DIY Skibike - New Skiboards From eBay
Posted: Monday 9 August 2010 by Mark Kinnon in Labels: D.I.Y., SkiBike
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01/08/2014 - Ex demo, NISM skibike skiboards for sale, stocks are limited though so don't delay.
04/10/2014 - Oktoberfest price drop - now down 10% on previous prices - click to buy skiboards here
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August is an unusual month to be buying Winter Sports items for your Skibike, but assuming you can find what you want, there isn't much competition to bid up the price!
After my 3 weeks of fun skibiking in Scotland and Andorra I was beginning to appreciate that, although cut down old skis work surprisingly well on a skibike, they do have 2 disadvantages:
- The stubby tail will not run backwards
- The lack of proper side cut will skid well but not carve
With this in mind I started my research by making a post on the SkiBike-Forum where I received recommendations for SnowJam and Revel 8, ski boards. Annoyingly the sole Revel 8 importer in the UK had gone out of business and I wasn't interested in importing from the USA.I had also been advised to look out for Quechua SRX400's or Quechua MRZ100's skiboards; Quechua is one of the in house brand for bargain sports shop Decathlon. Sadly no stock was indicated on their website and eBay searches drew a blank.
However I did eventually find a pair of Salomon SnowBlades for under £50 in good condition and very soon after a pair of Line X-Fly, new but ex-display, for around the same price.
I am inclined to use the Line skiboards first, as they have wood cores and not the foam construction of Salomon and may resell them in the winter or keep them to build a spare/loaner skibike.
UPDATES: This is such an old post yet it keeps getting hits, so if you are after skiboards read on...
01/08/2014 - Ex demo, NISM skibike skiboards for sale, stocks are limited though so don't delay.
04/10/2014 - Oktoberfest price drop - now down 10% on previous prices - buy NISM skiboards here