It's here... the first installment of Every Third Thursday! If you thought you knew everything about snowboard construction, think again! Signal Snowboards is blowing the doors off and throwing caution (and vinyl scraps!) to the wind!
This Every Third Thursday we build a board out of wood. Wood base, topsheet, tip, tail and sidewall. We know we're not the first to do so, but the thought is can we turn a wood board in to a legitimate shred stick for today's progressive riding. Will it have a skateboard feel, will it be fast enough with a wood base and would it ever have production potential in the future? Check it out and let us know what you think!
Fore! Yep, that's right, this ETT we build a golf board. Over the years we've seen snowboarders get so addicted to golf in the summer, they go deep. They buy the best clubs, have the outfits, you name it, they're hooked! This board will definitely help improve their game on hill and the course! Watch as we run into a few obstacles, hang with Chris Dufficy and have a a lot of laughs! By the end, well... check it and find out for yourself!
This Thursday we go Eco! The goal was to build this board out of materials being thrown away. It was to cost nothing more than the inserts, edge material and resin. About 15 dollars. We ran into some serious challenges along the way as you'll see, including where to shred it! But... we made the best of it, had some fun and pressed a board that... Well, you'll see. Hope you enjoy!
Arrows Mate! This episode we head to the UK where you can snowboard indoors - The Fridge as they call it over there. Perfect timing for this preseason build. The theme took a few days as we tossed around ideas about the Queen, tea and other English icons until we settled on darts. This board exceeded all of our expectations! It is strong, has a good flex and comes equipped with all the accessories needed to pass the time with some friends in your favorite pub. Check it out!
Oh Snap! This ETT we're feeling the Holiday Season and building one of the funnest boards to date. The LEGO board! A favorite amongst all ages and a staple for holiday gift giving, we are amazed at what a perfect fit LEGO can be for a potential snowboard. Check it out and see what was needed to piece together our new creation. Happy Holidays from all of us at Signal!
Yo Yo Yo!! It's time for another episode of ETT! We take the awesomeness that is the 80's boombox and combine it with the snowboard. You get a built in system to pump out your jams whether you're on or off snow. You definitely don't want to miss this one! Watch this audio installation and see if the electronic components can survive the elements...
Happy Third Thursday! Time to kick back, put your feet up and try this new episode of ETT on for size! It's the right... and left way brighten up your week! Check it out as we pull inspiration from our feet and a brand that lives and breathes skate, surf and snow. Watch now and get - OFF THE WALL!
This episode of ETT we use a team trip to Japan to build a board made for Super Pipes! Oh no, we're not talking about the ones you ride. We're talking about the soothing notes heard when one lets a tune fly with a little help from the local brewery. Hey, we couldn't resist... And you shouldn't either. Hit play now and see if we just found the next... American Idol! Arigato Ohio Gazimas!
This episode of ETT we had the honor of working with two icons! Terry Kidwell and Paul Schmitt. Watch as Paul takes us through how he built Terry's legendary prototypes with skate technology back in the eighties. Many of today's top technologies can be linked to progressive boards built in the past and after hanging out with these two legends, it all makes perfect sense. This is what snowboarding is all about!
In this Every Third Thursday there was little Risk involved and although it may seem a Trivial Pursuit, we are definitely not Sorry for this episode. Watch as Jake OE and other radical Signal riders battle it out in our newest creation and ETT Big Idea contest winner Board Games!
This ETT we head to Holland, isn't that vierd? Watch as Jake OE, Yusaku Horii and a few Dutch rippers slip into a tradition that has been part of Holland's history for 700 years. This board is perfect for the indoor domes with its soft flexing vertically laminated veneer core and resin infused veneer top sheet. Definitely plenty of Klompen Stompen going down in this episode!
We're fired up! It is officially the first episode of the second season and we feel this one is on target. ETT is all about having fun, coming up with creative ideas and pushing the boundaries in the Signal factory and on the hill. It's a chance for all of us to look at our snowboards in an entirely new way. So, hit play and have a laugh! We had a blast making it and who knows, this one may just blow you away!
