Category Archives: materials

Slow Motion

Posted in machinery, manufacturing, materials, videos, wood cores by Monson Mfg. on February 7, 2013 | No comments

Periodically we get all geeked over here about our c and c machine. Typically it’s when we are designing and cutting new shapes, products or technologies. We used a high speed camera that could capture the snowboard wood core being cut out in slow motion, and here is what it...

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....

Our Amber Colored Resin

Posted in manufacturing, materials, oem, production, snowboards by Monson Mfg. on June 13, 2012 | No comments

In 1999 we were building our snowboards with die cut aluminum tip and tail protectors. You can see the funny old video below we made back in the late 90′s to see them. When we were having a hard time bonding the aluminum we went sought after a chemist who...

Our trash goes to a good place

Posted in day to day, materials by Monson Mfg. on June 8, 2012 | No comments

Now that we have committed to leaving California, there are lots of things we won’t miss. There are however a few things we will, the beach, the nice weather, fast food at every corner and the diversity. What we are going to miss the most are the rad neighbors we...

Drowning in Raws

Posted in manufacturing, materials by Monson Mfg. on April 24, 2012 | No comments

As production continues to heat up, our factory is beginning to drown in raw materials as shown by today’s deliveries. We are excited about parts showing up from CDW, ISO Sport, Vectorply and Stratta Forest. We still have more shipments coming from ISO Sport, La-Es, CDW, Composites one and Revchem...

#skateboards all assembled and ready to ship! Having our own #factory rules. instagram.com/p/Zo8xcgs5dr/ 1 day ago
Setting up pods on the router. The pod allows for the pressed board to suck down on the table tight.… instagram.com/p/ZnxhWlM5Zi/ 1 day ago
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Taking the day off to go explore the super rad mountains behind the factory. instagram.com/p/ZeHXhns5c2/ 5 days ago

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