top deck gets a photo shoot

squarish tail

sleestack nose

...a quick sysnopsis of this topdeck..

it was shaped for a real street skater who is crossing-over to snowskating, the dimensions have been kept pretty small for fimilarity but the kicks are longer then normal and have a very very slight triangluar shape almost reminds me of a "sleastack's" head (pointed). The tail is more squared shape then the nose, stuff we found from testing and from various surfboard design....the team december logo is a very rustic woodshed design made from a 1/16 piece of maple stained red and sanded down to about 32nd of an inch thick .....This is a team board but any size is currently available... we have a few blanks that just need to be shaped... few good waves yesterday..

cheers

...not that silly looking anymore

i have watched so many snowskate videos, I just love the control and style that snowskaters have... I believe that this board ("backyard" in picture, thank yoo to the person I grabbed it from)is not that for out of the realm for talented snowskaters, or snowsurfers... but the aluminum skegs might have to go..
...my gut has always told me that surfers and more so skateboarders had much better style then snowboarders.(I might be wrong) I feel the reason is the ability of the surf or skate rider to adjust their feet to make corrections. Snowboarders cannot shuffle the feet to correct a sketchy landing. The only thing to gain balance when in a awkward position is to counterbalance with their upper bodies. Now really great snowboarders have always made it look easy and smooth, but skaters take the cake when it comes to stylish recoveries. Just look at 51 year old TA skate a pool......

..in the beginning

I recieved a Burton product list in junior high back in 1984. It was the first time I got a good look at a snowboard, outside of a snurfer.( which we loved falling off of growing up in the northeast) To make a long story short my brother and I believd we could make our own burton backyards out of plywood and begin "boarding". Our father suggested to cut the shape out and to score the tip with kerf cuts to add the curve of the "ski" nose.... Well it went according to plan and the nose flexed properly in the garage by pulling back gently on the rope that was attached to it. My father was a genuis...
We head out to our neighbor's 'front yard' and began our test piloting... Within seconds the boards took off down the hill, the feel was amazing like a magic carpet as it flexed over the new snow compared to the stiff snurfers we were used to. But to remain balanced we pulled hard on the rope. Almost simutanously we both snapped our nosees off and tumbled down the hill laughing like crazy. Yeah my father isn't exactly a genius. Many moons passed and we went through many named brand snowboards and even a few burton's.But we have come back full circle to create what we need, so after many sleeplessness nights of dreaming about board designs and conditions, I believe we are ready to move out of r&D and into Production.....
...as december snowskates