Slappin' da Bass Man! This ETT was actually not so easy and took just a little patience as we rocked this build for the man that held down gnarly bass lines for such bands as Guns n Roses, Velvet Revolver and now Loaded - Duff Mckagan. Way tougher than we imagined, without the guys at Fender, well, who knows how it would have ended up. Hit play now and watch as we mix Duff's signature bass with Signal's signature show!
This ETT we stick our neck out, try something new and get into what the end of October is all about, Halloween! So slice off some time in your day and hit play. It's bloody worth it!
This Every Third Thursday we celebrate Jobs in Snowboarding! No, not our employment, but the man who inspired and built products that almost every snowboarder we know loves and uses in their daily lives. Watch and see as our hardware needs updating a few times to get this snowboard built right!
This Every Third Thursday we find ourselves going way off menu. Oh yeah, it’s time to throw out reliable and sturdy ingredients like ABS and Nylon and replace them with every child’s favorite food group – Sugar! So before you hit play, grab your insulin pen and get ready to stick yourself because this episode is SWEET!!
Happy New Year and Happy New ETT! This month we find ourselves floating out an entirely new concept as we work with friends to build something totally unique for barrels and backcountry! So cutback on your workload for nine minutes and press play! Dropping into this episode will make your day!
It's Every Third Thursday and we're pumped! For those of you new to ETT, we build a new concept board each month to push ourselves in board building for fun and inspiration. So relieve some pressure, hit play and fill up on some good ol' fashioned web content. Nozzle Tov!
There's no better way to split up your day than a brand new episode of Every Third Thursday! Inspired by an all mountain survivalist sort of vibe, this board is built with some kick ass options and a surprise inside. So dig in, hit play and let the show begin! We may have just stumbled on to somethin'...
This ETT we take on a challenge! To build a board for the band Bush and Clear Channel alternative radio 98.7fm for a winter promotion. So make sure to stash a little time away today and watch as we bring someone else's dream board to life!
Make some noise! It's time for the new ETT! It's important to note this one gets a little scientific and there were a lot of key elements needed to finish this board. And although we are very happy with the finished board, we have no idea how it will ride. Watch as New Zealand Signal rider Hamish Martin blows us away and steps it up and sets the tone at Snowboarder Magazine's SuperPark 16.
It's ETT and we set our riders free! Well, free to build what ever their cold weather lovin' hearts desire. Back to the fundamentals here in this episode with materials, shapes and flexes. Imagine having a concept in the morning and by the end of the day you have a snowboard! Press play and think, what would I build if I had the chance?
Season 3 of Signal Snowboards ETT is here! It's time to hook into some delicious innovation and discovery by mixing fun and manufacturing. This episode without a doubt will lure you in and make you smile as we tackle our first build of the season combining Abel fly reels and Signal snowboards for the ultimate catch and release adventure on the Mt. Hood glacier with pro snowboarder Kazu Kokubo and Yusaku Horii! So come on, take the bait and hit play!
Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew are back tackling a new hybrid snowboard project that's inspiring on many levels. This month's challenge is to merge Signal snowboards technology and Crankbrothers Mountain bike component technology to create a new next-level custom adaptive snowboard customized to get a new crew of shredders on the hill. The motivation for the build is personal — in 2000, good friend and pro snowboarder Tim Ostler was paralyzed from the chest down in a halfpipe snowboarding accident. Despite maintaining an athletic lifestyle, Tim hasn't been snowboarding since. Watch as the crew build one of the most rewarding boards to date and, after a few setbacks, succeed in getting Tim back out riding with his friends on Every Third Thursday. We encourage you to push this video forward and share it with everyone you know! How cool would it be if this ETT finds its way into production. So, hit play and let's all Raise The Bar and give some serious thought to the Next Level Adaptive Snowboard!
