Custom Ski/Snowboard Topsheet



Custom ski topsheets, featuring Starry Night

Going into last winter, I bought a set of skis and bindings off craigslist at the advice of my brother. It would be my first set of skis, and despite being fat powder skis when we've had two consecutive winters here in Tahoe with no good powder, they have proven to be a really good and versatile set of skis.

The one problems was that, as part of K2's "Iron Maiden" series, the topsheet graphic was covered in skulls and a giant demon skeleton clutching a helicopter. I'm not much into heavy metal, so I wanted to make a change. I did some searching for companies that did custom ski wraps, and what I found was that they were using the same vinyl used for car graphics. I put out some request for quotes to various speciality printing sites but, in the end, the local sign shop had the cheapest price for a full-color, 12x72", UV-stable and scratch-resistant vinyl adhesive graphic using some pretty cool material from 3M.

Simple, Folding Workbench

I've been on a big organization kick lately, trying to de-clutter and de-own. While organizing our storage/gear room I was forced to confront a section of Ikea hardwood counter top I've had laying around for the past couple years waiting to be built into a workbench. Then earlier this week as I was wiring up a Bluetooth speaker amplifier (post to come later), sitting on a bar stool leaning over a low table while trying not to inhale solder smoke, I decided it was time to finally build that bench. I wanted something simple, cheap, and collapsible, so it could be tucked away if we needed some floorspace in our smallish Sierra cabin. I don't have a power saw and I didn't want to create a bunch of waste, so I sketched up a no-waste folding table base made from raw dimensional lumber.

Finished Folding Desk