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Just curious, what's everyone's background here? Nosey yes, but I wasn't voted class gossip for nothing.

I am currently a freshmen at UNH studying Mechanical Engineering. I've been skiing my entire life, and been into the newschool type thing for 5 years or so now. Basically since it began. Being a east coast kid, I've never had the chance to ski pow, or even much back country, so all my skiing revolves around park. I've always wanted to make my own skis, and so doing this is like a dream come true for me. I just gotta get all my shit together and make it happen.

I graduated with my BS in mechanical engineering at UCLA and spent one year studying the same thing in grad school at Berkeley. I dropped out because I couldn't take it anymore and figured it would be best to take some time off.

I first put on skis back in 1990 and have been skiing ever since with the last 2 seasons on telemark gear. I also was part of the newschool scene back when the original 1080's came out and was pretty heavy in the jibbing. This shows in the way I tele. I still wander in the park quite a bit but am starting to lean towards the pipe nowadays. Skiing is pretty much my life.

hey guys. i'm too lazy to type, but look here for my background info

if you don't already know, kam S leang and i are related -- he's my cousin and we like to ski

btw, Kelvin and i are almost ready to layup two new pairs of skis. we'll have some photos in a week.

hello...nice site, yo.

Hey there, just found your site Kam (s), awesome job!

I'm studying Mech eng at the university of ottawa, on and off, but mostly just to learn to build fun stuff, I'll be starting a press once I get back from Colorado next week, expect emails! haha

nice to meet everyone!

Jeremy

Jeremy:

nice to meet you and welcome!!! we'd love to hear from you about your progress, and feel free to ask questions.

Hey im a freshman in high school around boston, i ski usually at Mad River Glen, which is known for 4 things: no snowboarders, skier owned, the single chair, and a large amount of teles.

I am no longer into newschool after i had a compression fracture in my back and a broken pelvis from jumping 3 years back.

My friends are big in jumping ( you can see my friends site at www.steptproductions.com, please check it out) but im big into glade skiing, outta bounds, and moguls.

I am currently with a friend who is very experienced with things like this ( he is a professional sailor) making my own skis with the dimensions of 180 cm 130/110/120

Thanks for making such a great site.

welcome Madriverglen!

if you get a chance, show us some of your home-made skis. say, how's the skiing in the east this year?

i'd love to ski Mad River sometime. from what i've heard it's a great ski area, with super fun terrain.

well ill show my skis if they dont delam right as they come out of the mold, if i get around to making the mold. Anyways school takes a lot of time(dont tell my parents i really spend all my time on NS)

Ya skiing out east was pretty bad in the begginning of the season(got a few core shots on my new skis) but its really picking it up and the mad river valley is getting 3-5 feet this month.

Defintly come out its the best, us at mrg are the tightest community

o ya thanks for making such a sweet site

no problem. we'll try to add more stuff, like videos and information. there's so much stuff to learn about ski building. it's pretty fun..

btw, nice website. i like the photos. say, when you get around to building your skis, send us some photos, and ones of you skiing them. we'll post then on SkiBuilders.com.

dank

howdy folks

First off, props on the site. Prior to this I was only aware of www.grafsnowboards.com for homebuilder information, but snowboards are the main focus there.

I am currently a senior in ME at the U of U. For my senior design project I am designing a jib focused ski, more adapted to the abuses encountered in a park and urban environment. I myself prefer the BC pow, but this seemed a more progressive area to design. Check the webpage out at www.audiodig.com/jibski

It hasn't been updated for a while but this should change soon.

keep up the good work

cheers

RoRy

welcome to the site Broskier!

nice site. I'm interested in how you plan on using that honeycomb and how you prep it. How are you planning on making your skis jib specific?

welcome broskier! say, i graduated from U of U too. great school and, of course, great skiing. i checked out your site. pretty cool. do you have any pictures of your skis?

We are in the process of pressing up some test sections with a redesign of the edge profile underfoot, pics should be up in the upcoming weeks. As for the honeycomb, we plan to incorporate that into the tips and tails of the skis to reduce the swingweight, for the wet lay process we were thinking of covering it with some aluminum foil so that the cavities don't fill with the matrix. Experimentation is still to come. As for the U, ya it's good school, good academcs with hand on applications and all and the best skiing, a bit of a funky culture though. I'll let you guys know when the skis are done.

cheers

RoRy

This site is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Thanks a lot for the great information.

Welcome Seymour! thanks for the wonderful compliment. please let us know of improvement ideas for the site. and if you build a pair of boards, please send us pics and we'll be glad to show off your work.

Hey guys.

Awsome site & your skis look mean.

Check out www.revolutionski.co.uk my profile is on there.

Just about to leave my office job to go ski all year round. I am from Scotland originally but the plan is to spend six months in NZ & six months in the US teaching.

Keep up the good work.

revolutionski: welcome!!

nice website and thanks for the heads-up! also, thanks for linking us on your site. to return the favor, we'll set up a "user's link" page and add you to it. (the same applies to others who are interested).

have fun skiing year round. i've been doing it for the fast three-years (skiing at least once a month). i'm a regular on the site: http://www.turns-all-year.com and my user name is simply "kam".

when you come to the states, drop us a line. maybe one of us is close to you and we'll be glad to go make some turns.

cheers

...hey, just a question i'm looking all over the post to find interesting stuff for our ski-building...,...but 'dank'do u really say this?-->iz german?! only 4 interest

gute n8!

oh man--->^^dEFcHILL

Grade 12 Slacker

I've been reading your site on and off for weeks, very cool. Here are a few pics that you may find entertaining.

My pictures from 04'

Idris: welcome! very nice photos. thanks for sharing. i plan to visit your area this coming January.