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Signal Snowboards crew teamed up with the Keep-A-Breast (KAB) foundation in an episode that's all about feeling boobs! In an effort to do their part to bring a little education, fun, and snowboarding to a very serious subject, Signal and KAB Founder Shaney Jo Darden create a custom Breast Cast of Signal graphics leader Meg Smith (Meg sheds her shirt!), and build a custom Bra Board. Model Susan Holmes McKagen makes a surprise appearance to help with the snowboard build. And when the Bra Board is ready to shred, the lacy lingerie is handed off to Signal snowboarders Melissa Riitano, Katie Williams, and Jamie Madrid for the most important part of the build — a thorough exam on snow at California's Mountain High resort. Make it a monthly habit girls! And do your part to donate to educate: http://keep-a-breast.org/get-involved/donate/
Signal Snowboards' Every Third Thursday gets caught up in the excitement of the new Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 game release by building a bona-fide bulletproof Snowboard! The build starts with an inspiration trip to Treyarch Studio to get an early Black Ops 2 game play in. The challenging board build is executed using a tactical jacket provided by Point Blank Body Armor. But can it take a bullet? Pull the trigger and watch this — it will blow you away!
The sun shines brightly on this month's episode of Every Third Thursday. Dave Lee and Signal Snowboards team up with Powerfilm Solar to create a solar-powered snowboard! At the Signal Snowboard factory the flexible solar panels are adhered to the snowboard top sheet and then wired into a converter mounted between the bindings. With the build complete, it's time to test out the voltage off the grid. Snowboarder Tyler Flanagan straps in and charges the Mammoth Mountain jumps while charging his electronics at the same time - this electrifying new board passes the test. It's a blast!
Every Third Thursday is about ideas, about engineering, about the beauty of manufacturing and always pushing the boundaries. So what happens when Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew come up with an idea that has nothing to do with any of those meaningful aspects? They run with it! This month's factory challenge is to build a snowboard integrating pennies — pennies in the base and "penny traction" edges specifically. Jake Olson-Elm is the chosen one to ride what might just be the worst ETT idea ever. Priceless! Hit play now to watch some noncents go down! Heads or tails, we think this month's episode is still a winner!
For this month's episode, Signal Snowboards' Founder Dave Lee leaves the factory to travel across the sea to an Italian glass factory to create a handmade glass snowboard — the most delicate build to date! The glass snowboard is cut, pressed, tempered, and ever so carefully transported to the slopes. Signal Snowboards Italian team rider Giorgio "Iannino" Morell takes it for the all important test ride at Abetone ski resort in Tuscany. See how this glass artwork performs under pressure — will it slide or shatter?
Snowboards have traditionally been made of wood, resin, laminates, and P-Tex — until now! The Signal Snowboard's factory crew, led by Founder Dave Lee give the board presses a rest this month and instead print out a brand new snowboard! Using new 3D printer technology, Dave Lee and Signal Engineer Jeb Ferria input a basic CAD drawing along with a carbon-based powder into a state of the art Plastic Laser Sintering Machine — the end result is a radical powder gun (no not that kind of gun — a snowboard) ready for riding in the steep and deep of Colorado. Signal Teamrider Matt Guess and Dave Lee put the board through the paces, and it passes with flying powder. Another ETT success story!
Signal Snowboards drops into high fashion this month on Every Third Thursday. Series host Dave Lee and the Signal factory crew team up with The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) and student designer Kelly Knaggs to create an avant-garde snowboard to complement her outerwear line. Utilizing fabric and sublimated metal imagery as visual elements and an unusual asymmetrical shape featuring a tail whip, the Signal factory crew, in true Project Runway fashion, complete the final piece just in time for the runway premier at FIDM. The flashy board passes the fashionable test — but is it functional? Manu Dominguez and Pat Garvin put the board to the test at Bear Mountain. The whipped tail shape with a short toeside edge and a longer heelside makes for a real soul surfer of a board.
