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Stone ski

Material: Composite material: wood, stone, carbon
Manufacturer of material: Techno Carbon Technologies, Germany
Manufacturer of ski: Zai AG, Switzerland
Contact: www.technocarbon.com
             www.zai.ch

Description
With a special surface coating procedure consisting of carbon fibre laminate, Techno Carbon Technologies is able to make natural stone bendable and elastic. The Swiss ski manufacturer Zai has made use of the new properties of stone and developed the first ski with a core made of gneiss from Graubünden. The advantages are that stone absorbs the vibrations of the ski, and this gives it tremendous running smoothness and grip. Quick and precise edge-to-edge changes are a joy. The strain remains minimal and at the same time the ski remains on course like on tracks.

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