{"id":6772,"date":"2016-04-29T09:19:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T09:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/en\/?p=6772"},"modified":"2020-04-03T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T13:01:07","slug":"the-art-of-building-skis-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m-blog.tomek.webeeline.team\/en\/the-art-of-building-skis-in-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Building Skis in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMy firstborn\u201d The Art of Building Skis in Austria \u2013 A DIY Story<\/h2>\n

I remember very well the first pair of new skis I ever got. They were definitely the best present under the Christmas tree that year. And once I\u2019d tried them on, I certainly did not want to take them off. So I skied across the carpet in our living room the whole evening, dreaming of snowy days to come.<\/p>\n

Two decades later. It\u2019s a cold winter\u2019s day as I sit down to write this story, overlooking my desk and the rest of the room, where a pair of skis leans against the wall. They are the best and most beautiful wooden skis I could ever imagine. I can\u2019t help but smile. They are my Christmas present to myself. Made by me\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026 with a little help from my friends in Austria. What sounds like an impossible thing to do on your own is business as usual for Michael, Peter and the ski building crew in Innsbruck, Tirol.<\/p>\n

Michael, the founder and co-owner of the company SPURart, is a keen skier himself and has been in the ski testing business for over 10 years. In search of perfection, he started experimenting and building his own skis. Soon afterwards, he founded the company. These days, the product range has grown larger and the quality has improved with each ski leaving the workshop.<\/p>\n

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