Signal Snowboards cap an epic 2012/13 winter with a good old fashioned derby race! Paying tribute to traditional pinewood derby races, Signal founder Dave Lee rounds up pinewood 2x4s as the foundation for these unique snowboards. The Signal crew then gets to work in the factory planing and gluing the 2x4s to create the base for each board. Custom graphics are added, then it's time to hit the road to Mammoth Mountain. Snowboarders Ian Thorley, Dylan Synnott, Joey Yorba and friends meet up with Dave to transform these boards into their own custom derby destroyers! With boards assembled the guys hit the hill to compete on their creations. You won't believe the speed these guys get on 2x4s! Goodbye winter — hello summer 2013!
ETT Season 4, episode 1: In the season premier of ETT, the Signal Snowboard crew attempts to use the naturally occurring deep ocean pressure to replace the role of a pneumatic press — the machinery currently used to bind the layers of a snowboard together — in production. On location in New Zealand's Milford Sound, ETT host Dave Lee and Signal Snowboard's co-founder Marc Wierenga hastily assemble the layers of the snowboard, then sink the final product 100 feet (30 meters) deep under the ocean with hopes that the pressure at these great depths will bind the layers. Natural production — is it possible? We find out in this episode of ETT!
ETT Season 4, episode 2: Signal Snowboard's Dave Lee and teamrider Jake Olson-Elm get serious about 'apres ski' in this episode of ETT, building a functioning snowboard beer bong — the snowboarder's version of the shotski — just in time for Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany! The build starts off at the Reichmann factory where hoses and nozzles are carefully built into the snowboard, then it's off to test it out at Oktoberfest — the home of serious beer drinking! Finally, lets find out if this party board can carve the slopes of Hintertux Glacier? Every hour is happy hour on this episode of ETT! Prost!
ETT Season 4, episode 3: Signal Snowboard's Dave Lee builds two experimental snowboards at the Signal Factory with the goal of riding epic sand dunes in a world without snow. One board features an ABS plastic base and the other a Formica base, both with the goal of overcoming the challenge of speed on sand. The setting for the test is California's Glamis Dunes, a motorsports recreational mecca with steep mountainous dunes. The test has a sticky outcome, which leads to a new world compromise — enter Professional off road racer Rob MacCachren and his off road trophy truck! Snowboarders Spencer Link and Nick Sibayan get the ride of their lives behind Rob's truck to see if, with a little help, they can get the same effect on sand as on snow. Looks like the driver might be getting more face shots than the riders in this episode of ETT. Back to the drawing board! What new base materials do you think would work to get this board sliding on sand? Leave your comments below!
ETT Season 4, episode 4: What would happen if, instead of having to buy a brand new snowboard every time you blew out an edge or gouged your base, you could just replace the broken piece? Dave Lee and the Signal factory crew explore the possibility of a modular snowboard in this month's episode of Every Third Thursday. Incorporating inserts onto each layer, the crew experiments with snapping together the various base, core, and topsheets into different board combinations throughout the day at Bear Mountain. Industry veteran Lance Hakker puts the board through the paces with promising results!
ETT Season 4, episode 5: In this month's ETT, it's time to "Spruce things up" with a snowboard made out of discarded Christmas trees. Dave Lee and the Signal snowboard factory crew take on this arboreal challenge utilizing tree trunks to create the snowboard's topsheet and core. The experimental board comes out of the presses looking rideable, so it's off to Southern California's Mountain High Resort to see if the wood is good! Who would have ever guessed that your snowboard gift wasn't under the tree, but was the tree itself? Merry riding!
ETT Season 4, episode 6: In this month's Every Third Thursday, Dave Lee and the Signal crew set out to make a snowboard out of a product that is basically built to fail — paper. Paper has very little structural integrity, which only worsens when it's damp. So it makes perfect sense to try to make this material into a weight bearing, torsion tortured, snow-sliding device with the help of the crew at Ernest Packaging. Dave meets up with Signal teamrider Melissa Riitano and Morrison Hsieh at Copper Mountain in Colorado to see if this board can take the punishment — how many runs do you think they'll get out it — one run, two? On the upside this "paper shredder" is totally recyclable!
