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Getpoolside
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For my highschool senior project i made my own homebuilts. At the end of the year everyone has to present their project to a panel and to fellow students. A boston globe representative sat in on my presentation and one other students. here's the article

http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2008/05/11/students_soar_with_essential_questions/?p1=email_to_a_friend

my skis were 182cm 115-82-115 fully symetrical with 15mm of camber and a 19m turning radius. core is 1" laminated poplar.
layup:
p-tex base with edges
VDS rubber strips
22 oz. triaxial fiberglass
poplar core
22 oz. triaxial fiberglass
cloth graphic
clear topsheet

Skis right out of the press
 
here are the skis right out of the press befor all of the excess materials were trimmed off

May 11 2008 1:34PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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cool, but you didnt make rockers... are you a narc?
May 11 2008 1:37PM
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fsscott
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Props on makin your own skis, Make like a superlight park ski haha :)
May 11 2008 1:43PM
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jimmer
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nice work. keep that up.
May 11 2008 2:04PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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sick job dude, how long did that take ya?
May 11 2008 2:20PM
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pag
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nicejob
May 11 2008 2:50PM
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meggers
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thats sooo awesome! congrats dude! is that pic of you??
May 11 2008 2:55PM
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Grube
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thats tight
May 11 2008 3:01PM
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Getpoolside
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After all of the research was done it probably took about 2 months. It would have taken longer if i wasn't able to use a CNC router to profile the core.
And yes that is me in the picture, pretty embarrassing. They caught me mid sentence.
May 11 2008 4:27PM
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Obsessedwski
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sweet man props
could you post pics of the finished product?
May 11 2008 5:23PM
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ForestryIs8nice
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nice shirt brah- nah jus clownin.  kudos
May 11 2008 5:29PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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Props..I wish I knew how to do that
May 12 2008 12:32AM
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anthony_B
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Very ambitious... Congrats on building your own skis. Are you gonna post any pics up of the finished product. I would love to see how they turned out.
May 12 2008 7:55AM
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skodeo7
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Sweeet dude, nice job!
May 12 2008 8:01AM
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sugarloaf
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caleb! get out thats ILLL!!!
May 12 2008 9:27AM
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Getpoolside
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Here's some pictures of the final product. i'll try and get some better ones up soon
Finished ski
Finished ski
Finished ski
May 13 2008 8:01AM
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skiEER
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damn those look very good for your first pair
May 13 2008 9:54AM
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