HI GUYS! Welcome to the workshop, and welcome to the first video of 2018!!! In this episode, I take some inspiration from SIGNAL SNOWBOARDS and their EVERY THIRD THURSDAY videos and I decide to try to build my own custom snowboard. I want to build this board completely from scratch and have it ready to ride when I go on vacation to Colorado in a couple weeks. This is a pretty tall order considering I have never built a snowboard before and have no clue what i am doing... but honestly... with YouTube videos galore from awesome companies like NEVER SUMMER, KINDRED BOARDS, And SIGNAL SNOWBOARDS... how hard could it be to learn? Come along with me as I go through the process of choosing the wood for my core material, build my own snowboard press, and learn to laminate up the board deck. this project will involve board design, woodworking, form building, metal working, fiberglass, epoxy resin, and plastics... not to mention a good bit of jerry-rigging and improvisation. this is going to be an awesome build and I just cant wait to get this snowboard finished and up on the ski slopes of Colorado. #coloradolife runs deep in my blood and I will be taking my family for their first ski trip up to the Arapaho basin ski resort to enjoy our first ever family winter vacation! (I know I know...what could go wrong... :) )
I am super excited to have you along with me as I learn all I can about how to build a snow board and I hope this inspires some of you D.I.Y people to give it a try for yourselves.
I may be no BURTON, but I am a CRAFT.
Best regards!
CONRAD CRAFT
ps.
Look for video 2 coming up where you will get to see my crazy snowboard carving skills. yeah... I'm totally an Olympic snowboarder.... NOT. I am still very much learning to snowboard... so come join me for the fun of it! peace! OUT!
