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Profiling sidewall

Posted in machinery, manufacturing, materials, snowboards, videos by Monson Mfg. on November 5, 2012 | One comment

Here is a short little video of sidewall material getting profiled on the C and C machine. The sidewall profile must match the core profile, minus the thickness of the edge key in order to get a correct press. 2012-11-05 09.59.47 from Monson Snowboards on Vimeo....

Custom Shapes and Technology

Posted in custom, manufacturing, OEM, projects by Monson Mfg. on October 3, 2012 | No comments

When starting a new snowboard brand, one of the first things to consider is what your market is. The days of just buying custom snowboards and being successful were gone in the late 90′s. Now days in order to be successful you need a solid marketing plan and if your...

Updates to the Finishing Department

Posted in base grinding, machinery, manufacturing, production by Monson Mfg. on September 27, 2012 | No comments

Snowboard Manufacturing Finishing department

The Finishing Department has made progress! One of our goals is to move towards a single piece flow method of manufacturing to take quality to the next level. With our larger facility we have been able to get closer to that goal. We recently added a new bigger and beefier...

Design it on-line!

Posted in custom, manufacturing, printing by Monson Mfg. on September 27, 2012 | 17 comments

Design your custom snowboard or wakeboard on-line!

We knew at some point we had to offer a way for customers to design their board on-line. So with the help of Jay at Booom industries, we now have a solution. Our new application is simple, it allows you to choose a color scheme, upload images and photos and...

Custom Snowboards for Bands

Posted in custom, day to day, manufacturing, OEM, projects, promotional, Uncategorized by Monson Mfg. on September 7, 2012 | No comments

The music industry has been using snowboards for years. We have seen them sold at concerts and offered as exclusive merch to fans. Another popular way the bands are using snowboards is to collaborate with local radio stations and resorts. For years Monson has had the great opportunity to build...

Humanity Growth Planning

Posted in day to day, manufacturing by Monson Mfg. on September 5, 2012 | No comments

Having a large surface to plan is a great way to see the big picture. So in our new factory, we decided to make one huge wall our chalkboard wall and use it to layout , organize and strategize our plans and growth. Here is just a photo of the...

Great board, Great Price!

Posted in snowboards by Monson Mfg. on July 30, 2012 | No comments

We are to small to change snowboarding, nor do we want to. We would like to make a small difference in an extremely competitive market. Monson Snowboards is one of the very few production facilities in America that makes snowboards not only for ourselves, but for other companies as well. ...

Made in America, Sold in Italy!

Posted in custom, manufacturing, OEM, projects, snowboards by Monson Mfg. on July 23, 2012 | No comments

Most people don’t realize that we manufacture oem and custom snowboards for brands all over the world. Here are a few pics of some boards getting ready to get QC’d, serial numbered and bagged so they can get in a crate and put on a boat to Italy. These boards...