Planning a ski rebuild for the winter on one of my superjet Sn's. Has anyone ever turfed there whole topdeck? Just seems like it would be better than repainting and last longer. My ski just gets hauled in the back of my truck with my camping gear. So it gets beat up fast There isn't a lot of fancy curves and seeing what people have done with there trays the sky is the limit for color schemes.
Every ski I see at a freeride has F'ed up turf and nice paint (ones that were initially done right, not the ones that were just slapped together). Turf peals off. It would add a bunch of weight. Give you an equivalent of a rug burn if you slide over it. Probably look dumb. etc etc.
If you want an alternative to paint, use Vinyl. Turf however is expensive and doesn't last. Paint it (or if you paint is oxidized and faded but not pealing, just sand lightly and prep). Wrap it. Done. I added up cheap chinese vinyl, $100 gets you enough material to wrap a whole ski in one color (I have "3d" flat black carbon on my pole and nose cover). You will have about 8 seams, but they aren't that visable, and for the most part, even a pro-printed job would get you a few seams.
Here's a pic (page 5 of my ski thread). Note that covering that nose piece took about 1-2 hours. The pole doesn't look that great but the pole was my 1st try and I did it in one piece (should have done 2 or 3 pieces with seems going the length of the pole). Seems are not very noticable despite what you might think. (there are a few seams in the 'nostrils' of the nose piece and you can't see them in this picture.
