Its almost finished and Im stoked on how it come up for my first shot at board building.
This crazy idea was born after coming home from japan with my DIY swallowtail supermodel, the swallowtail worked so well but the nose needed to be longer and a more gradual up turn.
So I went to work designing my dream board, I gave it rocker between the bindings and camber outside just like a NS or BTX board and of course the big rocker nose and swallowtail. The length is 180.
I built a press, molds and everything else I needed to build this board and finally, its almost done. It just needs a few more coats of spar varnish on the veneer top sheet and to expose the inserts.
I'll be in Myoko from Feb 15-24th. Don't feel like cruising back down to Honshu and hitting Seki Onsen, or Akakura onsen? As Dreampow said, complete epicness for pow in Nippon this season!
Dumb question here, do they have edges? My eyes aren't as keen as they used to be and I was thinking to myself "where would one get the material for the edges?".
Yeah they have proper steel edges, bending them is my least favourite part of the job.
I put 003 in the press last night and Im just about to go and pull it out and see how it went, I should have the split in the press by tonight.
Ive now built 4 solids and 1 split and Im starting to get the hang of it! Unfortunately I had a disaster with the split when I was laying it up, the dowel that aligns the top sheet broke off and cause the sheet to shift and mess up the margins! Its purely cosmetic but pisses me off none the less lol.
Im all out of materials now and have them lined up for base grinding this week. 14 days till Hokkaido.
awesome work! beautiful boards. i'd be interested in the final weight of that thing with some sparks on it... how long is it? it'd be sick to make a shortie 156 or something a la hovercraft.
you should post it up at splitboard.com those guys would be drooling :tongue4:
edit: my bad - i just saw the thread over there...
The board is a 180 , the thickest one weighs 3.8kg which is exactly the same as my birdman 180 surprisingly. I have a set of 2013 burners for the split aswell.
I could do it in a 156 but I would have to delete the entire front camber section which would suck on groomers.
It blew my mind to be honest. Floats like pool pony. Carves hard with insane edge hold and gets a lot of attention here in japan. I settled on the thickest one for myself as I like the stability of a stiffer board. I sent one down to a forum member who was in myoko for him to try. He may comment on his thoughts when he gets home.
That there is awsome work my friend. Looks like its a blast to ride. Im in awwe over the craftsmanship and beauty of them boards. Seriously great looking boards, id be a buyer if they ever go into mass production.
Your amazing board aside, that pow looks insane. Like wtf. Like omfg. LIKE THAT WAS FUCKING INCREDIBLE. LIKE I WOULD KILL MY CAT FOR THAT POW 6 weeks straight.
to be riding your own pow board must be so satisfying. congrats/
Slightly above average season here, but basically just another year in Hokkaido.
We had a lightly late start to the season with first snow in the middle of November. Then it was epic until a short dry spell at the end of January. Has been solid again for the last 3 weeks or so. Just passed the 500" mark for the season in Hirafu village/Niseko base earlier this week.
You do realise ETM that the only question left, and the one the answer to which everyone is curious about, is when do you launch ETM's Custom Snowboards and start making sticks to order! Could be a nice niche specialist market there to earn a living from...
I would tell you how impressive the boards are and how jealous we all are of the trip, but you already know all that!
Just wondering, whats the difference between building a swallowtail and a normal board? Is it easier to build a normal board or do you just like it better?
Have you seriously thought about selling your boards?
Some new shapes for my next japan trip (2 months in honshu)
From left to right.
164 with 16m side cut and 10mm taper (will be a split).
170 hammerhead with 14m side cut, 8m reverse side cut nose and 40mm taper
180 birdman shape with 18m side cut (no magne)
There's trees - Looks like very avalanche-safe to me. (May be I dont know something)
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