Learning From The Snowboard Industry

In their infancy sandboards were slow and inconsistent performers on various types of sand and terrain. Improvements were necessary if sandboarding was to hold its own. As development of snowboards evolved so too did sandboards. "The similarities shared with snowboarding allowed us to capitalize on their research. You might say that sandboards were developed by all the best snowboard designers." states board master, Pete Pilcic. "By keeping pace with the current technology we were able to bring the ride of a sandboard to the same level as surf/skate/snow without spending the dollars." While snowboards certainly influenced the sandboard's design various details needed to be rethought. The base surfaces used on snow were excellent but on sand proved to be disappointing. Improvements were vital to bring sandboard speeds up to par. One major improvement came in the form of a familiar surface material most commonly known by it's brand name, "Formica". Specially formulated waxes pushed acceleration to the next level. Now sandboards would streak to the bottom of even modest dunes at speeds that would terrify their passengers. We call it success.

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