ETT Season 4, episode 7: Get ready for some HOT snowboard action in this month's Every Third Thursday! Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew get back to the base-ics, experimenting with new technology to actually heat up the base of a snowboard and test out their theory that a hot base will go faster. Dave explains that the snow sliding action actually works from friction heating up the snow and forming a thin layer of water that the board slides on, but what if we speed up that process by incorporating a heat film into the base? Watch as Dave dials the base all the way up to 128 degrees and snowboarder Alex Cato heats up the slopes of Park City Resort.
ETT Season 4, episode 8: Are you ready? I said, are you READY for this pioneering turntable snowboard?! In true hip hop fashion, Signal Snowboards put together the ultimate collaboration teaming up with one of the greatest DJs in history and contributing member of the Beastie Boys, Mix Master Mike, who not only provided direction on this build but also an original track for the episode. Custom board graphics come courtesy of artist MadSteez, and the clutch components including the turntable and mixer come courtesy of leading DJ equipment manufacturer Vestax. From the ultimate collab comes the ultimate DJ board complete with a functioning turntable and mixer. We tested it twice — the DJ capabilities were proven at the Vestax Store grand opening on Melrose street in downtown Los Angeles, and ride-ability was confirmed on the slopes of Bear Mountain, California jamming to Mix Master Mike's custom track. Aw yeah!
ETT Season 4, episode 9: It's lights out for Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew! As the 2014 season winds down, the goal is to keep snowboarding past the daylight hours and Dave has just the solution — a snowboard with headlights. The crew fashion a custom board with dedicated mounts at the factory to accommodate a variety of LED Lenser flashlights and lamps. Then comes the fun part, the crew travel up North to Baldface Lodge and test out these night riding boards in epic deep powder conditions. This is what happened while you were sleeping!
ETT Season 4, episode 10: In this episode of Every Third Thursday, Signal Snowboards teams up with the Unknown Industries Harley stunt biking crew to collaborate on custom snowboard motorcycle racks and snowboards. The Unknown crew including Nick Leonetti, Buddy Suttle, and Kade Gates rally with ETT host Dave Lee to Bear Mountain to try out the new racks and the new boards. It's possible that they do more tricks on their bikes on the way up to Bear Mountain than on their boards coming down — it's all about wheelies, burnouts, and boardslides in this episode of ETT!
ETT Season 5, episode 1: Dig it — A new snowboard press inspired by an old Hawaiian cooking technique! In this episode of Every Third Thursday, Dave Lee and crew drive up to Mt. Hood Oregon posting up at a backwoods snowboarder’s camp with the goal of building a snowboard using foraged materials and a hand dug dirt press. This snowboard is the definition of local with the crew gathering materials from the surrounding forest to build the core of the snowboard. The real challenge comes when it’s time to press all these materials together to seal the layers. Will they be able to cure the board using hot coals and a shallow dirt mold? We’ll find out as the board is put to the test high above on the glaciated snowfield at Mt. Hood’s Timberline Resort. See how this woodsy earth-cured nature board performs!
ETT Season 5, episode 2: A Mammoth snowboard for opening day at Mammoth Mountain! In this episode of Every Third Thursday, Dave Lee and the entire Signal Snowboard factory crew team up on a huge project — a 10-foot long (304 cm) snowboard. The whole factory needs to be rearranged to create this behemoth board, but it pays off in the end. The board is mounted on top of the 4Runner and the crew arrives just in time for opening day at Mammoth Mountain. Check out team rider Ian Thorley turn heads as he laps the park and kicks the season off in a BIG way!
ETT Season 5, episode 3: The world’s first fully programmable open source snowboard — it’s the ultimate interactive board! In this episode of ETT, Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew team up with Matt Davis from namethemachine, Samy Kamkar and Alex Nano to build a snowboard that acts like a video game controller to control the playback of the music. The crew build sensors into the snowboard and create custom software to gather data and manipulate the soundtrack based on the boards motions. Signal rider Daniel Brown tests out the snowboard at Bear Mountain, creating his own custom park riding soundtrack. What would you want to program into this open source board? Let us know in the comments below!
