materials

It feels like it took all day, driving to pick up epoxy, the fiberglass and stuff. it did take all day. but we are ready for the next round of production. pretty exciting stuff, new molds, new materials, the sport is taking off. Maybe I can make a few people happy with my designs. Jg

Vacuum epoxy boards, wow

I just reach the 124 mark, maybe a few more boards before I started giving them numbers, I should be keeping track? Anyway, we just shifted from polyester resins to a more environmentally friendly epoxy, we'll see. The epoxy boards in traditional layups are kind of whimpy, but when you add the vacuum to the process the boards are amazing. Lightweight, super strong and sure to be fun on the snow. We are now experimenting with uhmw husks, our first venture in this direction is an amazing G60 vacuum bag creation. I am really excited about how fast we have moved along, we are figuring out all the new molds and they are staring to deliver the best boards yet. Just remember, we are just staring, we hit #124 and the road to 1 million should be quite a ride. JG

It really has been a fun experience getting back into building boards. Alot of people are excited about what we are doing and each time I box up and send out a board its exciting. Mark Sullivan of Tailgate Alaska will get a G60. Rick Waring will get a board for himself and his son in Bend, Oregon. Larry Madden, in Aspen wants a board to ride at Buttermilk and so it goes. Wave Rave in Mammoth Lakes, has a dozen boards ordered and they are almost done. I am excited with the response so far and look forward to launching a website soon. Just so you know, the price of these handmade boards is $200 for a G42, $300 for a G48 and $500 for custom G60.

Visitors to the shop

ITs not everyday that my friend Ishi comes to visit in CAlifornia. Great time to see my friend and build a new board.