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Ninja_on_Skis
Posts: 136 - Karma: 26
Ok so right now I'm in school (University of Washington) but after graduation I was planning on starting a company building skis somewhere in the Washington area. I would be a freestyle based company building on basically what the ski community tells me they want and than if it goes good find some skiers to sponsor and give them their own ski. I just want you opinions on what you guys want for skis. Opinions on park to powder skis. Thanks guys and I'll keep things posted on how the build up is going. Think years down the road though.
Sep 27 2011 6:19PM
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corona
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rocket powered skis
Sep 27 2011 6:22PM
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corona
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rockered powder skis*

oops
Sep 27 2011 6:23PM
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Trace.
Posts: 1460 - Karma: 635
rocket powered skis>rockered powder skis
Sep 27 2011 6:33PM
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ndye
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Sep 27 2011 6:39PM
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Supergyro
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What a helpful community.
Sep 27 2011 7:22PM
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razors-chaz
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just out of interest what are you studying? and when are you gonna graduate. are you studying something which is related to a ski production and sales business?
Sep 27 2011 7:24PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
Yep I want skis with spikes on the front for stabbing people who look at me the wrong way.
Sep 27 2011 7:49PM
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beowulf
Posts: 893 - Karma: 164
Rocket Power Skis > rocket powered skis > rockered powder skis
Sep 27 2011 7:49PM
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Milksteak
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Sep 27 2011 7:50PM
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Ninja_on_Skis
Posts: 136 - Karma: 26
Thank everyone who posted helpful response and the others I know your just having fun. :P I plan on majoring in Computer Science Engineering and before you start saying "that has nothing to do with it" I know but I plan on taking some business classes and hopefully some classes that will teach me about materials like mechanical engineering classes. The ski company is my #1 career choice but I wanted to go to school while it was easier and get a degree in something else I enjoyed for my #2 career choice.

On the topic of price I wanted to try to make quality skis for low prices around $400 little lower for park (less material costs) little higher for powder (more material cost).

Keep it up people!!!

While we're at it what do you think of D3 Skis for a name??? I have some other ideas too but give me your opinion on this first. Reason: I'm David William Phillips III hence D=David III=3

Thanks everyone!!!
Sep 27 2011 8:15PM
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SKIU4EA
Posts: 2387 - Karma: 2,072
Don't know if companies are already doing this, but being able to design your own graphic for a sick topsheet would be the balls for everyday customers.

My guess is it's just too expensive from a business standpoint to make a custom topsheet for every person that walks through the door rather than mass produce a handful of graphics. I know personally, i would dish out big bucks for my own graphic that no one else has.
Sep 27 2011 8:19PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Some companies will do that for you for an add on to the cost. Custom manufacturers like Folsom, Wagner, Prior... and ON3P.
Sep 27 2011 11:34PM
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californiagrown
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this, this, this!!!


I can see a product being in AK Airlines sky mall magazine sooooo easily. I can just see a gaper family with a family portrait as the graphic on their matching skis...or for the ultimate sports fan, a ski with their teams logo on it.

3 skis- kid ski
- Aduult allmountain carver ski
- Adult 110 waist, mild rockered, powder ski.


if you can actually make a decent profit from this, then you can move on to making other skis. There are already a lot of other companies out there that have saturated the boutique/core customer driven market. You gotta do something different my man.
Sep 27 2011 11:46PM
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Jibbin_Ur_Face
Posts: 2536 - Karma: 763
I like my pow skis uber rockered and very flexy for optimum backcountry/pow jibbing
Sep 28 2011 12:06AM
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egg.
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flexy symmetrical park skis
Sep 28 2011 12:09AM
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