ETT Season 5, episode 4: The first pro tested combination skateboard/snowboard! In this episode Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew team up with Lithe, a small skateboard operation out of California that’s using composites in skateboards in a really unique and cool way. The goal of this build is to adapt Lithe’s unique carbon fiber building process to create a snowboard that can double as a skateboard. The board needs to be bomber enough for X Games pro skater Mitchie Brusco to skate on Woodward’s Megaramp, but with enough flex so that we can still turn on snow. We test this dual board out on Camp Woodward’s Megaramp and on the snowy park jumps at Woodward Copper and it got two Mega thumbs up! What do you think of this do everything board? Let us know in the comments below!
ETT Season 5, episode 5: Boardin’ breakfast has never been easier! In this episode Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew take on the challenge of fitting in a hot breakfast before hitting the hill. The solution — combining a snowboard and griddle in one! Sounds easy, but the challenge of creating a surface hot enough to fry an egg took multiple tries. The Signal crew came up with an ingenious solution and the end result is slopeside breakfast sandwiches for the whole crew cheffed up on a shreddable snowboard. Watch Signal rider Brandon Schroeder get this board cookin’ down the slopes of Mountain High! How many different uses can you think of for this awesome griddle board? Let us know in the comments below!
ETT Season 5, episode 6: It feels like summer here in California and we’ve got surfing on our minds as we patiently wait for winter to return. In this episode Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew play around with surfboard stringers — the stringer is the thin strip of wood that runs down the middle of the surfboard to increase the strength and rigidity of the foam board. Dave teams up with Appelcore Stringer to create laminated veneers to use in the construction of two snowboards — one a traditional core snowboard and the other a totally experimental veneer laminate board at half the thickness of a normal snowboard. The crew bails on the beach for the mountains to test out these crossover boards. Does this surf technology make for a great snowboard? Watch the episode to find out and let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
ETT Season 5, episode 7: This episode of ETT is all about those throwback vibes. Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew team up with longtime skateboard designer Paul Schmitt to create the ultimate backyard, backhill, neighborhood golf course fun board — we’re calling it Mr. Fun. Dave finds legendary skateboarder Christian Hosoi’s pro model shape in Professor Schmitt’s workshop, which serves as the foundation for this 7-ply deck. Hosoi himself stops by the factory to add some crucial design input to the shape (wow!). Mr. Fun gets a custom Hosoi grip tape job and then it’s off to the streets of Boston where historic amounts of snow have fallen to see if Mr. Fun delivers on the promise of fun. See this simple board take on snowy streets, parks and everyday urban features with no lift ticket (and no bindings) required. Does this look like fun to you? Let us know in the comments below!
ETT Season 5, episode 8: Records are experiencing a major comeback and Record Store Day is the ultimate celebration of these enduring vinyl discs! Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew get in on the celebration by teaming up with Rainbo Records to make a snowboard entirely out of records. Dave gets an epic factory tour seeing the transformation of pucks of vinyl into top quality records. Dave is in heaven, but there’s work to be done! The plan is to transform records and resin into a rideable snowboard. Dave gets busy in the Signal factory piecing together a full range of 20-plus records from The Smiths to Dr. Dre, and heat pressing the creation together. The board gets put to the test on the slopes of Brighton. Does this mix jam or is it a broken record? Find out in this episode of ETT. Are you a fan of records? Let us know all about your collection and your thoughts on this episode in the comments below!
ETT Season 5, episode 9: In this episode of Every Third Thursday Dave Lee takes on the challenge of building a snowboard and snowboard press using materials exclusively sourced from the aisles of a home improvement store. Dave and the Rosolowski brothers comb the aisles scavenging for makeshift materials on a budget; we need hydrophobic base materials, a sturdy core, metal edges, glue to hold everything together, and finally a makeshift press to bind the layers. Is this experimental snowboard going to be a blast or a bust? Watch as we test it out on slopes of Utah’s Brighton resort!
