Building skis is a very messy process that produces a lot of waste. Every ski manufacturer out there, big and small will all admit that building skis is not an environmentally friendly activity. The vast majority of skis that are built using modern day technology and techniques use epoxy, fiberglass, carbon fiber, and multiple grades…
Folsom’s internship program is a larger piece of our business than most people realize. Typically, an internship position may sound like the “coffee run” job, but we can assure you that’s not the case at Folsom Custom Skis. We heavily rely on interns to get hands on with our skis before and after production, and…
Let’s set the record straight, you do not need to wax your skis to ski… but you should wax your skis if you want to have a good time on snow. Wax acts as a slippery lubricant that helps your skis glide faster and more consistently on the snow’s surface. There are a lot of…
Have you ever had to fix a pair of sunglasses, and needed to replace one of those really small screws? Or, have you ever had to fix a deck using hundreds of decking screws? If you use a precision screw driver on the sunglasses and a power drill for the deck, these DIY projects will…
If you have ever been curious about how skis are made, you have probably learned that not all skis are made equal. Nearly every ski you can find on the market seems to made of exotic cores, state of the art composites, and base material that can withstand the harshest impacts. To the naked eye,…
Up until about a decade ago, rocker was virtually unheard of in ski design. Professional skier Shane McConkey was known for pushing the boundaries of skiing in all forms of the sport, and in 2006, there was brand new technology available on the ski market. Rocker was a term that was entirely foreign, and completely…
Doug Mock is a Folsom athlete who, from the first skis he bought from us, to the builds we sponsor him with today, have all been full carbon, lightweight touring skis. He hasn’t ridden a chairlift in nearly a decade and knows exactly what to look for in a good backcountry ski. For these reasons,…
After nearly tripling our summer production numbers, we’re more ready than ever for another great Colorado ski season. We shipped hand-built stock skis off to backcountry.com again as well as the new evo Denver store in addition to a few other small retailers. Our skis made it south of the equator this summer as we sent a fleet of…
We at Folsom Customs are doing all we can to reduce our environmental impact, yet we humbly know we will always have one. Stimulating our economy is essential to the selling of our product, so everything starts with where we source our materials. 95% of the components in our skis are sourced from here in…
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