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My new homemade skis : The Gapers

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Calrin
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Yeah i just finished these skis and i have a shitload of packing and work to do before my flight leaves for Utah tomarrow, so this is going to be breif. The skis are 183 cm long and 140-110-130, they have a maple/ poplar core, 3 layers off 22 oz triaxial fixerglass, and the tail is reinforced with carbon fiber tape. Here they are:

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P.S. Ill be at PC friday, Snowbird saturday, PC sunday, and Brighton monday.
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Tha_Grouch
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nice dude.
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Calrin
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Oh and to give an idea of stiffness they are slighly stiffer than 179 fujas.
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bryceCTS
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tell me how they come out when you try em out
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Calrin
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yeah im sure ill have lots of pictures/ video and write a test after my trip.
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mattyb.
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how often do you make skis? you have your own press right?
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artfullydodged
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sweet looks like u did an aweome job, better than i could do, but u should add some more gaper like graphics
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teamsleep
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this kid in my school also made a ski. he made a ski press and eveything. the topsheet looked amazing but it was pretty beat up after we went to colorado
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seider
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those are so sick, tell me how they are in the snow
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fouldsys
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i wanna start doing stuff like that
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ESfreeridepa
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those are dope and all but i hope thats not the only ski your taking. you never know how they are going to hold up.
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charmander
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me too it would be sweet to make all kinds of skis just to bitch around on and if that didnt work out u wouldnt be totally fucked because it sprolly cheaper to make skis than to buy them
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Calrin
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This is my fourth pair and they hold up pretty well, but im bringing fujas aswell. My last pair (park skis, see video here: https://newschoolers.com/web/content/videos/id/120870/cat/all/search_string/lets+make+skis%21/ ) just snapped but that was after about 30 days of abusive skiing.
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hollygrove
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Wow, those look, and sound fun.

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garrett.
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i iwsh i could make my own skis
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charmander
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dude you popped out so fucking much in that video
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breckfreeskier
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dope
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ilikeplants
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SICK!
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Calrin
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my old boots had this gay autowalk function that did not work with look pivots
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SwitchMahFuckah
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Why did you name them "the gapers" ? Shit i would have called them "the sick as fucks"
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Skipig25
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hahahahahahaha
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dweezileast
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those are sick as fuck cal. Taking them to utah?
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bobs
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i would cry........no warrenty
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Calrin
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you know it.

oh, and each pair costs about 125-150 after an initial expense of upwards of $500 for tools and the press and stuff.
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skier24
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those are sick.
i would like to learn how to do that.
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MadSteezin
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About how much money does it take to make a pair of skis?
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~Joe~
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damn dude, those are sick, make me some
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ESfreeridepa
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i think im gonna stick to buying my skis. but its gotta be dope when someone comes up and asks you what kind of skis they are.
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MALONE
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what are the edges made of
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mtbakerteacher
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cough.. cough.. kind of the point of making your own.. cough cough.. you can MAKE more...
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mohawkskier
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sweet man
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dwalk
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that looks like it took a long time
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DANETRON
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do you use the blader type press? if so what did you use for the bladder?

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WeK
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those are sick, about how much actual time of labor does it take to get a pair together? can you pretty much make a ski flexing as much as you'd like? how'd you learn to do this?
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ajax
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Those are soooo sick.
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Calrin
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edges like any ski. they cost like $2.80 each or something.
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Calrin
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i use a firehose for the bladder, it takes about 10 hours to make a pair, and you can control the flex easily by switching up composites but stiffer-> heavier
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SkiMN
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Its like a lot of shit you make, getting all the stuff to make em is hella expensive to start out, but once you start making them the material cost isnt that bad.
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Silence
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fucking dope man..nice job.
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flyinghighagain
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how long does it take you to make a pair like that?
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Albino
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impressed
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Sharko
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Have you considered making them to sell on NS? I would serioulsy consider working with you for a pair for next year. Like, if I could pick the specs and the graphics, what would you charge? $300 gives you about $150 profit and undercuts any ski on the market, but I'm sure NSers, me included, would pay more.
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*DrewT*
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Sexy... so so sexy
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japanada
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hell yeah, make something with dimensions and the flex of the SFBs.
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Sharko
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seriously, I've been looking forever for someone who would make me a custom ski and there is really no one who will do it for a reasonable price. Everyone always says Prior will do it, but they want upwards of $700 for a dinky park ski.
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cmeriptahoe
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props man thats pretty sick that you are making your own skis. i would love to have some soft fats like those. man thats sick.
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Love_Wins.
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Those are mucho sexo...I agree though, you should've called them the sick as fucks.
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thementhol
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very nice !!!!
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Desjardins
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those are so sweet, whats the song in that video?
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feezy
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two words:

REVERSE CAMBER.


make THAT EXACT SKI. but reverse camber.
sell them on newschoolers for like $400.
plus shipping.

you will be ahead of the curve. no one could compete, either.
and SO MANY FUCKING KIDS would buy them.

i would.
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feezy
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oh, but PLEASE let us choose color combos. the stripes arwe sick, but i kinda want like purple and yellow or something ridiculous, ya know?
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