Jacobson says “I’m excited to see where the company can go and to finally move out of his friends garage. Its sale are already beginning to expand world-wide and the company is gaining recondition through its sponsored skiers. Moment plans to increase production and expand as much as possible. My time at moment ski factory was short but I met many genuine people who care greatly about the sport and want to change the game. The layers are then epoxied together and put into a press (I was not allowed to get a photo of this process) After being pressed the skis are left to set and dry on large racks The skis are then cut into their final shape After the skis are cut they get a stone grind to shape and sharpen the edges and they get a coat of wax The cores are placed into a mold with a base layer, side wall, fiberglass sheets, top layer and top sheet. The blanks are cut, filed, tapered and shaped into by hand and with the use of a mill to create ski cores Moment skis begin life as “blanks” or large slabs of glued together aspen, pine, ash and paulownia wood. Ski manufacturer, Moment Skis, will occupy the building with plans to build out an expanded factory. Belafonte Holdings LLC purchased the 14,280 square foot industrial building that sits on 0.85 acres for 2,045,000. Nick Knecht, Baker Krukow and Joel Fountain, SIOR represented the buyer. Progress is now allowing the company to pump out over 10,000 skis. Moment Skis to Expand Factory and Headquarters in Reno. 2005 was the companies first official year of business and they produced about 250 pairs of skis. “Basically I emailed Casey, showed up, and never left” said Jacobson. Soon after came Luke Jacobson, a newly graduated mechanical-engineer who was trying to use his degree to make skis. He drafted some designs and used the presses at a local snowboard manufacture, and created the square tipped and tailed skis that turn heads at every resort. ![]() Casey Hakansson dropped out of the University of Nevada and decided he wanted to build his own skis. Moment ski factory is a rising company based in Reno, Nevada.
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