All plastics are subject to physical changes when temperature fluctuates. They shrink when they get cold and expand when they get hot. It's physics. And some types of plastics are more thermally stable than others.
One of the plastics that is particularly subject to thermal expansion under heat is Polyethylene. It is also the best material to use for the base of a ski/snowboard due to it's low coefficient of friction and its durability.
Awesome right? Right! Until you try and lay up a ski in a shop without AC in the dead of summer in the desert that is SLC.
It gets to be a challenge to make everything fit. We make it happen though. And the skis that come out of this shop are parallel to none.
Moral: My shop will have to be Air Conditioned...
-D2
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