We’d love to tell you that our skis were amazing right from the first pair off the press-but this couldn’t be further from the truth. The first pair we pressed we could not even ski on.
The flex was way off, the shape was a little asymmetrical... knowing what we know now, even if we had been able to mount it, there wasn't enough fiberglass in the ski to retain the bindings! This was the challenge we had been looking for; we now had a starting point. So we picked up some wood charts, reworked our flex patterns, and built another pair.
This one was skiable... or at least, it looked to be. The tuning equipment we were using in the garage those days wasn't state of the art, but the ski itself had a decent flex, the right amount of binding retention, and it looked almost like a real ski (except for the wooden sidewalls and cloth graphic). After a week or two of skiing this pair, we were eager to try again, make new improvements, and implement what we had learned.
As long-time locals to Summit County, it was only a matter of time until our friends became interested and wanted to try our ridiculous skis. This process continued for what must have been 15 pairs of skis before we got our first inquiry call.
