11/7/2023 0 Comments Moment skis wood room![]() The printer’s pronounced size filled the room. Metal shelves housed multiple bottles of high-quality and expensive Italian ink. The printing room was a quiet and small room in the middle of the positively chaotic wood saws, grinding machines, and heavy presses. It probably didn’t help that our intrigue for something unrelated to what we were observing would begin to distract us. Our understanding remained clear throughout the tour as Nick did a terrific job of taking us through the shop in a sensible progression. The sheets of wood are laminated and then pressed to create a rather large block of wood that, I will mention, does not at first sight resonate as skis. Combining the carefully chosen wood varieties results in a unique flex to the ski – something that Tyson likes to call the ski’s soul. Handpicked and high quality wood ensures that the core – the foundation – of the ski is perfected. Shelves towered high with planks of quality woods including aspen, ash, and pine. We weaved through the different staging areas, amidst saw dusted floors, and began the tour in the woodshop portion of the building. And learning about the process of how anything is made or built can be good for your soul and mind. We are not Moment employees, nor do we know much more about producing skis than Nick taught us. We thought it would be appropriate to take notes and photographs and enlighten our readers and viewers with a simple tour of how Moment gets it done. After all, shouldn’t you get to know your horse before you ride it? Nick Knecht was awesome and he gave us an insightful tour while answering many more of Tyson’s questions than he needed to. We wanted to know every piece of information that they were willing to share. Casey Hakansson, founder and CEO, was personable and welcoming. The people of Moment were all very friendly and helpful. While you may spend a little bit more on a pair of skis, you know your money is supporting the American in the back of the shop wearing dirtied Carhartts, listening to his Pandora station of choice, and schralping the skis he’s recently built an hour away at Lake Tahoe. In our minds, Moment was already one step ahead of competitors because of the choices to design, create, and produce all of company’s skis right here in the U.S. It’s a good size, but you know walking in that it houses a limited production facility. ![]() The building itself is not large by any means. Because that’s where the activity that we love so very much is born. But there’s something so magical about a ski factory. The Moment shop is tucked away in Sparks, Nevada where auto repair shops and factories alike linger together. Industrial areas of town – any town – are often intriguing and interesting and for some reason show the core of the city. We were even more excited about the skis. We were suddenly excited by the quiet yet apparent cultural diversity that Reno stood for. It wasn’t until we located and toured the Moment ski manufacturing facility that we began to look at Reno in a new light. Reno, Nevada seemed like a place we wouldn’t want to be for very long – filled with casinos and people who spent way too much time inside them, weird temperature inversions, and a smog that beset the city for the week that we were there.
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