The new stockli race skis have the same 3D balls in the graphics. they move when you change the angle.

I am looking for free skis with little or no damage. I cut them in half and. Then laminate a strip of another ski into the middle, Making a fat shaped ski out of that old straite ski your mom used to ski on. I allways scoope the ski swaps for some potental custom fatty stock. But what would be best ...

Finally had enough snow to totally test the last two. The green one has a speed limit with that 16 meter radius and will flutter on hard pack (too much tapper angle) but Rip's bumps and powder. The other one with 18 meter radius and 99mm under foot will arch any were trough bumps, woods, powder I ev...

I punched some numbers and the green pair is a 16.23 meter radius, and the other is A 19 meter radius.

Boy I hope they don't ruin it for us "real" forum users, I have only just discoverd this site and I learn from it every time I'm here.

All I know from the marine industy is a bare metal surface can oxidize in about 30 min.
When I protect a metal keel I will sand bare,
wash degreaser/solvent (interlux 202),
Acid wash (ospho)
and epoxy.
all within the 30 min.

I have used core cell foam with great luck. One time I ripped a Danastar SF 197cm tip to tail, then I added about 1inch of corecell foam tip to tail, I lamminated it in with west system, Colloidale silica, and Graphite powder witch also doubled as the base. The skiied great The epoxy/graphite base w...

A ski with more sidecut should be softer and a stiff ski should have less sidecut.
With less sidecut you pressure the tip and tail to make it work.
with more side cut you stay centerd more and the arc will turn you. Too stiff and it will rebound before the carve is finished.

You should try
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=467
to see what I've been doing with old skis

You shoul try
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=467
to see what I've been doing with old skis.

Let me know what you think.

I'm 270 lbs. Alpine ski coach at GMVS, and I always like my skis soft flexing, but torsionaly stiff. You will find a softer ski wil break down faster.

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6499/image006up7.jpg On the left is a pair of 180cm dynastar candide cut in half down the middle clamped on a jig with a dimension of 140-99-121 (for eastern woods). With a template from the void I cut the center of a dynastar concept 178 cm to fill the void, and ...

Here are some pictures of two pairs in the jig (dry fit) with the cores ready for epoxy. These were last years projects. http://www.groene-engel.com/Buuk/Skibuilders/DD/1.jpg This 176cm rossi b1, Became 132-95-118, hard to ski all day the tail woul push you in to the turn right when you wanted to re...

I have been experimenting with side cuts and trying to get it right. So I came up with a simple formula for direct comparison in how much a ski will pull you into a turn or push you out of a turn no mater how wide the waist is. For instants my latest DD is 140-99-121 (tip-waist-tail) Subtract the ti...

I am a 270lbs ski coach at GMVS. I build binding lifters for race skis. I have built 19 pair of custom fat skis. I cut the ski in half tip to tail, change the side cut and add a varying shaped core and base, west system, and vacuum bag a new fiberglass/carbon top sheet. I have never skied less than ...