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Part of the Family

Posted in manufacturing, production by Ryan M on February 14, 2012 | No comments

The finish on a snowboard is one of the most important part of the manufacturing process. It is a skill that takes time to learn and the right equipment. A well ground and tuned snowboard will not only look better on the store shelf, it will perform better when in...

Long Time Coming!

Posted in custom, manufacturing, OEM, wakeboards by Ryan M on February 2, 2012 | 3 comments

We had been talking about it for years, and we finally did it, wakeboards are coming off the presses. We knew we could build sweet wakeboards with the machines we had, so late last year we decided to get it done. Thanks to Daniel for putting in long hours to...

Humanity Humanizine!

Posted in OEM, printing by Ryan M on February 1, 2012 | No comments

Periodically Daniel publishes a micro catalog called the Humanizine for our house brand Humanity Snowboards. This is the latest version. To get a print version and some stickers visit our Humanity site....

Nope Tomoe Gozen

Posted in custom, manufacturing, OEM, printing, production by Ryan M on February 1, 2012 | No comments

Every year we get new OEM accounts, and this year one that has kept us particularly busy is Nope. This is a picture of the bases rolling out of our direct printer for their up coming project....

Direct Print Base

Posted in custom, manufacturing, printing, production by Ryan M on January 31, 2012 | 4 comments

Earlier today we showed you a direct print top, here is a base coming off the printer right now. This is being printed on ISO 1500 extruded material. Though this material is soft, it is extremely fast on the snow and finishes up like glass! We often print on Durasurf,...

Direct Print Top

Posted in custom, manufacturing, printing, production by Ryan M on January 31, 2012 | 4 comments

Over the past year, we have been developing a way to directly print onto the snowboard plastics. Sublimation is great, but on softer materials like bases the image gets blurry and fine lines disappear. We wanted a way to get the quality of digital with the cleanliness of screen printing. ...

Daily Build 1/18 Follow Up

Posted in custom, day to day, manufacturing, OEM, production by Ryan M on January 20, 2012 | No comments

So here are the finished sp3 boards we pressed yesterday. It was a good build, boards came out sweet. Total made 34!...

88% Rule

Posted in custom, day to day, sizing by Ryan M on January 19, 2012 | 7 comments

We build custom snowboards for lots of individuals, and the question we probably get asked the most by beginners is “What is the best size for me?” Well, if you absolutely don’t know what size board you need, or what type of riding you will be doing. You can use...