Brewski

@efw find me a company that wants to run with this and I'll throw boots at you~!

@efw good one~!

@Horton Here is exactly what it says: Something has gone wrong. We've run into a problem and are unable to handle this request right now. Please check back in a little while. (and has a face behind it with X eyes and a squiggly mouth) @Horton NOW I get this: You have posted 3 times within 240 seconds. A spam block is now in effect on your account. You must wait at least 600 seconds before attempting to post again. WTHeck is that about? I post a lot and I speed type....

@Than_Bogan Heat gun at low temp or hot hair dryer. Warm it up, pull it off. Residue comes off with WD-40 or if you like to poisen yourself use Xylene....just use gloves if you use this stuff.....

@Horton How do I get a screen shot for you?

I get it says " Something Went Wrong"

Very common BAREFOOT term for taking slack out of line we mostly say gear/out (in gear/ outta gear) @wish that is really good about the drivers needs too.

@BraceMaker, Thanks for helping folks understand them a little better. When I do castings for skaters with larger feet I try to get them in the morning as the feet get larger all day. I cast my feet in the morning and evening one time there is about 1/2-1 width size different at the end of the day just walking around the shop. Waterski boots need to be a LOT more room than skate boots.

Brace, YOU UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY WHERE I AM COMING FROM. Yes, we use very similar materials, from the same supply houses I am sure. I am not being cocky when I say this" I am the best at what I do". I get re-work about once every couple of years if that, usually when the skaters foot has grown before I get them shipped out. Young skaters are a real problem but their parents insist so I tell them up front that I add room for growth but sometimes it is not enough for a growing child but if I have to re-make a boot due to growth it is coming out of their pockets. I have built some prosthesis parts also using my techniques. For the most part they fit extremely well and like anything that is custom made they need a little tweaking here and there. Most skate manufacturers do LOTS of re-work because they just throw shit at the wall to get the almighty credit card and hope some of that shit sticks. They do have 20 people building them and 19 of them are not any kind of professional.

Secret there Brace, sorry. Lets get together and make these. The whole problem is I am 1 person trying to do the work of 20........

BraceMaker: I've literately done thousands of feet, I'v got lots of tricks that make the Gypsona quick easy and not messy at all and like you when its all done the last covers all the detail but the detail is what I need to insure I am making everything perfect. Just so folks know waterskis take around an hour from start to putting it in the box for shipping, I know I made skis before. ST Speedskating boots are around 80-100 hrs in a pair I don't make good money but my products are the best bar none. Waternut: all those big word are just stuff that it takes to make a true aerospace composite carbonfiber shell. I also worked with Intuition (the same folks that make FM liners) on some prototypes in the early 2000s but found the thick liners and even some thinner ones are just no good after heat molding (AM and KLP will tell you the same) when you heat mold them they do not make customs but semi customs and that the pad goes thin in places and thick in others not giving the proper support of the bottom of the foot needs to transfer into the ski. KLP and AM cut the bottoms out of their liners and have thin stuff of some kind sewn or glued on so their foot is as close to the bottom of the boot as possible (direct connet). On my customs there is NO padding in the bottom so you feel everything and the response to the ski is amazing so much less effort. *****And after reading your post a second time I think you are talking about something to do the original casts. I built casting boxes and used alginate which is made from sea weed and is used for Dental impressions it comes in a powder form you add water then pour it into the casting boxes around the feet it turns to a semi firm gel. Then you slit the back of the box and pull the foot out and fill it with plaster another powder you mix with water and you got to do that right away or the alginate starts to shrink. Whereas the Gypsona is the same plaster bandages they use to make a cast if you break you leg, arm or whatever.

BraceMaker Thanks for the compliment on the castings, and those are not my best molds as I was casting my own feet. Alginate gives great detail and when I first started I was using it but it was very expensive, heavy to drag around through airports, made a huge mess and took lots of extra equipment to get the casts done + there are lots of issues on feet size when the alginate pushes away or collapses into the plaster due to its own weight. I now us standard casting tape from Gypsona and do a clam shell mold.

@Wish, Short Track ice boots are $2150

Yup I know all about VH and Cruickshanks deal with the hockey skates. I have been approached by a hockey company also but really not interested in their deal. Tried several times to talk to Dave Goode at Nationals 2009, that guy would not give me the time of day, but Jamie Beauchenes foot is real similar to mine and he got his feet in my boots, several pix, and viola STEALTHS......

Klundell do you have any idea why is G10 being used so much in water skiing it is really not that good of a composite material. Strength to weight ratio is out the roof compared to high end fiberglass or even low end carbon....

I have not got into it that far yet as it has all been a side project to the skate boots. If we look at it like this the whole project does not make much sense: Lets say we sold a single boot for 500.00 and I have around 40-50 hours in a boot. that is $10-12.50 an hour before materials come out. Then there is a lot of trash materials (casting plaster tape, plaster to fill negatives, build up plaster, bleader, peal ply, bagging film, seal tape) that go into the carbon production, then glues, resins, boxing/shipping materials, then the shop has to stay open, heat&A/C electricity and so on.....can you see I am going broke fast...BUT if a shop is already up and running and making skis or whatever it only take around 500 sq. ft. of space to do these at not much added expense.

Maybe they just slapped a new top on his old ski to promote the new one...I am sure it has been done before....

Yeah I really never tried to get this off the ground due to all the Speedskating boots I have to build. Crazy long hours to make. Carbon Fiber, Kevlar, Spectra, Synthetic Leathers You can hear the cash register ringing $$$$$ Cha Ching..... Then the plates are 7000series aircraft aluminum Cha Ching....

Thought I would give these a place of their own vs under the page on Why I love Stealths (NOT) . Unfortunately due to the $$$ and time involved in each pair or each boot and plate these are not currently available but maybe with the help of BALL OF SPRAY and all of us slalom junkies maybe someone in the industry will want to go forward with some kind of production. There are a few comments on their/my history under the Stealth page on them also so look at what is out there also. Kohen Kustoms are custom made to each skiers feet using the same manufacturing process I use to make my world famous SpeedSkating boots. Thanks for taking a look and pushing one of these companies forward. NOTHING SKIS OR SKATES LIKE A CUSTOM. The following pix are of Short Track Speedskating boots but gives you an idea of the thousands of colors and styles that can be made to each of your CUSTOMS: My SS BOOTS website is kohensports.com and you can see more products on FacePuke https://facebook.com/pages/SS-BOOTS/72501291188?ref=hl Any one super interested in talking to me give me a shout: Bruce Kohen 573-392-7432 Thanks for looking...... Brewski*

Nate was on a Quest...

Was really into short track speedskating but problems with the national governing body I no longer participate

They are playing the rewind now~! aw it dumped again...

Darn missed all the super final...

crappers

Planking is good stuff...