Custom rivets

drill hole, insert rivet in rivet gun, insert rivet into hole and squeeze rivet gun handle.

sounds cool but i have the pe's i don't need to rivet mine

not tryin to rag on you but i dont really think he cares if you need to rivet yours or not.

u run the risk of craking ur fram
get the stick ones for like 10bucks on the internet

uhhh do i care?

no, i drive an explorer, so i wont need to rivet that. but its a good idea for your fujatives.

it would be cool if someone could give more info on what kind to buy, what i need and risks with instalation

i dont think that drilling a hole and rivet ur tip would increase its lifespan, delam is not a major danger to the ski if its a good model, anyway its warranty, edges are more likely to die

like i said before SOUNDS COOL

just let a shop do it so if they mess up they have to replace but if you mess up thats another story

I dont suuggest you to rivet your skis if they didnt delam at first. The problem with rivets is that they increase vibration that usually cause teh delamination. So if you rivet a ski that was not supposed to be riveted, the vibration will increase because of addition of weight. That will cause the ski to delaminate but you wont be able to see it since the ski will be held together by the rivets. that might even casue problem to your core after a while. This is why snowboard companies are using high density rubber on the nose and the tail of theyr boards, the rubber decrease the vibration so the board wont delaminate. This is better then actually increasing the vibration by putting rivets on themand break teh ski without being able to see it. plus riveting the ski will more then likely ruin your warranty.


So, if you bought a pair of skis that didnt come with rivets, I highly suggest you not to put rivets on them unless they already delaminated and they wont be warrantied. Otherwise, just ski them and if they delaminte, just send them back to the company. As far as i know, delamination isnt considerated as abusive use.

And about tose ski compabny that put rivets on their skis, they probably have some real good reasn to put them and found a way not to increase the vibration. I dont think much ski companies are using rubber on the tips and tail yet. wich would be a really good thig in my opinion but yea, might be more expensive and a lot harder then on a snowboard since the ski is way much tinnier then a board.

i dont have any clue about riveting...but my school doesnt allow them on your pants.

you just saved my life. thank you sir

looks like someone else beat me to it, but they are correct. as a tech i say that riviting your skis should be a last ditch effort.

quebecfreestyle is a genious, thanks you

wait like you arent allowed to wear jeans

like anything but sweats and snowpants has rivets

One of my Big Troubles delaminated at the tip after my first day hitting big jumps on them and Dynastar wouldn't warranty them. I fixed them up pretty nicely, but I work at a shop and had help from some guys who really know what they're doing - I wouldn't recommend trying it yourself, especially if there is nothing wrong with them in the first place - the ski will only be weaker like someone said before.

I spread the delam and put a load of epoxy inside first, then heated it to get it all worked in. To clamp the ski tip we cut an old snowboard in half then used that to sandwich the tip and threw about 9 G-clamps on there and left it for two days. It all set pretty solid and one of the guys told me it would probably be fine without rivets, but I wanted to make sure - Dynastar recommended to do it anyway. I used T-bolts to hold it together - a lot stronger than rivets, which aren't really that strong. I filed down the bolt half first - the length to slightly lower than the thickness of the ski and bevelled the edges so they wouldn't drag, then filed down the bolt to that it wouldn't stick out the bottom with the washers in place and the bolt tightened. Then I drilled holes slightly larger than the bolt barrel and bevelled them with a dremmel bit to keep everything smooth. I put a thin layer of epoxy round the hole to seal the exposed core then tightened up the bolts tight and evenly with
Loctite, with a wide washer against the topsheet for protection and a raised one to fit the bolt head, and left them for another day to set. Check out the end result below - it turned out pretty sweet. I threw two in each tail too, more for looks than anything else, I admit. Someone else at the shop said I could have thrown a layer of rubber in the tip for damening like a lot of park skis have now, but only one had delammed and I didn't want anything different between the two, and I wasn't sure about the whole idea. I've got park skis now anyway, so the Big Trouble is my powder ski now and I'll only do small kickers on it and minimal rails.

Once again, I had access to all the right equipment and help from some really experienced guys - I wouldn't recommend trying this unless you're confident you're not going to screw up your ski. A shop might be able to do this for you but they'd probably charge a lot because of the time it takes - if the guys in my shop were in a good mood they might do it, but charge about $100 Canadian for it.

Check them out:

very impressive ^ looks like a hard job to do, i wouldn't reccomend it unless your a ski tech etc.