Wenatchee High School builds some skis

RYM Experimentals · Post by **RYM Experimentals** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:09 pm

Sharing this video of Wenatchee High School students documentary on building their own skis for a shop project. Pretty cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W8AJck ... dium=email

Dtrain · Post by **Dtrain** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:15 pm

that was sweet! thanks

Hannes · Post by **Hannes** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:45 pm

Awesome

skidesmond · Post by **skidesmond** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:10 pm

Nice! Kids learning something useful!

Akiwi · Post by **Akiwi** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:36 pm

Excellent, So much more interesting for the kids than a book case, or a watch display box or something.

RYM Experimentals · Post by **RYM Experimentals** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:24 pm

I sent them an email congratulating them on their efforts and invited them to join the forum so don't be surprised if you see them up here.

twizzstyle · Post by **twizzstyle** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:45 pm

Wow, that was VERY cool!!!

When I first started into making my first pair of skis (I was in my first year at college), I got in touch with an engineer at K2, who invited me out for a tour (they were still on Vashon at the time). I got a similar experience, with a tour of the factory, and they even gave me a roll of p-tex and enough edges for a couple of pairs of skis. It's awesome to have a company open and willing (especially a local one for us PNWers!) to do that kind of thing for the young'ins!

The layup was pretty cute, with they're full-body lab coats, and sooooo gently brushing on the epoxy. Reminds me a lot of my first few pairs.

Now I just slap everything on in a rush.

I had a chuckle at Jay Inslee helping out too, ha!

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Wenatchee High School builds some skis

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