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its finally happening, we are starting a company!
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well, im sure many of you remember me talking about building skis, and this summer, me and my friend (snowboarder) are starting a company. we are gonna start saving, get some money, buy supplies, printers, all that stuff. we are probably gonna set up a vac press in my shed. Also, when your building stuff like this, snowboards are way easier to build, cause you dont have to worry about constructing 2 identical boards, just one. they are also a ton cheaper, cause you need more than double the edge material, and thre are other stuff too, but we are still gonna build both. i cant wait.
Lets go skiing
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sounds good, but like hard work too
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wow another shitty company mabe by 12 year olds
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hey dumbass, we are 16 and 17, and i actually know what were doing. I have spent last summer building longboards, which got me introduced into composites, and i plan to build a good number of very high preformance skates this year too.
Lets go skiing
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whats the name of the company
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sounds cool
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well, i have been planning on building skis over summer all winter. never really a company. but i was talkin to him about it, and he was gettin real excited so i asked if he wanted to start a little garage company with me. he is real into it, has fundage, and is a great guy to ride with. i have been workin on teachin him about composites, and how boards and skis are built, that stuff. We really havent thought of a name, if yah got any suggestions, feel free to post. there might be a few other guys helpin out too, but him and me are the only ones goin at it for shure. we are gonna buy a nice, wide-ass epson priter for subliminating our graphics. for those who dont know, this is what big compainies do. it bonds the grapics into the plastic. with these techniques, we will be able to add real graphics to all sorts of shit, as long as it is polyester. that means goggles too!
Lets go skiing
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so ur gonna hoko up all ur newschoolers.com friends with free ones , right. ok great
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no, but they wont be too expensive, around 300.
Lets go skiing
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umm....you should call the company
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that is a real word by the way
this one
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Where do u live in the east coast, i live in CT, if ya ever need any help just let me know ( even though I dont know ya) haha, im down to help anything related to skiing
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how much does a ski press cost? can you build one? What do you need to build it?
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Who's the boarder, it's not brad is it? and you promised me a sponsorship, you better come through with it!
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when you get a ski... post seomething, i would love a ski by a rider owned company, ... that are actaully available (armada)
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i'll help too, but i live in the Midwest actually MI, problay away from u. how do u actually build a ski?? ive got no clue how u could do it by yourself
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awsome man! it rules when people our age take initave to start thing up like this. just a couple questions. where you gonna get the vac press? do you have any experience building skis or are you just gonna fool around till you get it right?
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dude that is so sick i dont no what to say, im all into that..... sick!
whos in da house, SACA is in the house!!! hahahahmuhahahah
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he's made a few longboards and when he talks about making skis, he seems to know what he's talking about. I think the hardest part of it would be getting the edges right.
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well see how long this lasts
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good luck on the venture man
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Well I make longboards too, so good luck. I am starting my own appareal company this summer too. I have just ordered a press so I can get to work. Everyone says starting your own company isn't possible, and it's up to people like us to prove them wrong. NEVER GIVE UP and GOODLUCK!
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good luck dude if u need help just ask
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is the core will be in wood or foam?
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Good luck to you dude. All the best.
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300 isnt too bad really. If it was 300 canadian that would be better because that would be like, 5 dollars american
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all the best, but it costs a lot of money to make skis.
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Whenever you guys have made anything at all post it on NS so we can critique it. hahahahhaha
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thats cool man. stay ambitious and good luck to you.
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that is fly. what is ur comp gunna be called?
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thats cool man, good luck with that! what are the graphics gonna look like?
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ive been designing skis and shit in my shop cuz i am in a technical high school taking CAD, i think i could make some sweet shit... just dont have the equipment
whos in da house, SACA is in the house!!! hahahahmuhahahah
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Go for it dude
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I really wanna get into this cause I wanna ride some skis that are literally, made for me. I have a bunch of skier friends that are quite a bit older than me and better at technical stuff like, Kyle graduated a couple years ago, and Rich is dumb so he does correspondance, and yeah. Making skis would rock.
Good luck with your company dude.
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i'm just jealous of your sexiness, sorry
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you shouldnt be jealous, you too can be like me one day
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please, show me the way
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Sounds cool. You better hope that you dont get too many orders. I'd imagine they must be very time consuming to build...
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the only reason line got so big was because they got so many orders
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THAT IS AWESOME... you are my hero..
