ExoticSkis.Com

"I’ve designed and produced skis for ten years on various levels. I started a ski company in my spare bedroom in Colorado. I visited and worked in micro factories and large factories on several continents. There are a lot of different ways to perform each step in the process of making a pair of skis. Through my experience, I pursued my own quest to figure out which steps are best done by high tech machines and which steps are best done by skilled hands. I also spent years designing skis and testing designs. From inside the industry, I witnessed the ignorance of posterboys and the one-track thinking of ego-gods. With Ski Logik, I had the opportunity to set up a new factory from scratch, combining the very best methods for each process. The first thing I did was choose a low-cost location so I wouldn’t have to worry about costs. Sounds odd, but it works that way. Expensive locations force you to compromise the product by going cheaper on materials or reducing labor times. The alternative is outsourcing to low-cost locations, but that restricts you to a cookie-cutter product and puts quality at risk. I took the third rail. I moved with my wife and kids half way across the globe and set up our own factory so that I could design and produce with the best methods possible. I brought in engineers who shared my vision. We designed machinery that didn’t exist, hired craftspeople with better hands than ours, and taught them how to make great skis. And they taught me a lot. After working for two years to get the production center fully capable, I turned my focus to designing a new line of skis using better materials and more craftsmanship per pair. I’m living a ski-maker’s dream. We design and prototype continually and have no constraints and no boardroom that’s going to fire us if we produce a design outside of the box. We produce year round in small numbers each day. We take as much time as we want on each pair, utilizing the best processes and materials available. Ski Logik is for skiers who share our passion for an extraordinary pair of skis. Enjoy! DAVID MAZZARELLA Founder Ski Logik" - Website January 2010

From the website - December, 2009:

"We start each pair of Slant Skis with cores that are milled from vertically laminated bamboo, both strong and earth friendly. We then add UHMW-PE sidewalls, the most impact resistant in the industry. Then add a layer of triaxial fiberglass above and below the core. In the 5800ʼ we also add a layer of carbon fiber below the core for added pop. For our bases we use DuraSurf 4001 Sintered base material, the fastest and most durable base available. On top we have sublimated custom graphics done by local artists. Finally we use a top-secret epoxy mixture that we squeeze into every layer to create a high-performance, earth-friendly ski. Bamboo Bamboo is one of the best building materials mother nature has given us. Did you know it is actually a grass, not a wood? Bamboo is able to replenish itself like grass and some species can grow up to 24 inches in just 24 hours! Not only does it have higher tensile strength than steel, but it is harder than concrete. No other natural material has comparable properties, making bamboo the perfect ski core. Sustainability Slant Skis are handmade in the U.S.A. not some factory overseas, which means we are not shipping them halfway across the world before they are sent to you. Slant promises to recycle and reduce waste whenever possible, but when itʼs not, weʼre committed to offset our impact on the environment. For every pair of skis we sell, weʼre donating $10 to carbonfund.org. That is one ton of carbon pollution prevented per pair of skis! More than enough pollution to offset your skis, plus a few carpools to the mountain! Weʼre planning to celebrate cold winters for years to come!"