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Making your own skis

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Although it isn't very popular, I know that it is possible. Has anyone here ever built their own pair if skis?
Oct 22 2014 9:51PM
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-emile-
Posts: 6612 - Karma: 8,592
nope , definitely no one , absolutely no one on here.
Oct 22 2014 9:54PM
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dispatchQ_main
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pingu has a great tutorial on youtube
Oct 22 2014 9:59PM
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gnar_whal
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There's a guy on here named iggy I think he's made like one or two.
Oct 22 2014 10:10PM
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brend
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Logan Imlach makes his own skis
Oct 22 2014 10:16PM
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suup
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-emile-nope , definitely no one , absolutely no one on here.

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Oct 22 2014 11:09PM
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Carl_the_Llama
Posts: 504 - Karma: 1,295
*cough*gear talk*cough*, *cough*search bar*cough*.
https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/651776/Official-Ski-Pressing-Shaping-Building-Constructing-Thread
Oct 22 2014 11:11PM
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Mr.Bishop
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gnar_whalThere's a guy on here named iggy I think he's made like one or two.


No but seriously ON3P was basically started by NSers. They're awesome.

The idea of making your own skis is rad... but so is supporting people that are rad and make rad skis.
Oct 22 2014 11:15PM
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toastyteenagers
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aceofbladeZLogan Imlach makes his own skis


Yeah he made a few pairs last winter. Message him.
Oct 22 2014 11:27PM
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KyleA
Posts: 865 - Karma: 510
Our old ski building threads are pretty embarrassing for us at this point, but everybody has to start somewhere. And now we get to do it everyday!

These were the first pair of skis that had the Kitten Factory name on them.

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/375896/New-skis--yo-
Oct 23 2014 1:17AM
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gnar_whal
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Mr.BishopNo but seriously ON3P was basically started by NSers. They're awesome.

The idea of making your own skis is rad... but so is supporting people that are rad and make rad skis.

Yeah I know I saw the thread when he started building them.
Oct 23 2014 7:20AM
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McLS
Posts: 1985 - Karma: 6,454
There's a cult, ill look for it and post it up, hopefully i can find it. There are a lot of member who experienced making a pair, fewer that actually went on to make more. All i'll say is if you're getting into this, be ready to fail (you'll realise that when you actually ride the skis) and don't make a park ski first, make a 110-130 pow ski, even if you fuck up, you'll still be able to use it.

And yeah, Logan actually posted in a thread and helps out if you have specific questions.
Oct 23 2014 1:48PM
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McLS
Posts: 1985 - Karma: 6,454
My bad, i don't think there is a cult, but a great thread in gear gabber:
https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/651776/Official-Ski-Pressing-Shaping-Building-Constructing-Thread?page=18
Oct 23 2014 1:50PM
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KravtZ
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do some research on NS there used to be a massive thread/forum about it as well as some other website that had EVERYTHING you would need to know how to make your own skis super detailed also
Oct 23 2014 2:14PM
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Old-schooler.
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I'm thinking of just sticking together some ply boards duct tape and some sort of high density plastic.

-might post a pic-
Oct 23 2014 7:46PM
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Old-schooler.
Posts: 120 - Karma: 971
try out http://www.skibuilders.com
Oct 24 2014 10:29AM
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onLINE
Posts: 1013 - Karma: 423
Carl_the_Llama*cough*gear talk*cough*, *cough*search bar*cough*.
https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/651776/Official-Ski-Pressing-Shaping-Building-Constructing-Thread


Perfect time to bring back the search bar chirp.
Oct 24 2014 11:03AM
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