SKIDDI is here to re-invent the way you carry your skis, with less effort and more comfort.

Hello, I'm Sergio, and I love skiing!

Just imagine yourself during a normal Sunday at a ski resort: why should you feel a sense of fatigue and frustration before the day on the snow even began?

You might find yourself having to carry sport equipment from the parking lot or from the hotel, up to the lifts (don’t you??) transporting your skis (plus maybe your sons’ or wife’s ones) on shoulders.

That’s an operation quite tiring and dangerous, by the way wearing ski-boots that are not the one of the most comfortable shoes.

For that reason, I recognized the need for a new way of moving my skis simplifying every skiers' life.

Here comes SKIDDI: a small simple device easy to use, suitable for all ages, even for kids, that will make you save energy and feel more confident on the snow.

SKIDDI is a pocket-sized, Made in Italy, device that allows you, easily and fastly, to pull your skis as a trolley.

SKIDDI comes from a real need: to carry your skis in every situation, easily. You can use it whenever and wherever you want, and then bring it with you by storing it in your pocket.

SKIDDI device comes from a real need: to carry your skis in every situation, easily. You can use it whenever and wherever you want, and then bring it with you by storing it in your pockets.

SKIDDI is a small simple object easy to use, suitable for all ages, even for kids, that will make you save energy and feel more confident on the snow. We feel like we have created a device that can change the way people ski. 

Every time you carry your skis you have to deal with certain unpleasant situations:

• Physical fatigue(specially with cold muscles);
• Fall or slip on the ice, possibly hurting you or people around you;
• Difficulty in holding the equipment(in addition to the skis you also carry ski poles, bags or backpacks);
• Damage to people or things due to uncontrolled movements of the skis(given their considerable size).

Skiddi facilitate your daily movements when you go skiing by:

• Lightening the load of the equipment;
• Reducing the size of the equipment;
• Lowering the center of gravity.

SKIDDI is very light (86 grammes, about 3 oz). Moreover it has been conceived to be stored it into your pocket.

SKIDDI will be produced by injection moulding. It is made of three main parts:

1 - the body: the main part

2 - the covers: attached on each sided

3 - the caddy: where two wheels are attached

SKIDDI will be available in 5 amazing colors:

Any package will include your own SKIDDI, a useful packet-sized bag and a sticker as well.

I hope to be able to release other amazing features during the campaign. Stay tuned!

SKIDDI IS A SOCIAL GOOD plus MADE IN ITALY

The final goal is indeed to develop a full Made in Italy production, which comes through home-made self-prototyping and grows into a social impact project. 

I choose to produce SKIDDI involving a main company (the manufacturer) that employs physically and socially disadvantaged staff. Even though production costs will be relevant if compared to those coming from Far East, I do believe that our generation must try to make business in a more social responsible way.

That’s the reason why I’ve spent weeks in selecting the best supplying partner I could find, to take also advantage of highly qualified skills, representing the best of Italian entrepreneurship. A top-class luxury package producer will make the package in Italy as well. Packages will be shipped to our manufacturing partner where SKIDDI will be assembled and packaged.

Finally, I will be able to report to our community of bakers, once the campaign will be funded, how SKIDDI will be generating social impact in qualitative and quantitative terms. 

So stay tuned about it.

PLASE NOTE: The only process that will be not made in Italy, will be the shipping. In fact, in order to offer you “shipping anywhere included” pledges, I’d need to find out a feasible solution to make you saving money. I’ve then selected a highly qualified and skilled foreigner forwarder that will be in charge with trackable shipping. 

Sergio Pedolazzi: creator of SKIDDI and D-NAMIC head of product design projects.

Born in 1983, Sergio Pedolazzi began his activity as a "small maker" in his father's workroom, and immediately he showed a great attraction in technology and innovation. In 2012, thanks to his technical skills acquired during his studies, and thanks to his passion for skiing, conceived the idea of Skiddi. The final prototype takes place in a couple of years, developed through an open-source 3D printer, which enables him to define the design of the product. In 2014, Sergio registered the patent for invention of SKIDDI and he is rewarded in the DesignWinMake.

Bruno & Fabio Betti: communication and social media plan 

Cristian Miragliotta: video making and editing 

Nicolò Fornasari: social media actions 

Alessandro Scozzesi & Toni Panigalli: D-NAMIC funders and great fans of SKIDDI

For the last ten years D-NAMIC, the incubator where Sergio and Alessandro first met years ago, has been bringing passion, enthusiasm and huge effort to help creators and entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into business models first, and then into startup companies, accelerating their development, while taking part in all the risks arising.

Sergio brought his idea on table last year, and since then the whole team hardly worked together with Sergio to transform SKIDDI into a real product.

This campaign has made possible thanks to the great effort and commitment of our close friends from:

CROWDFUNDBUZZ: Howard Sherman PR and MEDIA specialist

AIRONE COOPERATIVE (manufacturing)

MARBER (packaging)

MONKEY TRIP COMMUNICATION (media and communication)

BUGNION (intellectual property)

JEYS (social media marketing)

and

UBI BANK

Thanks to my technical background in civil engineering and familiarity with 3d modeling programs, I started working on the early rudimentary prototypes with a 3D printer at home, being able to reach a functional and aesthetically appealing solution.

For the past year I've been testing and designing and after four generations of prototypes I have finally reached the design that fully meets my demands.

Thanks to our manufacturing partner I was able to order a batch of new prototypes, 3D printed according to the 1:1 scale of the moulding tool design.

Then, we’ve been hard-testing those prototypes since last December and learnt a lot on how to improve SKIDDI to reach and bring to you the highest quality, functionality and design.

SKIDDI is a patent pending device.

We need your help to make our product a reality, we are relying on you to get SKIDDI on the road for next winter. We need to order the injection moulding tool and start the production.

We have come as far as we can on our own, and now we would love your support so we can:

• meet the significant moulding tool costs
• provide more beautiful colors to you
• produce ongoing development of SKIDDI
• continued patents and trademark protection
• meet the most significant marketing costs to bring SKIDDI in sport equipments shops 

Now’s your chance to be the FIRST to own the first ski-wheels in your pocket.

REASONS TO SUPPORT US ON KICKSTARTER TODAY:

• be one of the first to own SKIDDI: It goes without saying, but this product has never been seen before and there is nothing else like it on the market today. You will be among the first in the world to own one!  Some of our current colors may be exclusive to this Kickstarter campaign and never offered again!
• save money! After our campaign ends, SKIDDI will retail for $45: not including shipping. The current $39 price ($35 early bird) already includes shipping every where but the moon!
• be a part of our Founders Family: You will be added to the list of glorious backers in our Founders Family section of our website for all to see in perpetuity, and have access to exclusive discounts.
• be part of our SOCIAL IMPACT campaign: even if this is not a donation based campaign, it seems one of the few that thinks socially and aims at generating social advantages indirectly. You can be part of the story!!

We’re humbled that you’ve taken the time to learn about SKIDDI and we sincerely can’t thank you enough for your support! None of this would be possible without you! 

Thank you!

Here's a funny picture of a cat playing in the snow :D