Ski Logik skis.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: [small biz] COLORADO COOL STUFF - Brief article

David Mazzarella started making skis 10 years ago. "I got into it with a passion," he says. Now Mazzarella has founded a boutique ski company, Ski Logik, based in Breckenridge and with a plant on Hainan Island in the South China Sea.

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Mazzarella incorporates hardwoods and mother of pear into its designs: Black locust is commonly used for the sidewalls, and the skis are topped by artistic and ornate veneer inlays of all kinds. The base and core are made of more traditional ski materials--fiberglass, graphite and steel--for top-end performance.

"The whole thing we're trying to do is offer...