Wiki

Field notes and how-tos for building skis and snowboards.

• Ski press
• Core profiling
• Bases and edges
• CAD/CAM and CNC
• Camber, rocker and the mould
• Core design
• Core wood selection
• Edge attachment
• Edge bending
• Epoxy
• Fibreglass and carbon
• Finishing and flattening
• A first-build guide
• Flex and stiffness
• DIY heat blankets and temperature control
• The layup sequence
• Pressing the ski
• Sidecut and shape
• Sidewalls
• Tip and tail spacers
• Tools and the shop
• Topsheets and graphics
• Tuning and grinding
• Vacuum press
• VDS and damping