Apr 18
The folks at Signal Snowboards like to experiment over the winter months with conceptual deck designs—sometimes they’re practical
Mar 20
It’s easy to forget on the slopes, but your speed depends on the thin film of water created by your snowboard (or skis). So it follows that more heat below your feet would mean more speed, right? Signal Snowboards’s Dave Lee just built a heated snow board to find out.
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Feb 20
Signal Snowboards has made a name for itself—at least outside of snowboarding circles—with its experiments using unorthodox materials to make decks. The company’s glass snowboard
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Jan 15
Does your next trip up the mountain involve wandering beyond the ropes? Gear up for your off-piste adventure, from head to toe.
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Dec 20
There are more than a few snowboarders on staff at WIRED, and it’s our solemn duty to use the first healthy mid-December snowfall as an opportunity test the season’s newest planks.
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Nov 19
First and foremost, a good pair of snowboarding boots should get you down a slope safely and with a good measure of comfort. But Nike also wants you to be noticed, particularly if you’re competing and need to impress a bunch of judges. So with its latest snowboarding boot—the LunarENDOR QS—Nike’s enhanced its iconic swoosh logo with 30 glowing LEDs so that when you’re pulling a spiralling Double McTwist 1260, you’ll be an impossible to miss swirl of blue.
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Oct 19
Ski lifts are for squares. Real out-of-bounds adventurers use splitboards.
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Apr 26
When Archimedes thought up his revolutionary water-pumping screw, little did he know that one day a group of high school students in Lyon, France would find a better use for his design. Their Propul-Surf uses a pair of horizontally-mounted screws to push a snowboard through the snow when gravity doesn’t provide enough momentum. More »
Mar 21
Using traditional fabrication techniques the folks at Signal Snowboards have made decks from all kinds of crazy materials, including glass. But this month they’re trying out a radically different fabrication technique to see if you really can make a usable snowboard with a 3D printer. More »
Feb 21
It’s Shocking How Much Abuse This All Glass Snowboard Takes Before Breaking
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For their latest creation, the folks at Signal Snowboards traveled to Italy where they took advantage of skilled local artisans to create what has to be the world’s first functional glass snowboard. More »
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