Lets see if it performs as it should!
185cm long, 20,5m radius, full camber, hollow tip, 1500g per ski, 70mm underfoot. 450g/m² carbon triax + 120g/m² flax uni to dampen. lets hope it damps as well as everyone says.
Self-routed ski ends made from ABS.
Beautiful veneer! What type of would is that? Is that a spar urethane finish?
To be honest, I have no idea what wood it is :) A friend of mine used to build skis as well when we started 4 years ago but he soon stopped. Now I use the leftovers, e.g. this veneer.
The finish is a normal PU finish, normally used or boats.
It doesn't have to perform!
Looks so nice that even if it performed like a dog.. it's a winner!
Very nice ones! I hope to hear they perform as good as they look. Have fun testing!
And they perform! Made the Level 3 skiing instructor race in time on these skis yesterday. 3 times before I always failed on bought race skis (ok, this year I trained, but they really ride superior to my Völkl race skis).
Congratulations!
Where was the Race? Nebelhorn?
In Axamer Lizum in Austria.
Congratulations!
Well done. Did you race in those touring boots?
Yes, I raced in my touring boots :) Don't ask how many times I discussed about that already :)
PMG very nice! I also have a GS ski in the works for next season with a similar layup using flax/CF. Did you use CF in the full width or just a strip? What did you use for a wood core? I plan on using ash, IPE sidewall. Making a damp ski is important for racing and is probably the holy grail of ski building. I'm racing on Atomic Redsters 184cm (which I happen to love). So I'm setting my expectations fairly high
I started thinking about a separate damping system like the D2 or a UVO type setup, but if the ski is already damp, then it's unnecessary.
Interesting you went with a hollow style tip. No chatter issues?
Congrats on the race!
Hi,
I used the carbon full width, the flax as well. As wood I used ash.
Regarding dampness: When I test the dampening in my workshop and compare it to my Völkl GS race ski with 2x titanal, the völkl is waaay damper and stops swinging earlier. On Snow however, I didn't feel a difference but prefer mine because it has a better edge grip and a bit less radius (21m instead of more than 23 on the Völkl).
I just llike doind hollow tip, its kind of my style. What do you mean with chatter?
By chatter I mean, during a hard turn does the downhill ski hop or skip across the ice or hard pack instead of holding grip.
Not at all. And I don't understand why a hollow tip would lead to this... The contact point of the camber is way behind the hollow tip, about 5cm.
