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Splitboard with C6 Technology!

Posted in custom, manufacturing, OEM, projects, split boards by Monson Mfg. on March 20, 2012 | 4 comments

While Daniel was on the Humanity snowboard tour in February he met up with the guys at snocon in Seattle. Snocon has been successfully splitting boards and providing completes to consumers. Because we have our own factory, it only made sense for us to work together to develop a great...

Design it on-line!

Posted in custom, manufacturing, printing by Monson Mfg. on March 19, 2012 | No comments

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...

Part of the Family

Posted in manufacturing, production by Monson Mfg. 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...

Humanity Humanizine!

Posted in OEM, printing by Monson Mfg. 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 Monson Mfg. 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 Monson Mfg. 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 Monson Mfg. 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. ...