This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the Wood badge in
Traditional Skills.
Traveling in the winter when there isn't a road can be a challenge or an opportunity. Sliding over the snow is easier than walking through it and skis can make that happen. Let's try to make a pair!
Here's one way to do it:
Minimum requirements:
- Make a traditional set of skis
- From a hardwood
- Steam bent
- Including the binding
- This bb can only use materials that existed 200 years ago
Provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
- The materials you're starting with
- Midway through shaping the skis
- Making the bindings
- Finished snow skis
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