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First to hit urbans on skis? probably.

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:51 am
by a.badner
Worked great,
they were faster than my friends skis ( he has volkl somthings) and im only proud of this because speed it a big issue in a city rail.

but i do have to say i was so afraid of getting soft tails i made the tails 1.5mm thicker than the nose, giving a 2-12-3.5 mm
and now i cant do butters. (n) too stiff.

uni glass top sheet is decently durable, but i made the mistake of buying 3 sets of extruded (? the softer base material ) bases and there is some gouges in the base from either the concrete hubba, the dfd rail or the urban concrete wall drop. but i honestly didnt expect the skis to be as good as they are.

good whippy spins, can do a 540 off a one foot drop!

i have a go pro video of the concrete hubba, but its too dark, and i need to figure out a way to fix my power generator for lights. ( it gets dark at 4:30 here)

and! i got a check from work for the november, and i bought my self a Canon rebel t2i, so i will have some nice edits this year.

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:48 am
by twizzstyle
(not the first to do urban on homemade skis)

Sounds like fun, good to hear they held up.

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:42 pm
by a.badner


i did say you wont see ANYTHING!

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:58 am
by twizzstyle
Worst. Video. Ever.

(I love the gopro banter though... "is it on? is the red light blinking?" my ski buddies must get so sick of hearing that from me :) )

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:59 pm
by a.badner
hahaha, im not gonna deny that, almost hear that in every video.

but i bought sufficient lights and a inverter now

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:39 pm
by twizzstyle
a.badner wrote:hahaha, im not gonna deny that, almost hear that in every video.
Yep. Seems like half the time I somehow end up putting the damn thing in photo mode, so instead of video of a ski run, I get a single photo at the top. fail.

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:51 pm
by a.badner
download and install the new update. it changes everything.
no more holdong the front button for twenty minutes for it to turn on. just a simple press

http://www.goprocamera.com/support/hdheroupdate.php

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:35 am
by a.badner
bad newws.
the rear binging got ripped out while hitting a rail. easily fixed it but, i think i should put aluminium plate under the uniglass top sheet. but the second pair should be coming out some time this week.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:11 pm
by twizzstyle
Bummer. Have any photos of the tear-out? A binding shouldn't rip out just from hitting a rail.

Did you put an extra layer of fiberglass in the binding mounting area?

(thanks for the GoPro link)