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Has anyone out there played around with putting intentional shape/contour into the base of a ski or board? And if so how did you go about it? I'd love to make something on the line of the Asmo boards see www.asemo.at

I've made a few boards with and without bindings with nice flat bases but I think making something like this would be an awesome challenge... And sweet to ride on the deep days. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

There is a bit of messing around to do it but its definately possible, you just need a 3d mould and a big wide bladder, press with no cat track.
Not sure if vac would be strong enough.

I think I would have to ride a board with a 3d base first and if it was awesome I'd give it a go. I already press with a huge bladder and no cat track so wouldn't be too hard but its the finishing that would suck. How do you grind it, even scraping wax off would be a pain.

These guys do it and Ive seen their boards in person they are pretty neat.

http://www.gilsonboards.com/technology

Thanks guys, I have a few ideas on the mould that I'm going to play with. Any ideas on where to look for a bladder the full width of a board? Those Gilson boards look interesting too..thanks for that

you can do it with a cat track, just need to make a 3D mold and then shape the core to accommodate the 3D mold shape so the top of the ski/board is still flat. either that or mill a 3D bottom mold and 3D top cassette layer.
Big bladder and no cat track prob easier.

Jon Quarrie wrote:Thanks guys, I have a few ideas on the mould that I'm going to play with. Any ideas on where to look for a bladder the full width of a board? Those Gilson boards look interesting too..thanks for that

Depends what area you are in.
We got quite a few options here in Perth Australia who sell it by the meter.

That Gilson board looks terrifying

I hear ya.....there stiffer board is a f&@kin noodle. The soft one is like paper. Check the flexingg video

Well I made a board with a 3D base profile and it works perfectly, rides great without bindings in a few inches of fresh snow. If I could only figure out how to upload photos onto here I could show it to you. I'm more of a practical guy than an IT guy!

Photobucket...... Then copy image. Then hit the img button on skibuilders post option (above where u type). Then paste the photo below that

http://s288.photobucket.com/component/D ... jg3gxg.jpg

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