Board Clips in Stock

We just built up a few more sets of splitboard clips.  Get them while they last.  We can ship outside of the US and Canada now.

Thank you for the support!

New Tip/Tail Clips

Tyler and I drove out to our injection molding supplier last night to check out our First Article Tip/Tail Clips.  Most companies now days go offshore for plastic components, so we’re really excited to be working with a local shop that’s 25 minutes away.  The Tip/Tail Clips are really simple parts, so there wasn’t much to inspect.  The tool needs to have the surface finish smoothed out in one spot, but other than that we’re good to go.

The Tip/Tail Clips snap into place nicely and are incredibly stiff and tough.  We’ve worked directly with Dupont engineers to select the best plastic for our injection molded components.  For most of our parts we are using Zytel ST to optimize the strength and toughness.

Karakoram Tip/Tail Clips and Splitboard Clips will be standard on Jones, Lib Tech, and Gnu splitboards.  We will also have Tip/Tail clips for sale in our store for $12.00 (2x Tip/Tail Clips, 4x Stainless Steel Rivets, 2x Stand-offs).

Kalifornia Split Party 2011

I don’t really know what to say except, “Man, I can’t wait to go back!!!”

This was the second year for Bryce and I to attend and the Kalifornia Split Party didn’t disappoint!  Josh, Mike, and the crew did an amazing job all around, but I have to especially thank them for ordering up the healthy helping of deep pow.  Not sure how they did it, but they must have an in with the snow gods

We flew in to Reno, picked up our economy car, and as we were about to head south on 395, the Russman calls, “Can you pick up my buddy Tyler Kent in Reno?”  So by the skin of his teeth, Mr. Kent secured himself a ride down to the SplitParty and set his fate for an epic weekend…

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Mt Baker Splitfest 2011

Fast forward to this past weekend… we sold out of bindings in December, had a great showing at SIA, and have some new partners for the 2011/12 season. It’s been a whirlwind of a year and there is no better way to celebrate than touring and shredding with some friends, new and old, at the mecca of snowboarding, Mount Baker.

Day1: We picked Jim W. up at the airport a little after midnight due to long weather delays out of California. After a short night’s sleep and finishing up a couple sets of superlight bindings, we hit the road for Baker.

Rolling into the Heather Meadows parking lot around 5pm to blue skies and a couple inches of new snow, we decided to go for a quick tour with the little light that we had remaining. As we scurried up to Swift Creek for a short lap, we ran into Zach Clanton up from Utah, sporting a tasty looking prototype Chimera Split. Sweet!

A quick chat and we were on our way, kicking mini methods

 

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High Avy Danger… To the trees!

I’m working on trying to figure out how to get a little higher resolution video.

I wish I was in Chamonix…

While I’m stuck behind my computer working on the 2011-2012 bindings (lots of top secret stuff we’re working on here…)  I keep seeing friends getting after it on their splitboards.  Here’s a little helmet cam video from Liz Daley shredding in Chamonix.

Dan Donnelly Slashing Up the Mt. Baker BC

Dano laying out a toeside slash Baker style on his Split30 splitboard system.

There are a lot of different mind sets on what size split you should ride.  Dano showing us how it’s done on a custom 158 splitboard made by his buddy Jake.

Keep getting after it Dano!

Ralph Backstrom Binding Review

We’ve been in the trenches building and shipping bindings lately and haven’t had a chance to post anything on the blog.  So, we’re posting something we haven’t written.  Jones rider, Ralph Backstrom, has been testing our binding for the past 7 months and just posted a review on UnofficialNetworks.com.

Read Ralph’s review here:

Ralph Backstrom Karakoram Split30 binding review

Powder Day-Off

Tyler and I have been working like dogs for the last three months, so we decided we deserved a day off this weekend.  We headed out with my wife and brother-in-law.  The timing of the little trip couldn’t have been better because a big storm front just came through Washington.  I guess we were “working” because we were “testing” product .   Needless to say, the testing went well!

Mattia riding a pillow line.

My wife, Melissa, “testing” her splitboard setup.

First Production Run Progress

Here are some pictures from our first production run.  Tyler and I are currently assembling the parts we have while waiting for the final parts from one of our local suppliers.  Board Clips will be ready to ship out this week and we are still on track to start shipping Split30s by the end of this month.  Thank you to everyone who has purchased, we really appreciate the support.

Some heelcups racked and ready for finishing.

Cedar came to the shop today to help rivet the board clips.

A bucket full of toe stays.