Here is the 333 ski manufacturing trailer which is solar powered and built from all recycled or reclaimed materials...I'm talking about finding everything srarting from the axel and going from there. This thing is trick! It is absolutely amazing how many tasks can be performed in a 7' x 18' space.

I would describe it as landing on planet Dogobah and hanging out with Yoda for a few days! This is Michael Lish teaching me how to lay out the shape of a ski from a set of specs. Talking about things like sidecut, early taper, camber rocker and early rise. I still think about it every day...thanks Michael! What a trip! See you again soon...

Going for it! The whole process of setting up ski shape, locking the clamps and firing up the router is really cool! Taking two ordinary looking pieces of plywood and shaping them into something that will soon be making great big powder turns. After the first pass on both skis are made, two pieces of base material are sandwiched in between them and routed as well. This leaves the base ready for edge placement. The 9 ply birch core's are then hit with the second and final pass of the router with a beveled bit.

Jammin out to the reggae of Tribal Seeds, laying down some lines...not only with ink, but in my head deep in powder. In a nice zone for sure!

Thinking about what kinda lines Kaitlyn's skis should have. It was a great feeling being part of building and drawing on a friends pair of skis. Most definetely coolest surprise of the whole trip .

Matt, Kristin and i in the middle of the wet-lay process. An aluminum cassette, the base with edges, the wood core, layers of fiberglass and resin with specific placement of triax under foot, a 2" strip laps over the edges for torsional support and a few layers of tip fill. After it's all layed out, they are carefully slipped into a bag, hooked to up to suction, clamped down to the rocker/camber rack and hung in the heat box with an ambient temperature of 120 degrees farenheit.

Kristin is Michael's business manager and a super cool chick from Maine. She is a huge part of 333 skis. From making phone calls, sending emails, helping clients figure out specs for the type of turns they want to make, keeping Michael straight and having a hand in every part of the building process.
Matt was there at 333 for a full apprenticeship program. We showed up the same morning and he spent another few weeks there after i was gone. He had a huge ski tech backround and was a wealth of knowledge as well. I'm sure that by now, he is building skis out of his own shop in Idaho.

Here are Kaitlyn's skis in the wet lay process and the ink is still looking tight. Kaitlyn happens to be a friend from Juneau who ordered a pair of 333's to her spec's. Once again, the moons were in alignment and i showed up to put some love into them. So cool, i can't even explain it!

A couple sets of skis hanging in the heat box and hooked to 15 lbs of suction! Ready to roll down the front flap and contain heat from the small electric unit on the floor beneath them for a few hours. One of Kaitlyn's finished skis standing on the outside of the box .

Talk about stoked! Built, mounted, ready to take out and rip! Got in my first day at Mammoth ever and found out how huge that place is. Snow was 2 days old, chopped up with hidden little freshies here and there. It felt so good and it was hard not to smile huge all day. My new boards proved to be chargers and i definetely pushed it! Took a nice highspeed cartwheel for Kristin to witness and watched Michael get kicked out of the lift line for poaching. It was a killer day! Thanks again Corey for the set of passes!

Here we are in Roberto's Mexican Cafe enjoying great food and a handfull of pitchers after an extremely great day in the shop. We definetely wound up there a few times during my short stay...I love this spot. It's also the location where Michael and Kristin take care of some business, and catch up on some email's with free wifi. It's all a part of keeping your mobile ski manufacturing shop off grip with an amazing view of the Sierra's. Not a bad trade-off!

Act'n a fool!

I don't know, It seems different riding on a pair of boards crafted from your own hand...Soulful! Tribal! Maybe it's more of a connected feeling to the snow and environment around you. It seems that the turns come from somewhere deep within...It feels so good!