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Making skis?

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Gnl.Weirdness
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Anyone here know what it costs to make skis? So many new companies have come out like armada, 4frnt, ninthward, etc etc anyone know how they do it? Do they get contracts with the big companies, or something?
Dec 27 2004 8:59PM
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Homebrewer19
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i saw something on making snowboard last night and it seemed like they had a small crew in the factory and only a few major machines.

i bet alot of cash goes into design though.
Dec 27 2004 9:06PM
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chemicalski
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i went to the rossi factory in france, rack skiis are treated like SHIT before put out onto sale. The prosses involves alot of tossing topsheets onto bases
Dec 27 2004 9:15PM
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Gnl.Weirdness
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cool. Yeh I am gonna check it out at some point cus I am def interested.
Dec 27 2004 9:18PM
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ummmmm.....
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Hi, I'm enlighter and I want to be just like everyone else, I'm gonna make skis and tell everyone how great they are months before the first pair is even pressed, yay gold rush
Dec 27 2004 9:19PM
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johhnn
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i think generally the smaller companies get them made by larger ones, like i think liberty get/got made by line, elan made armada's in slovenia, 4frnt is made in canada, yeha i dunno
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Dec 27 2004 9:23PM
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Go_Home_Aussies
Posts: 93 - Karma: 10
my roommate makes skis, its not too hard if you have the right equip. and materials. i took him about 3 pairs to figure it out, but after that, it's just a skill like anything else.

on a side note, msg me if you are interested in his custom skis, he'll make them to whatever measurement/stiffness you'd like for $600 cdn. he makes a great ski.
Dec 27 2004 9:25PM
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evilninja
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i wanna make some out of plywood.

-Baybe, I ain't no hero.I'm just a

smoothe pimped-out playa from tha streets who knows how to get his.
Dec 27 2004 9:43PM
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Gnl.Weirdness
Posts: 3867 - Karma: 20
aussie thats pretty cool if your serious.
Dec 27 2004 9:55PM
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UTskier
Posts: 743 - Karma: 158
Very hard and expensive to make skis. That's why some of these new companies sub-contract it out to real ski companies, so they can focus on what's really important - marketing.
Dec 28 2004 12:44AM
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Gnl.Weirdness
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yeh
Dec 28 2004 12:46AM
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Phrosty
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ask the fellas at defi.
Dec 28 2004 12:47AM
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Blunttip360
Posts: 994 - Karma: 105
http://www.skibuilders.com/howto/equip/tools.shtml

Thats how you make skis on a budget.
Dec 12 2005 8:19PM
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TWoods
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Liberty skis are not made by Line, they have their own factory. Line skis were made in the same place as Karhu, and still are, which used to be done in the Burton Factory, but now is done in CHina.
Dec 12 2005 8:22PM
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t3shellvenom
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so he could make me wicked quality skis that are exactly like invaders but with my own graphic? for 600$?
Dec 12 2005 8:23PM
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