First day of skiing at A-Basin was superb, new skis tested and worked great. Mr. Ryan Kane ski tester extraordinaire had this to say: http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136563

I think he was right on the money! See you on the slopes!

I thought we'd throw some pictures from the shop (and others) up.


Here we have Nick cutting excess off the ski,
after pressing.

The press, in all its green glory.

Nick demonstrating his love affair with surfing.

Don't tell the skis, they might get upset.

Oh, and by the way, the freshness is spreading.

coming this season

The summer has come and gone and here's what we've been up to: The shop—in Golden, CO— looks like a real work space. We've started to produce some prototypes. The ideas are truly flowing. The Fortitude brand has taken shape! We're really looking forward to those first turns of the year. This year those turns will be made with our own skis, not on mass-produced cookie cutter skis Loveland Ski Area in Colorado started making snow September 24th 2008! This coming season is going to be filled with testing and tons of skiing.