Stone as core material

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brandt
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Stone as core material

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Just read about the Zai Hublot All Black ski. (Can't post a link since this is my first post. Forum rule to prevent spam) It has a stone core made of gneiss.

Has anyone here experimented with anything remotely like that?
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Post by MontuckyMadman »

post the addy it just won't link.
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Post by bobbyrobie »

or pm one of us and we can link it for you
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Post by bobbyrobie »

here are the links brandt was trying to post.





http://www.zai.ch/index.php?id=359&L=1
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http://www.hublot.com/hublot_prod/site/ ... ski_en.pdf
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Post by Juanbendedknee »

that is the biggest load of crap I have ever seen.
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Post by Kippax »

Yeah I think I've seen Barney Rubble on a pair in the Flintstones.
Something must be lost in translation here ...stone core ...we going back to the dark ages.
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Post by brandt »

If you look at Hublots watches they are mostly made of unconventional materials like ceramic, tantalum and tungsten. I don’t know the E-Modulus of gneiss but the skis are most likely just a big showoff for Hublot and another p***s enlarge for people with too much money.

I was more interested if anyone was/have been experimenting whit anything outside the box as core material. Not just the usual wood and the occasional foam.
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Post by ben_mtl »

My mold surface is marble !!! 8)


.. OK just Formica with a marble pattern but it's still funny... :D
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Post by knightsofnii »

mono-cock construction?
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Post by RoboGeek »

Lead core for a softer ride? Anybody seen my steroids?

How about plutonium.. it melts the surface and gives you a friction free ride while doing double duty warming your feet!

*WARNING* May cause pregnancy in males and lab rats
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some 08 hayes brothers boards contain Unobtanium ;)
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Post by ptobin »

you could probably use asbestos somewhere in ski construction... if your not in the US
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