Uses for old XC skis

[Kenaimike]

A friend has a bunch of old XC skis to get rid of. They range from old military white fence boards to commercial retail skis.

I currently have an old pair of downhill skis that I want to try to make a pony-pulled sleigh with.

Ideas for these others?

Thanks,
--Mike

 

[Brian M]

As far as the skis that are in decent shape, what about donating them to a school? A lot of schools get almost no funding for physical education, but would jump at the chance to get some donated gear. If you can't find a local school, send out an e-mail to the district offices of the rural school districts. If you find takers, I bet that NAC or another freight carrier would donate shipping for a cause like this.

Other than that, old skis make for quite a spectacular bonfire.

-Brian

 

[Snyd]

Make a bench out of em. Or use em to make a fence. There's house in my neighborhood that has a white picket fence. Then you do a double take and see that it's all old white army issue skiis! It' great, I'd love to have it.

 

[BucknRut]

Build a chair!!

Build a chair!!

I would first try to donate to a school.
No takers...build a chair. I made a few for some "ski buffs".
Big bucks in this operation...Have a look!

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...v=/images?q=ski+chair&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&sa=Nhttp://www.steepplanet.com/search.php

 

[Mr. Pid]

Old XC skis make great gust locks for airplanes. Through-bolt the tips and tails with wing nuts. The camber fits small plane tailfeathers pretty well. The tips can be cut off to shorten the overall length.

 

[Kenaimike]

Some good ideas. Thanks guys, I'll lookinto the donation aspect.