Trackers Skishoes launches Kickstarter project

Exciting news: Trackers Skishoes launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding project on June 28, 2017. We started this to raise funds for producing skishoes for next season and also to build a prototype pair of longer skishoes. Here's a link to the project:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/996727129/trackers-skishoes-combine-skiing-and-snowshoeing

Why use crowdfunding instead of more conventional types of funding? It serves a few purposes. For starters, companies can use it as a method of preselling their product. They can determine the quantities and models of products they need to produce and get the money in hand before they start the production process, allowing them to plan for it better.

A major reason for using crowdfunding is that it brings together a community of passionate people who support your mission. They not only serve as customers, they can help determine your product line and design and the direction of your company. A crowdfunding project typically offers several levels of backing, which include the products the project is creating, so backers can choose the amount they want to fund and the product they want to receive.

Trackers Skishoes currently offers a 33"-long model of skishoe, and this works well for people up to 175 pounds and moderately deep powder conditions. We would like to add a 41"-long model for larger people, people carrying heavy packs, and deep powder. We have built and tested many prototypes of longer skishoes but never the 41" design we have planned. For the 33" design, we have built production skis by machining them from 4'x8' sheets of HDPE plastic. For the 41" design, we may go straight to a full production process involving injection molding. Since this involves a large capital cost, we want to make sure we have the ski design right before we invest in the tooling.

Tom Gibson
Trackers Skishoes
Milton, PA
570-713-4812
www.TrackerSkishoes.com

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