the bottom side (not sanded yet):
the touring binding is mounted with metrical screws in stainless inserts:
the topsheet is printed with a laser printer. usually i'm painting my boards, but i thought that isn't the right thing for a ski...
however - it didn't tourn out very well.
the sidewall is made of birch plywood
the first who ripped the ski
and some impressions out of the factory
the "lightweight press". just wanted something simple for the first pair, and it didn't worked to bad. the sandwich is pressed together in a vacuum, then the press is bending the whole thing to get the profile:
so... with the final result im pretty happy. there are several things i'm going to change at the next pair, but i think thats normal.
Aloha, Reto
So i decided to build a pair freeskis to expand my quiver to rip powder
the dimensions are 183 * 135/104/118 and i will use them mainly for snowkiting.
the bottom side (not sanded yet):
the touring binding is mounted with metrical screws in stainless inserts:
the topsheet is printed with a laser printer. usually i'm painting my boards, but i thought that isn't the right thing for a ski...
however - it didn't tourn out very well.
the sidewall is made of birch plywood
the first who ripped the ski
and some impressions out of the factory
the "lightweight press". just wanted something simple for the first pair, and it didn't worked to bad. the sandwich is pressed together in a vacuum, then the press is bending the whole thing to get the profile:
so... with the final result im pretty happy. there are several things i'm going to change at the next pair, but i think thats normal.
Aloha, Reto
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Ok, thanks for the feedback. I had now the opportunity to ride them two times. Not yet with the kite, because there wasn’t enough snow on the snowkitespot to ride the new skis…
The first ride then in perfect fluffy powder - and they did a great job. Maybe a little more lift wouldn't be bad, but that’s already everything negative I could find.
Then the second time. The snow was, well, let’s say “difficult”.
It was to warm and the strong wind did the rest.
In these conditions they didn’t performed very well. It felt like they were to loose and a little unpredictable. I’m not a pro skier and a smaller ski is for sure a better choice for such conditions, so I will continue testing them. Maybe it was just my fault
and it was fun anyway…
The first ride then in perfect fluffy powder - and they did a great job. Maybe a little more lift wouldn't be bad, but that’s already everything negative I could find.
Then the second time. The snow was, well, let’s say “difficult”.
It was to warm and the strong wind did the rest.
In these conditions they didn’t performed very well. It felt like they were to loose and a little unpredictable. I’m not a pro skier and a smaller ski is for sure a better choice for such conditions, so I will continue testing them. Maybe it was just my fault
and it was fun anyway…