Tesla Powered Electric Ski

Early this season a bunch of you spotted me testing blank prototypes, sorry I couldn't tell you what they were at the time.

Last week I finally got to ride the final version of the world's first Electric Ski. It was freakin' awesome seeing everyone’s reactions at Mad River Glen and pretty impossible to hide, so the secret's out! Haha

This crazy project started a couple years back when I reached out to Tesla with the idea to develop an "E-ski" together. I honestly didn't expect a reply, but figured it never hurts to ask, so I couldn't believe when one of their engineers (not Elon) actually hit me back! They were skeptical of our capabilities being such a small company, but after learning more about my history creating other products in the ski industry, they trusted I had the experience to try crazy shit like this and agreed to give it a go.

After tons of R&D meetings, it was obvious the hardest part for us was going to be creating enough space in the ski core to house the battery without affecting the ski’s flex and durability. We prototyped dozens of different core variations last year. Eventually we dialed in an internal battery compartment under your boot in the center of the, ski so it would have the least effect on swing weight and flex.

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