 Poster: A snowHead
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Having now progressed to the "Owning skis" stage of my life... I will no longer be sat on a chair lift looking down at my planks which bear the "sticker of shame" holding the name of the hire shop.
But this brings a new concern. How do I differentiate my perfect skis from the others that also look like they "just stepped out of a salon".
What do you all do?
- Scrawl your initials with a Sharpie pen on the tips?
- put a few stickers on them?
Or (and this is driven by a mis-match between ski colour (green) and boot colour (blue), is it feasible to get a "vinyl wrap" to completely personalise your skis so that they are unique?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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1. Buy interesting/boutique skis that no-one else will have
2. Horrific binding colour clash (I just put bright yellow pedals on my black and blue bike, same idea)
3. Stickers
4. Design your own skis with your own top sheet image https://spurart.at/en/
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Stickers. You can always design your own for something personal or just do a mash up from existing ones like
Mr StashFox - vulpine in the alpine
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Stickers - mine are boring, a 3D saltire flag on each ski in front of the bindings, and name labels on skis, boots and helmet
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| jamescollings wrote: |
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Or (and this is driven by a mis-match between ski colour (green) and boot colour (blue), is it feasible to get a "vinyl wrap" to completely personalise your skis so that they are unique? |
Perfect until someone skis over them in the queue, usually a kid from ski school.
I think the “mismatch” can look quite good, and says you haven’t bought everything just because they match.
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@jamescollings, you are over thinking things.
Or get a dremel and sign them?
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Snowheads stickers are quite likely... but a random search on Google led me to this old post from 2013 (https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=103638&sid=9a683923800abab53d9d84970d96d2e7)
I am liking the idea of a wood-effect vinyl wrap!!! And it's so cheap I could re-apply every 3-4 years and it'll still be cheap-as-chips.
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Couple of "wood" stripes along them in different vinyl finishes, like 50s surf board, then cover top with Heli tape clear to give resistant finish.
Heli--- often used for mtb frame protection at key rub points, originating from leading edge protection of helicopter rotor against wind born abrasive in military operations etc. Genuine is polyester based and really tough, apply by cleaning surface then lightly spray with mild soapy water, place tape and squeegee out liquid to give bubble free application. Et voila, bespoke ski design. 
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| jamescollings wrote: |
| I will no longer be sat on a chair lift looking down at my planks which bear the "sticker of shame" holding the name of the hire shop. |
Hehe.
| jamescollings wrote: |
| How do I differentiate my perfect skis from the others that also look like they "just stepped out of a salon". |
Use them. Won't be long before something happens to them to take the 'never been used' shine off them - from a spectacular yard sale on a challenging black...to falling over and dropping them walking through the car park 
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