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I made a ski

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Calrin
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Oct 6 2005 10:44PM
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awsomecoolguy
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wow hahahaha
Oct 6 2005 10:47PM
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Tinga
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give us some specs howd it go
Oct 6 2005 10:49PM
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i8van
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woooaaaah
Oct 6 2005 10:50PM
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Kev
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that's fucking sick.

what materials you use? what are the dimensions of the ski?
Oct 6 2005 10:51PM
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Calrin
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its mostly trimmed by now that was with all the excess fiberglass and epoxy still attached
Oct 6 2005 10:52PM
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freezed
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that is amazing and awesome.

super props
Oct 6 2005 10:53PM
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Calrin
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about 133-100-123 and 180 cm
Oct 6 2005 10:53PM
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Calrin
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maple/poplar core, ptex sidewalls, 2 layers fiberglass, inserts like a snowboard for look p12 jibs
Oct 6 2005 10:55PM
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Tinga
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sweet post some pics when you finish it
Oct 6 2005 10:55PM
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powderdream
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dont paint it leave it old school...
Oct 6 2005 10:57PM
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Tinga
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i totaly agree
Oct 6 2005 11:04PM
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Calrin
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agreed
Oct 6 2005 11:05PM
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acoustikrage
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shoot, what'd you use to press it? and is the top supposed to be wrinkled like that?
Oct 6 2005 11:06PM
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downhiller52
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cool, looks sweet. now you just need to make the left one......
Oct 6 2005 11:08PM
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Genome
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yah^ and where oyu learn to do this
Oct 6 2005 11:09PM
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cobra_commander
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skibuilders.com is a great site
Oct 6 2005 11:19PM
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Aenigma
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I want a pair! You'll have to post how they ski once the snow starts falling, I'm curious to see whether all the crap they market to us makes that huge of a difference.
Oct 6 2005 11:23PM
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johanblaze
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wow i like that idea. i would make a center mount set of inserts and another set back for powder. pretty damn cool idea man. props.
Oct 6 2005 11:23PM
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Kev
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yeah. keep us updated with your progress, i would love to see the finished product
Oct 6 2005 11:27PM
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dorikin
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dude seanpistol has the best idea in the history of skiing. They should totally do that on all skis.
Oct 6 2005 11:30PM
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johanblaze
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hey *armada* was the one that put it on his skis, and teh prophets have two settings like that on the prophets.
Oct 6 2005 11:33PM
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dorikin
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don't you have to use reactors on the prophets to use those mountin points...?
Oct 6 2005 11:45PM
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cobra_commander
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You people should really go to skibuilders.com and then realize that people have been building inserts into skis for years. Also If those are your first pair of homemade skis do not expect them to be supper good. do not throw away your mold because you will probably want to make a few agustments latter. expect to make about 5 pairs before you get a really good pair.
Oct 6 2005 11:54PM
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AKFREERIDE
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dude, those graphics are insane. i love em. if any of you have seen the Karhu PFD, thats like my kind of graphics. love em. so pretty and likeable. glad someone on here shares my likeness of wood topsheets. and the insert ideas are extreeeeemely sickening. how much did that cost you.both skis?
Oct 7 2005 12:21AM
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johanblaze
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yes...
Oct 7 2005 12:27AM
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Love_Wins.
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That my friend........is amazingly sweet, truly fucking dank....one of these days when I'm not poor as all hell, and have the stuff to do it, I'll build a pair myself, let us know how they ride and all of that one you use them.
Oct 7 2005 12:32AM
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Schnoodle.
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wow man thats fucking awesome, id like to do that some day. the specs sound good as well, im interested to see how they go. you have to let us know
Oct 7 2005 5:44AM
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wskibum176
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thats sweet, pleaseshare your ideas
Oct 7 2005 11:32AM
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Lineskier-101
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I've said this a couple times

