skiis & biikes, squire john's, OW sports and online places like Craig's list and eBay
Here are some skis.
Check out the article in the link below with some great videos on all of the different types of skis available. It does a good job explaining what kind of skis to get.
I have found that some good websites for buying cross country skis are skis.com, xcskishop.com, orscrosscountryskis.com, etc. These are very reputable websites for skis
No, the plural form skis is a regular plural for the singular noun ski. A regular plural is a noun to which an -s or an -es is added to form the plural. An irregular plural is plurals formed in some other way.
My sister had some Rossignol Challenger skis (150cm) back in 1977-78. Not sure if they updated them since then.
You can't get skis.
"Les skis."
yes there are different skis for men and women the difference is the radius
Back country skis can be purchased at most sporting good stores that sell skis. Some good back country ski equipment brands include Mammut, Backcountry Access and Voilé.
Because if skis were short and round, they would be called "bicycles".
Yes
Yes you can make skis, but it would be hard. You need all sorts of materials, machinery and expertise to make quality skis. All the big ski companies have scientists and designers to develop skis. But if you want i'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to make a good old fashion pair of wood skis. The bindings could be tricky though.In fact some ski companies just started with people like you who wanted to make skis. For example the company Line was started by Jason Levinthal in 1995. He made his first skis in his own garage.