So the time finally came to try this winters new builds. We brought 3 of our snowboards (2 splits) and 2 pairs of skis to the deep snow in Japan. :) We took alot of pictures and I shot some video and put together one for each of the three ski resorts we visited. Here are the result. All the Gopro fo...

falls wrote:Hi all
A little deep powder action from Japan this year.
Enjoy
https://vimeo.com/61400362

Beautiful video! I guess we beat you there by 2-3 weeks but man this video is everything we love about niseko. I spent 14 days there starting 5th jan.

Looks like you had an awesome time there!

Nice looking skis, and a fun twist using the bling in the eyes.

I'm also interested in the Ipe, how is it compared to bamboo? how does it handle water?

All 3 pair of skis and all 3 snowboards are now done, mounted and shipped to Japan. We will follow in 4 days and we are all so excited to try this years builds.. :) Here are some pictures of my Powder skis. http://f.cl.ly/items/2R1h1U0e2M3T242Z2t1e/IMG_4362.jpg http://f.cl.ly/items/2u440k1H2o3H3l343...

Very good! You will be pleasant surprise when you ski them! :) (I hope...) (Just a personal reflexion, 1950g/ski with "mostly poplar" core and CF...? That's what my "Raven" weighs with poplar/ash core and regular FG triax..) Thanks. I hope so too. Yeah I agree, they are not very...

First pair is done! I'll let the pictures speak for them selves. http://f.cl.ly/items/2W1t0q3W2t3o1I3V3m08/IMG_4315.jpg http://f.cl.ly/items/0x1l0q3J371N2s0N1R0d/IMG_4318.jpg http://f.cl.ly/items/0a1B1E2t0p3O3x42331c/IMG_4335.jpg http://f.cl.ly/items/2a3h461f0o0L0f1u1L3w/IMG_4344.jpg http://f.cl.ly/...

Ok so the first pair came out REALLY stiff, they were meant to be superlight touring skis but are more like a touring-world-cup-carver with tip rocker kind of ski. Roughly cut our they weigh in @ 2050gram with 137-103-129 and 190cm so still not super heavy. I will probably shave of atleast 100 maybe...

Hey Sonny. Good luck with the building. I will be in Niseko from mon 28th jan til Friday feb 8th if that's where you are headed and want to ride a few chairs. Alright, great place to ski. We'll start with 2 weeks in Niseko starting 3th jan, but plan to move on down to the nagano/hakuba area after t...

OK. First pair is in the press and tomorrow I'm excited to open it open it up to see the results. This is the first pair of skis with carbon so I have no idea howit will turn out. But maaaaaaan carbon fiber is sexy :D 4 more pairs to go before heading of to japan for 6 weeks of powder testriding :) ...

Back on track! Ok so the project is slowly moving forward, we are currently waiting for our cnc'd template so that we can process our bases perfectly. In the meantime we are preparing our cores and making new molds. I really hate putting together those split papers from snocad-x. Next time I'm buyin...

I highly doubt my picture will work, but these are our latest carbon skis. 185 cm, 120-105-120, symmetrical, camber under foot, rockered/tapered tip and tail. Weighing in at 7.5lbs. As always, inspired by Beautiful skis! There is so much I want to ask but generaly, how is working with carbon? Do yo...

Thanks for those tips guys. I'll make sure the CF is wet out completly. Is there any difference in preassure recomended when pressing? Since there is more epoxy, is there risk that too much preassure can press out to much epoxy and leave the fibers too dry? The pressing is still weeks away but the w...

The building has Begun! This time it's all about carbon. We'll try an see if we can make it work, to get light and fun powder skis for our trip to Japan in January/Feb 2013. We have no idea really what we are doing but that makes it more fun :) Today we planed some cores and we'll be building both s...

it looks like the triax fiber from hp textiles is 50k fabric (if google translated it correctly) which is way up there. I've seen 3 to 12 k fabric mostly. Does anybody have an opinion as to the importance of this spec? 3k = 3000 filaments per tow, 6k = 6000etc. If I may have a stab at my own questi...

per pair or each? big pow skis made from poplar and glass will not really be under 1800g each unless you do something crazy. a 1240 gram ski will be insanely light, that's like 2 lbs per ski. Most of the skis we make weigh right around 2200g per ski. Big pow skis with plastic topsheets and plastic ...