Making wooden skis

Wooden skis, created from scratch. Watch a video of some off-piste skiing further down. I have a great passion for skiing, particularly in backcountry and alpine terrain. My collection of different types of skis has grown over time, including different types of cross-country skis, roller skis, and backcountry skis (this is not uncommon in Norway – we are unfortunately one of the «best» nations in the world at buying outdoor equipment). For many years now, I have been almost exclusively used skimo racing equipment, both in and outside competitions. This type of skis are versatile, and perfect for long days in the mountains. While they are not exactly comfortable in downhills on tricky conditions, I use them for everything from lowland powder skiing to couloir skiing. What bothers me, however, is that they are very expensive, quite fragile, challenging (if not impossible) to repair, and relies on a long manufacturing chain that hardly can be reproduced with simple means. I felt the need…