Stab in the Dark/Electric Acid Test for skiing

My moneys on @loganimlach

A top-ink-type TV contest show where ski/board shapers are the contestants?

Yes please.

someone make it happen, I'd watch the shit outta dat.

**This post was edited on Feb 15th 2021 at 5:02:45pm

Wasn’t this poster like a day ago? Am I taking crazy pills?
but yes - it would be sick

Very similar idea in the comment section of cy's article about skis I think (the one where the cover phot was that huge quiver)

BradFiAusNzCoCaWasn’t this poster like a day ago? Am I taking crazy pills?
but yes - it would be sick

LazylightningVery similar idea in the comment section of cy's article about skis I think (the one where the cover phot was that huge quiver)

It was me guys I want recognition

No, I swear it was a stand alone thread

LazylightningVery similar idea in the comment section of cy's article about skis I think (the one where the cover phot was that huge quiver)

BradFiAusNzCoCaNo, I swear it was a stand alone thread

Hmmm, I was thinking of @bakemaster but classes have been beatin me down so I haven't been on NS as much recently....🤷‍♂️

Kind of similar to this but I'm surprised there isn't a pro/semi pro that has an outerwear sponsor but ride different branded skis for different disciplines

Could be cool. This would have been amazing like the early 2000s to like 2007 for sure.

My money would be on Pollard or Logan Imlach. I shape boards in my garage and surf a lot. It seems like there are less variations of skis that "work" and that offer something substantially different than other skis.

At least with the electric acid part, they're putting these "I only ride 5'11" chip thin hpsb thruster" people on something a bit different. And part of the fun is watching them use something they're not used to or doesn't conform to their view of performance equipment. I guess our equivalent would be putting a racer on Vishnus or ON3Ps with a fuck ton of rocker and watching them wheelie around the mountain. Otherwise our (park skiers) equipment isn't so specialized that it'd be such a radical departure from what the athlete typically rides. As far as the rest of skiing is concerned we're already riding the weird shit. I don't think Vishnus would give somebody like Jesper such a hard time. Could be wrong though.

You'd almost have to take a park skier and have the "shapers" make an aggressive all mountain carving ski that can still toss a 360 off a side hit without feeling like a race ski. Which more or less seems like what Pollard is doing with Season. I still want a lightly rockered, firm park ski with like a 15m turn radius, basically a skinnier line SFB.

DrZoidbergYou'd almost have to take a park skier and have the "shapers" make an aggressive all mountain carving ski that can still toss a 360 off a side hit without feeling like a race ski.

I think you just described the Line Blade...

MisFitMediaOne thing I love about surfing is the culture of board shapers; handmade boards, non-symmetrical shapes and the whole nine that comes from that would be so cool to see in skiing. Take dudes like Eric Pollard, Jason Levinthal, etc and have them make blank skis for a mystery rider where the skier rides them all and choses a winner. Or have someone like Rob Huele ride a bunch of different hand-shaped skis and chose a winner. Idk but if this happened I'd post up and watch the whole thing...
Who else would be dope to see as a shaper/skier

Acid test?