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Fiberglass skis = easy to tip

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SteveXs2
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My old skis are... old and shitty. And they're fiberglass. So I thought I'd do a little experiment with twin tipping. Here's what I did.

- Stuck them in a vice
- Heat Gun until you can smell the hot fiberglass
- Slowly bent forward
- Let Cool, then cool some more

My only problem was that the top sheet wrinkled and the second ski I tipped I heated for too long and there's a little bubble there. But they worked, I'm gonna use them on my makeshift rail as soon as I can get some ice. I can post something on my fall rail too... maybe.
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Oct 24 2002 8:54PM
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ColoradoFlats
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when you get some ice?
Oct 24 2002 9:21PM
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SteveXs2
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I sprayed a shit load of water over that section of my yard so if it's freezing overnight, which it almost is now, I'll get some ice, or slush or whatever.

It'll kick ass if it works.
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get hyped | get hyped | get hyped

'Mine's around 200, sooo... the lower the number the better right? like golf?'
~ Ryan testing his cable speed.
Oct 24 2002 10:56PM
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Brit1275
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you'll have to put some rivets in the tips, or they'll split (delam). i couldn't find someone with a rivet gun, so when I twin tipped some old skis (and painted them too!) i just put a bolt with a nut through them! haha, it was so ghetto, I even skied on them up at our park one day last year!

rob nelson can lick my nads
Oct 24 2002 11:22PM
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