I fixed a pair of old K2s by injecting epoxy under the topsheet. They won't look pretty but it will slow down delam. As for skiing on one ski, I rode peak to base on one fatty. Now my left leg is twice the size of my right. Not as sexy as one might think.

Old skis, new shape http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3637/3381845279_ed055da8bc_b.jpg These skis were awesome. They had super float and charged like nothing else I have skied. I emphasize the past tense because I went ass over teakettle and destroyed one binding and the veneer in the tail. Rather tha...

Congratulations on your skis. I tried the tap epoxy and didn't like it. It certainly worked and the skis have held up fine (Probably about 30 days so far), but after it had cured it seemed too brittle. It should be said that I have no real evidence to support myself and, like I said, my skis came ou...

Yes, there is camber. Underfoot the skis have a 100cm section of camber with a height of 5mm. I still haven't ridden them in powder but I was able to take them out on some corn. Although it felt strange, I could ark turns on corduroy. I chose to give them a bit of camber for the exact reason you sta...

Paper backed veneers are often extremely thin. They have to have the paper to hold them together otherwise the grain would just fall apart. I got some wood topsheets my skis from https://www.theveneerstore.com . The price was pretty good and the quality is outstanding. Shipping is steep but if you g...

The tip rise on these skis is about 95mm and starts about 400mm back from the nose. I don't have a photo of the ski in the press but if you look at the tip profile shot just imagine the 2x10 wood tip mold sitting directly on top of my mdf camber mold. This is my extremely high tech heat blanket. It ...

Sounds like you have half a bench.

I had this problem too. I believe that it has more to do with the tension in the metal than in the ptex. Plastic is deforms easily, especially if it gets hot. The tension in the edges pull the plastic into the banana shape. If you lay them up they will come out exactly the way the base looks. My pai...

To illustrate what I said earlier. This is a close up of the tip rocker with mold under it. I just cut the pieces out of a 2x8 and stuck em all together. I built my mold by first deciding upon the total tip rise and then the distance I wanted it to rise over. I made a sketch of the curve and then us...

I built an adjustable length mold for my press. The camber is fixed but I can move or chance the tip and tail sections. I took out my normal tip section and replaced it with a slowly tapering one. I used a traditional tail section to provide a little tail rise but nothing too dramatic. The ski is a ...

Now that it is winter I haven’t had as much time for building as I would like. Between work, skiing, and the holidays I barely had time to think about my current build let alone get it done. But, after far too long, they are finally here and they look like a pretty good start for the new year. These...

I am sure most of you already know this but it is worth repeating. Most of us think about avalanche danger in terms of big open bowls and gnarly alpine lines. In reality there are more avalanche fatalities on lower angle slopes. Low angle slopes are more likely to release wet slides and thick slabs ...

Agreed. Look on the bright side. The lift into the Alpental slackcounty just got bumped down a notch.

Doughboy, you beat me to this post. But I think it deserves its own thread. While skiing at Hyak on Friday I commented on how we finally built a decent base. So much for that. Fortunately the area was closed, as was the highway. The slide also took out one home right next to the slope. In the summer...

Has anyone tried using a cars windshield defroster? You know, the grid that goes over your rear hatch. I think they are just some sort of conductive 'paint' at least that's all the repair kits are. It seems like it might work. My heat blanket works fine so I'm not going to mess around with unknown t...