February 6, 2009
Wood You Ski with Me?
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about some – often times, quite literally – killer bi-athletes slash war heroes and their hulking wood skis. On the train this morning, I read about Rønning Ski, a father and son operation out of Skotterud, a small town in eastern Norway that specializes in making skis made entirely of wood from their local forests. 
Using ski presses from the 1960s, Jonas and his father Ulf Rønning (above, pictured) squeeze four different types of wood: ash, beech, birch, and pine into 50 pieces of laminate for each ski.
I’ve wanted to learn telemarking for several years. A pair of skis from Rønning might just be the ticket!