ETT Season 5, episode 10: In this episode of Every Third Thursday Dave Lee introduces new Signal teamrider John Jackson. Every rider dreams of building a custom snowboard designed exactly to their specifications. John gets exactly that opportunity as we dive into building his Sierra Series pro model at the Huntington Beach Signal factory. John and Dave head up to California’s Sierra Mountains during a late season snowstorm to test out John’s new custom pro model. What a way to close out another epic winter! What were the highlights of your winter? Let us know in the comments below!
Season 6 of Every Third Thursday (ETT) is here! Shape Shifting in a slightly new direction this year we tackle new board concepts, new collaborations and the opportunity to build a few boards that ultimately have the potential to make it to the production line and in our case Signal’s new Snowboard Subscription. Sure, some board builds this year may be too far out there for the public, but after five years and 53 concept boards it’s time to dig deep and come up with a new season that inspires, entertains and has a lot of fun along the way!
Pour yourself a cold one and hit play while we pour ourselves a new ETT! Watch as we get into the flow and find new ways and new materials to build this very different and very awesome Urethane Snowboard. A colorful episode indeed, and without a traditional core in this snowboard this one really sticks out. Boom.
Thirsty for a new ETT?! Perfect, because here it is and this one goes down smooth! Gettin’ Barreled rolls south to Tennessee to visit the oldest distillery in America, Jack Daniels and it’s cooperage. After seeing how a barrel is made and learning the process that is whiskey making, the barrel has a very full and interesting life and it is our goal to extend it one more time and turn the used barrel into a snowboard! Whiskey and Snowboarding what could go wrong? Enjoy and please watch responsibly. Special thanks to Jason Rowlet.
Finally back to the monthly grind of ETT! This episode we go through a pallet of old used and abused skateboards to take the best of what they have to offer and recycle them into a beautiful new skate inspired snowboard. Check it out as we honor the inspiration we get from skateboarding and deck out a new snowboard.
The future is upon us kids! Decentralized currency, hyper loop travel, and yes, smart wearables and shreddables. With flexible screens a real thing and tech getting smaller and more powerful it’s a safe bet that before too long you may be able to program your base! After almost a year off from the last ETT, No Board Left Behind, we bring you the first LED progammable base. This is first generation trial and error with basic materials. But, you know OLED and paper screens are coming, so why not have the base that changes with your every whim, favorite logo, or call out when you land that trick you were working on for a week. Hit play and watch as we create and learn a few hard lessons along the way. With 1700 LED’s there’s about 1710 opportunities for us to screw this up. Enjoy!
Piece Out. Removable Tip and Tail Snowboard. ~ www.signalsnowboards.com We’ve missed you all so much!! It’s true, we’ve taken a bit of a hiatus to build out Signal’s Snowboard Membership Program. But with a few fresh ideas and the help of some close friends here at home, abroad and our homies at GoPro, ETT is back!! Just for you this holiday season we’ve pieced a concept together quite literally. Snowboarders already have split boards, sure. But! What if you could turn a 150cm park board into a 160 powder board? Could you snap on a different tail? Or a big powder nose to go from a park shape to floating in powder. Off and on shape potential to make that dream shape for the right day? Much like this concept, remove your practical brain with us for a few minutes as we remove snowboard sections and test with a sick crew up at Boreal on some pretty harsh snow conditions. Hit play and let’s kick this season off!
Hola Amigos! It's time for a new ETT! Get ready for some plant based boardin’ my friends. We head to Tequila Mexico to build a snowboard out of beautiful agave plants with our friends at Lunazul. At the end of an Agave’s life, some will blossom a pistol that can be harvested and made into wood like material. Watch as we heat things up down south and build a beautiful board for our rider Kyle Mack to shred in the backcountry of Colorado.
A brand new ETT is here! It’s the episode you’ve been yarning for! An incredible collaboration with LA based artist London Kaye, this board has all the feels! Soft to the touch, light weight, along with cut outs that are both unique and functional. You know how we do! Together we beautifully transform this snowboard into the ultimate soft touch ripper for pro riders Melissa and Mike Gray up at Bear MT. From a time before the Covid shutdown when we were out there getting those turns in. Click play and watch as we design, build and ride a colorful and artistic take on your daily ripper.