I cant believe someone is really starting a company... I might wanna buy some wow! thats awesome.. they are gunna be twins right... let me know when you start working and ill support you guys a little mabie THAT IS SO AWESOME
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it sounds like this gives you a boner freeskier22
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do you do postage to australia???
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thats awsome!!!!
good luck
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Hi CHRISTOPHER!
are you going to make poles to match your skis?
you should make them purple and tangerine.
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good luck with that shit dude... suonds pretty sick... you should like get the ppl here on ns to send you some designs and graphics and shit just for some ideas if u run out... itd probably work pretty gnarly.
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oh my god. i thought this post was gonna die a few hours after i made it! shit i have alot of q's to answer huh?
-Ok. i live in NE ohio, and it sucks.
-I am working on posting pics of a graphic i made today, should be up in a few minutes.
-Yes, it is Brad Derek, if you and ben wanna help, feel free to. we will need to spred out cost.
-We will probably build 3 or 4 skis and snowboards over summer. it will mostly be testing, to get construction methods right. like i said, snbrds are eaiser to make, so the forst few projects will be snowboards. besides, i would like to learn to snowboard.
-for anyone that wants a little background info stuff like this, ill post some links below the final part of this. A ski press, is just something that puts pressure on the laminates durring the layup process. we will probably be using a Vac press, which is basicly a plastic bag with a special vac pum attached to it. Expensive, no, you can fin decent pumps in old refridgerators. ok, im all typed out. ill try and post some graphics in here in a few.
-1 idea for a company name is blackbox. like the things in airplanes.
some links.
Silverfish- awsome longboard site very similar to NS. the forums are filled with help. search the 'Board Building' before posting something thats been said a thousand times. (i am Sidewalk_surfer on that site)there is an article right there that would be a good way to start. Roarocket boards
http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/index.php
Here is the site i found most of my info. It is a great site, youll def understand how shit is built. and if ya wanna designing you own skis, download snowcad2. very cool
http://www.grafsnowboards.com/
Lets go skiing
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ok, the pics are up in the digital atr section. go take a look. the ski is called the Perception, is 180cm, and somethin like 83mm at the waist. heres a link to the basic pic, buth there are better pics there too.
https://www.newschoolers.com/PHP/Pictures/LoadPicture.php4?pic_id=5234&cat_id=70&start_num=0&sortmethod=
Lets go skiing
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i used to work in a snowboard factory that used the same type of press that you are talking about, it cost probably 2500 to make a press, and there is a bit more to it than you think, you got to come up with a shape, then you have to make these things called cassettes they cost probably 350 to make, and the resin you need is also expensive along with the hardener that is liek 700.00 for the two of those for a barrel of each, base material is roughly about 10.00 a board similar for skis, the cores are pretty spendy, inserts for boards are about.18 a piece, top sheets are spendy best bet would to have someone do it for you such as co. called the woodshed they print graphic or sublimate graphics onto topsheets and base material, the machines you would need to do it yourselves you cost you several thousand dollars close to 6 digits if not. pretty much you are in over your head unless you have an ass load of money. its not that hard to actually make them its just the amount of money it takes to get the materials and get started. and whoever said the edges woudl be tricky that is the easiest part, the edges come all ready in the shape you want and you just glue them to the base material, that is like the second step of making a board or skis with this particular method. but anyway good luck and i do know a lot about this so if you do have questions just holla.
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that's tight that you're starting a company man! You should make your skis with equal hight tips and tails and centred binding mounts, only if you do Line might get all pissed off.
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wow, i almost feel bad about shattering your dreams and all, but you have no idea what you're doing, you need to work in a real ski factory so you can understand what really goes into making a ski. this is just like a lemonade stand that you would set up as a kid, waste a bunch of time and lose money on the lemonade you didnt sell and all the materials you made your spiffy lemonade stand with
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my intire crew waited for his ass at the bottem of the hill and beat the shit out of him. i broke his poles agianst a tree, and we snapped one of his skis. fucker got uppercutted so much. he was bleeding from his eyes and shit, crying like a little pussy. i busted out a body slam on his ass and broke both of his arms. the ski patroler broke up the fight and clipped all of our tickets. we where gonna beat the shit out of the patroller but my mom came to pick us up.
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Well you have to start somewhere. Sure it will be tough to make skis, but it is definatly not impossible. If he is truley dedicated, he will make it work, so props to him.
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