snowboard – Product by Process

Glass Snowboard : tempering curved glass

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For this month’s episode, Signal Snowboards’ Founder Dave Lee leaves the factory to travel across the sea to an Italian glass factory to create a handmade glass snowboard—the most delicate build to date! The glass snowboard is cut, pressed, tempered, and ever so carefully transported to the slopes. Signal Snowboards Italian team rider Giorgio “Iannino” Morell takes it for the all important test ride at Abetone ski resort in Tuscany. See how this glass artwork performs under pressure—will it slide or shatter? Check back every third Thursday of the month…

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Snowboards-Fish out of Water-Surf Snowboard

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The birth of Snurf, a board that can surf ( on wave) and snowboard( on snow) . Meet the “Fish Out of Water” snow surfboard or surf snowboard. Yes, a joint-venture between Signal Snowboards, Surf Prescriptions and Future Fins resulted in a “snurfboard” As slightly diffferent video than usual but super interesting nevertheless, process, built, ideas, tryout, everything is in there, and the final result work. enjoy from the creators ; “Happy New Year and Happy New ETT! This month we find ourselves floating out an entirely new concept as…

Primitive snowboard by Corey Smith

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Out of curiosity and boredom Corey Smith decided to attempt to build some handmade snowboards. He was interested in long boarding style in surfing and exploring similar concepts on snow. He wanted to deconstruct contemporary snowboarding down to its simplest element and find beauty in simply turning. “I’ve always wanted to explore and experiment with snowboarding as a physical outlet of creativity,” states Smith. So he ended up building some experimental snowboards. When it finally did snow record amounts in Tahoe he was glad it did. These boards provided a…