Replying to A new way to GRIND!
Dear Sir,
My name is Nicolo Anastasi the Director Of Operations for ELDAR Innovations inc, a company that is working hard to push the limits of Freestyle Skiing. As you well know extreme sports has led many mountains to include terrain parks that include rails; the type one would use to manage down a set of stairs. We have developed a product that allows the skier to grind with his or her skis parallel to the rail rather than perpendicular. This opens the door to allow the skier to multiply the amount of tricks he or she can attempt. The, 'EL SOUL' can remain on your boot while skiing in normal conditions but we suggest that you remove it when skiing in powder, glades and other extreme conditions. The entire device, including the hardware is made of high-grade stainless steel with 6mm bolts holding the blade in place. The blade is easily removed on or off the mountain, so We are working on a, 'Quick Release' mechanism that will make it even easier, but we will cross that bridge when we get to it.
Looking back the idea came to Egan Picken quite a while ago, when he took the idea the soul grinding from rollerblading and applied it to skiing. About two years ago Egan asked me a help with his dream, and soon enough is was a dream of mine as well. We combined our resources, and produced our best design yet that performs as well as it looks. So far Egan has been the only one using it on a regular basis, because it requires some modifications to your boot to make it work.
We are in the process of editing the new footage and still shots we collected on the slopes of Beaver Creek,in Colorado. During my stay we ran into allot of people on the mountain that are extremely interested in the product, and would like to try it. I am curious to see how may people in this forum are interested in trying it as well. Last but not least I would like to say thank you to everybody in the freestyle skiing community for inspiring us along the way... we would not have come this far with out you.
P.S. I am looking for any feedback, good or bad to make our product more conducive to skiing community. You can check out our website (very cheesy) www.eldarinnovations.com to get a better idea of what I am talking about, and just to let you know the skier in the picture is Egan Picken. Thank you for your attention and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Nicolo A. Anastasi
Director Of Operations,
ELDAR Innovations Inc, NY
631-525-4791 Cell Phone
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