GlowInTheSnow.com
Hello and thanks for checking out our project! We are Xero Degree Industries, a small group of close friends living in Las Vegas who hope to create new and unique snowboards. The project was founded by longtime friends and snowboarders Eric Pohto and Tyler Sherman and has been entirely funded through the contributions of friends and family. The concept was originally developed in Eric's free time in the basement of his house in Cleveland, Ohio. Eric's passion for his original design led him to seek Tyler as a partner and to relocate to Nevada. There, they felt the climate would be more conducive to manufacturing. Also, they would be closer to large snowboarding communities and local trade shows where they could showcase their design. The two have since been living and working in their shop while designing and prototyping these amazing boards. What we have designed is a snowboard that features LEDs which illuminate through the base layer and light up the snow under and around the board. Unlike other attempts at a similar product our board is not retro-fitted with the lights, but instead integrates them as part of the manufacturing process to prevent them from ruining the aesthetics of the designs or hindering the function of the boards. This makes for a more natural looking effect with more LEDs designed to work with, rather than against the graphics. We feel this also makes the electronic components of the boards more durable and less likely to fail than a board with exposed wires.
