kingswood skis
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The Kingswood Story and range. Kingswood is a hand-made ski company from New Zealand. We make each pair of skis to order so that they are just right.TRANSCRIPT
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A hand-made ski company from New Zealand, Kingswood is different because we make each pair of ski to order, considering your size and skiing style in the construction.
It’s been almost eight years since the very first Kingswood prototype was cracked from the mould. We’ve come a long way in that time, but some things haven’t changed a bit. We still choose only the best materials for our hand made skis. We still champion simple, solid construction. And we still love watching each pair take shape and be passed into the hands of their new owners.
Kingswood Skis was started by Alex Herbert after 14 back-to-back winters roving from Canada to Europe to Australia. Alex’s only skis are sacraficed for R&DEventually, he took matters into his own hands. Taking his knowledge from 14 years at the ski tuning bench, Alex set to work.The first step was to take his favourite (and only) pair of skis and cut them into 86 pieces. Now he was committed.
The first press was made from two pieces of rolled steel sandwiched together with car jacks. Though the start was rough, the aim has always been to make the best skis possible. Alex was convinced skis could be simpler, stronger, more durable. And so he experi-mented until he got it right. The first ski was good, ski-able and strong. The hard part wasn’t making a ski… it was making a great ski. That took three more years.
Kingswood Skis hit the market in June 2005 but the search for perfection continues. New shapes are constantly added and old ones tweaked. The process is continually improved. Most recently, a rocker range and a kid’s range has been added to the fleet.
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Each pair of Kingswood skis is hand-made to order by company founder Alex Herbert. A craftsman and perfectionist, Alex takes each pair through a unique construction process he designed himself.
Kingswood skis are made using a traditional, solid sidewall construction. Edges and sidewalls are painstakingly pre-glued for extra strength. The core is hand-shaped and then wrapped in layers of tri-axial fibreglass and laminated with carbon fibre, epoxy resin, and rubber vibration dampening foil.
length 198cm 199cm 194cm 186cm 186cm 184cm 184cm 180cmmodel ARCHETYPE MEGAFAT SMB SMB ROCKETYPE MEGAFAT ARCHETYPE SKINNYdimensions 142/104/125 178/151/160 167/136/151 144/120/134 134/112/124 175/146/159 140/104/123 131/92/116sidecut radius 26 m 45m 28m 34 m 24 m 30 m 24 m 20 mweight 2.4 kg 2.6 kg 2.4 kg 2.1 kg 2.0 kg 2.2 kg 2.1 kg 1.9 kgprice NZ$1600 NZ$1600 NZ$1450 NZ$1295 NZ$1295 NZ$1500 NZ$1295 $NZ1295
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length 177cm 170cm 171cm 168cm 156cm 157cm 130cm 110cm 88cmmodel SMB FAT ARCHETYPE SKINNY ROCKETYPE SMB TAKKA SPROG GRUBdimensions 137/116/128 136/110/124 131/98/119 122/88/110 116/95/104 136/115/124 126/100/117 107/80/94 95/70/84sidecut radius 23 m 27 m 21 m 18.0 m 18m 18m 16m 11m 7mweight 1.8 kg 1.8 kg 1.7 kg 1.6 kg 1.5kg 1.5 kg 1.1 kg 700 gms 450 gmsprice NZ$1250 NZ$1250 $NZ1250 $NZ1250 $899 NZ$899 NZ$699 NZ$599 NZ499
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Hand-made beaniesHand-crocheted by a local nana with pure New Zealand wool. Each set comes with a set of three interchangeable or removable pom poms.
New Zealand made t-shirtsHand made in New Zealand and locally screen printed, our tees are 100% cotton and 180gsm. Yummy.
Down jacketsOur top-of-the-line down jackets are hand made in New Zealand with a two-layer waterproof outer and filled with 100% high-grade goose down. Warm and tough.
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PO BOX 149 LYTTELTONNEW ZEALAND
WWW.KINGSWOODSKIS.COM
+64 3 328 9384
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