All binding patterns should be the same, then there should be inserts on a couple different places on ALL skis. That way we don't have to pay for mounting, and multiple mounting doesn't weaken the ski. That's the only thing I think we can benefit from snowboarders.
Oct 7 2005 12:31PM
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dorikin
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Yea seriously if the ski industry standarized mouting points, I think the design of skis would definitely progress in a positive direction.
Oct 7 2005 2:53PM
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vincepru
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do you have a ski press? how did you make it because i want to make a pair of skis as my senior project.
Oct 7 2005 3:02PM
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jibster270
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Wow Cal, damn, those are sick. Are you actually gonna ride those at lab this year? Because damn a 100 waist sick. I really like thsoe, shit.
Oct 7 2005 3:26PM
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A_Whelan
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Hey
Don't have a lot of time here, inbetween classes so I couldn't read all of the above. How are you going to put a metal edge on and what is your bottom going to be?
-aaron
Oct 7 2005 3:34PM
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lpskier5
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fucking sick cal, i bet they ride real nice
Oct 7 2005 4:35PM
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japanada
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those are sick as hell, i want a pair.!!!!
Oct 7 2005 4:37PM
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Flynn
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I hope you pressed those and didn't just let the resin sit.
Oct 7 2005 4:40PM
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J.D.
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I)OHWEGROEISG{HEROIGVHWEOIFHWEIOFGW{ERGJEWR{WHATTHEFUCK

WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE THINK LINE HAS BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH!!? And then you all bitch at them for it because it's "too heavy" or "too high off the ski" when it's a concept in DEVELOPMENT. Jesus christ, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If you all think this is such an amazing idea, then stop being a bunch of whiny pricks when it comes to the reactor, so that at some point it actually DOES end up happening, maybe.
Oct 7 2005 4:41PM
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whattheshit
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yea don't paint it, just do a clear coat or something. haha fiberglass over i guess?

anyways look at the arbor element snowboard. do it like that.
Oct 7 2005 4:45PM
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Flynn
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I)OHWEGROEISG{HEROIGVHWEOIFHWEIOFGW{ERGJEWR{WHATTHEFUCK


Subliminal message.
Oct 7 2005 4:45PM
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whattheshit
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jews aren't heroes. tahts crazyyy
Oct 7 2005 4:47PM
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J.D.
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Hey, what can I say, I adore Hebrew people.

Even if they killed my lord.

Props to moses.
Oct 7 2005 4:47PM
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Flynn
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hahaha
Oct 7 2005 4:48PM
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hucker22
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that is sweet, one down one to go
Oct 7 2005 5:37PM
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montageskier
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cool.
Oct 7 2005 5:41PM
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Calrin
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they dont need a cearcoat because they have a topsheet like any other ski except its clear. The rinkles are a potective tape like layer that prevents the topsheet from getting covered with epoxy.
Oct 7 2005 7:23PM
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eheath
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That is sick.
Oct 7 2005 7:38PM
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ArabianKnight
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fibe glass ubnder. (the topsheet which is clear.)
Oct 7 2005 8:15PM
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skimasterflex
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Do you ask that we buy a binding we don't like now so that in the future it might improve for our posterity? I love Line I sell the hell out of their skis and I support whatever decision they make as to the progress of our sport but the current binding is not very good.
Oct 7 2005 8:27PM
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AttitashSkier
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sick man, nice work
Oct 7 2005 11:38PM
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Jib_This
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You're all fucking idiots...oops, can't standardize a "normal" mounting pattern on skis. Why? BOOTS. Snowboard boots can deal with overhang, etc, but unless we drastically change the way either bindings, boots, or both work and interact with each other, you can't just "standardize" ski binding mounting without doing something along the lines of a Reactor. The closest you'll come to is in a custom ski build, with custom insert placement for YOUR boot size. And don't start with "boot sizes are standardized", because they're not. A Rossi size 26 boot isn't the same length as a Tecnica or Salomon or Lange 26. They're all different.

Basically, it breaks down like this:
Line:1 You:0
Oct 8 2005 12:07AM
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