Spirit monoskis are produced by a small factory in the EU, which is specialised in building performance skis to highest production quality level. All of our materials are sourced from the EU to support the local industries and to keep shipping distances at a minimum.
The core of our boards is made out of 100% ash, sustainable grown in the EU. We do not use finger jointed wood to keep the core strength and damping capabilities. Ash is still the best core material for skis, its high price and higher weight is the main reason many production skis are produced with low quality woods. The use of carbon enables us to build monoskis which are still very lightweight. Finally ash keeps its tension (camber) for a long time, so you will get a ski with a very long life, which also helps to save our nature.
For the outer layers we use carbon and kevlar to get a quick reacting robust ski with superb damping. The kevlar also provides protection for the core and carbon in case you hit a rock which cuts trough the base. Binding areas are reinforced by an extra layer of kevlar. We use ecologically produced resins with a reduced CO2 footprint.
Base material is from market leader Isosport. It is a very fast ultra-high-molecular-weight sintered base with raised carbon content, produced in Austria.
And finally we are monoskiers and most of us do just monoski. Together we have more then 100 years of monoski experience ;)
Both models have the same shape (except a different tip and tail design just for the optics). Spirit monoskis are offered just with a general flex profile, a standard thickness 1.2mm base and 1.8mm edges and a kevlar reinforcement for conventional mounting of bindings.
The Hattori Hanzo Ghost is handmade tailored to each rider. It is offered with a custom flex profile (adopted to riders weight and style), different options for base & edges (UD 1.8mm base, 2.4mm edges) with different design choices, custom topsheets (veneer which can be choosen by customer) and inserts for your bindings (no binding ripout possible). The core is made out of hand selected wood and custom build for every rider and there is an even more advanced damping in tip and tail.
More infos you can find here: Hattori Hanzo GhostRespect the nature!