Monson Snowboards was recently in a local magazine featuring our house brand Humanity Snowboards.**Read the Complete Article**
Los making another perfect board!!
Monson's c-6 technology (found on our Humanity brand)will be available for OEM production this spring. If you need a sample for the SIA trade show the deadline is January 5th.
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Our house brand Humanity Snowboard just released our C-6 technology video. Boards with this technology will be ready for sale in just a few days.
Humanity Snowboards releases the new Pomona. from Humanity Snowboards on Vimeo.
Random photos from around the shop on a day to day basis.
We just want to give a big warm welcome to our new Base Grinder Igor and our new full time sublimator Chris. You guys are doing a great job!
The presses are squishing boards as the winter rapidly approaches! Props to the crew for keeping up with demand and putting quality first!
We want to give a huge thanks to liberty University for inviting the Humanity Snowboards team out to the grand opening of the first Snowflex park in the United States. Visit Humanitysnow.com for more info. For those who are not aware, Humanity Snowboards is a collaboration of Monson Snowboards, Olympian Tommy Czeschin and designer Greg Huntoon.
Props to Carlos our factory manager for dialing in some rad new techniques this week. We have increased production efficiency by about 12% and even further improved the output quality of our products. We are always striving to make boards we build better, longer lasting and most importantly SUPER FUN!!
Temperature when Pressing Snowboards
When pressing a snowboard, using the right temperatures are important for many reasons. Resin systems have a temperature range at which they should be cured. It is important that these temperature guidelines are strictly followed so that the molecules of the resin can bond correctly. As resin molecules heat up they begin to move at a faster rate, this is why resins cure quicker under heat. Hotter presses = shorter cure time, however if you run it to hot you can compromise the molecular bond.
Heat can also affect how flat the snowboard is and how much or how little camber it has. When a snowboard is cooking, the plastics and the resins are reacting, by regulating the top and base temperatures you can control which side of the board "pulls" more than the other.
Coming Soon...The Grom-Rocker featuring Monson's Smile Technology. Stay Tuned.
"Hoods to Woods" is a documentary based on the story of Brian "Deka" Paupaw and his journeys from the inner city streets of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn to the deep powder backcountry mountains in North and South America. Through Brian's self told story, we experience how the culture of snowboarding transformed a life, once stifled by the social constraints of the streets, into one which is only bounded by the edge of a mountain.
Hoods to Woods trailer #1 from Brian Paupaw on Vimeo.
Why Weed???
We now use seamless edges on all our snowboards. Just one more way to give our customers a better board.
We are so confident in our products that if you are currently having boards built with a competitor, we will build your new samples at volume prices. We know that if you give us a chance you will find that what we provide is better than what you’re getting. With exchange rates not in your favor from Europe and high volume minimums and long lead times from China, there is no better time to bring the business back to America. Go ahead and try us out, you will be glad you did. For more information contact us.
We have just finished testing new technologies, stay tuned....This stuff is going to blow your mind.
Check out Tommy and Humanity Snowboards on Echo TV.
ECHO TV - EPISODE 8 from Echo Mountain on Vimeo
Over the past few months we have been testing some new technologies that we are super excited about. Monson will be the premier domestic snowboard manufacturing facility. Snowboards made in our factory will push the envelope and change the way snowboards are built in America. Our schedule is already being filled for the '09-'10 winter season so don't waste time thinking about your production, inquire and see how we can help you out before it's to late.
For a limited time, the new Humanity Snow Tommytastic is on special for $350. The board is available in our Smile Technology (reverse camber). For more info or to purchase see our catalog.