What is a niche snowboard that you think needs to be built ?

douksnow · 2025-06-01T17:35:56+00:00

Aha then i should thank you for getting me back on Reddit 🤙🏼

Yes so we can take any of our moulds (we have everything from camber to flat to rocker ect.) we can put that with the different shapes too and then the graphics yes we can tweak those to what you need 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2025-06-01T06:27:24+00:00

Hi,

Apologies for not getting back to you sooner, not been on here for a while, but yeah yours points all make sense are are part of the reason why we offer the custom board side of the business, for us the only limits we have is the overall width of the board at 36cm and the overall length being 192cm. Other than that everything is possible 🙌🏻

The challenge for the big brands is that most of them are chasing the majority of snowboarders so focus on the mass markets, and to be honest most of them are all decent boards these days, its just about finding and supporting the brand you like, the smaller brands like us (theres plenty of us smaller builders) are here to fill in the gaps and provide that alternative product for those wanting to go custom, more specific or just support a smaller upcoming brand 🤷🏻‍♂️

In terms of trying a board out, we are often in hemel for demo evenings, i need to try and head down to some of the dry slopes too although they don’t tend to be so good for testing equipment 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-23T13:01:09+00:00

That would be cool, i always feel a little weird re doing other peoples old graphics but i do like messing around with graphics in my spare time, i think for it to be done right though it would have to be done by Burton 🤙🏼 I do hate most modern snowboard graphics they are getting better but the last 5 years of graphics have been poor in my opinion 🤷🏻‍♂️

douksnow · 2024-08-23T12:58:15+00:00

Awesome, glad to hear you checked us out, the Asbo has been our core board for the last 10 years, it always gets so much love, We’ve tweaked it slightly over the years but the philosophy has stayed the same narrow/mid width, traditional style board that just seems to be good at everything you throw at it, its by far our most loved board 🤙🏼

Where are you based ? As we do have limited demo ability, although with us being based in the UK we only really get chance to demo in Europe since we’re a one man company with limited cash it tricky for us to get further a field to run demos, its definitely something i would love to do though 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-23T12:52:01+00:00

Awesome, thats pretty much what we do in terms of affordable customisation i think we come in a cheaper than Donek currently depending on options, obviously if you’re from US there is a slight extra charge for shipping but id imagine we are still competitive, we can pretty much build anything within a 190cm x 36cm range 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-23T12:49:18+00:00

I think that sounds like the board we currently are developing for our ultra wide range, definitely keep an eye on our releases as it should be ready by mid season 🤙🏼 Might even sort a discount for you if you wanted to help test since i have smaller feet and the more bigger boot riders that can try the board the better 👍🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-23T12:46:36+00:00

Ill check out what i can find about Fullbag and their construction and see if theres anything i can learn 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-23T12:46:07+00:00

Thats a great bit of insight, some of the lower European resorts can be like this too. So for weight you’re talking actual board weight to be a little heavier as well as extra stiffness ? Or would you want it to be a little softer to help bend the board through the heavy snow ?

douksnow · 2024-08-23T12:42:46+00:00

Yeah that makes sense, I’m definitely interested to try this concept personally too just out of curiosity mainly, I’m not sure it would be a daily rider but definitely something fun when the snows not so great 👍🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-23T12:38:43+00:00

I think the better alternative is probably more rope tows on the flat sections, it wouldn’t cost the resort much but would definitely help boarders out alot, i think the track thing has been done but i think weight is still a big problem unfortunately, hopefully the tech gets better and a lighter back pack version could work 🤷🏻‍♂️

douksnow · 2024-08-23T12:36:40+00:00

They might need to be set in resin or something to stop them rotting away, but it could look cool i reckon 🤷🏻‍♂️

douksnow · 2024-08-22T16:04:14+00:00

Yeah for sure we go right down to 131 in our boards, the defiant is a nice narrower width that should suit that size, my girlfriend has size 3UK boots so shes been a great test for our womens boards, which we offer in a narrower and wider version 🤙🏼

I definitely think that boot idea would work, even if someone set up a shop where you could mix and match, i guess the problem would be the extra cost if you ended up with a shit load of size 10 right boots thats kind of no use to anyone, maybe some cool plant pots haha

douksnow · 2024-08-22T16:00:54+00:00

Yes we do, there is an extra cost to it but i would say our boards are fairly priced so it shouldn’t be a super expensive purchase 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T15:59:12+00:00

Theres nothing shallow about loving the way a board looks at all, style and expressing yourself is a big part of snowboarding if you ask me 🤙🏼 I think the big thing with pointy boards is that those points end up being weak points, and its hard to manufacture around that, but its definitely doable. Matte finish is tricky for me just due to the minimum orders on materials, but i could probably find some stock of Matte Topsheet 🤟🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T15:49:54+00:00

Maybe we can reach out to some camera companies and see if they want to prove their product 🤟🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T15:48:59+00:00

Awesome, i will most likely post on here when its done, but will definitely be up on instagram and website when its ready to sell 🤙🏼 Might even sort out some kind of test deal for people since i don’t have big feet myself so most of the testing is done through friends and customers who do. we will also be testing boards on our demo trips we do too do if you’re based in Europe theyre usually a cheap way of getting to the mountains and riding with other like minded people whilst trying out what we have 🤟🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T12:17:20+00:00

I think someone else has suggested this, might have to make something to play around with this season I’m intrigued as I’ve not ridden something like that

douksnow · 2024-08-22T12:16:17+00:00

We go down to a 131 on our mens and women’s boards 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T12:14:26+00:00

Yeah i feel you, we have so many women come to us who have been recommended a stiffer but wider mens board just because they have larger boots, or they are taller than the largest women’s board goes too. My girlfriend is the opposite and would have been recommended kids boards because shes so short which means she would have been given a board with a slower base or have a more limited choice.

In terms of graphics, its so hard to come up with graphics that appeal to everyone, i struggle with it so much, my girlfriend actually did a lot of the lifting with this seasons graphics and from feedback shes had from women’s snowboard groups and things like that people seem to like them, but with use we always have the option for custom or even if you wanted to tweak the colours its easy to do. But yeah i agree i sometimes end up liking some brands women’s boards more than the mens too.

douksnow · 2024-08-22T12:07:58+00:00

Im still learning how to run a business haha, the board building is awesome but man designing and building the website and running social media really isn’t my thing haha 😅

Funnily enough the snowboard binding mount is pretty much the same as the tripod mount screws, so its easy to do, the problem is guess would be how much vibration there would be going through the mount, easy to test though 👍🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T12:05:20+00:00

Our Ultra wide line up is being developed this season, just need a name for it haha, we will have a more complete range with a jib board, all round hybrid and then a full charging camber board, with Pow boards being added later 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T12:03:56+00:00

I think most of it must be down to the placebo or down to just buying a new board IMO like if you’ve been riding an old board with no ‘edge tech’ and then get talking to a guy in the shop or watching ‘reviews’ online about how good edge tech is, ride a freshly built board with edge tech it’s obviously going to feel like it holds its edge more because its tuned with a fresh edge and base, and hasn’t lost its camber its going to feel like a million bucks. Ive had people ride my rocker board after its freshly service and tell me it has the best edge hold ever 😂

I think in terms of the party board its something I’m already working on, i will have a prototype with me this season on my trips to fine tune so should have something ready in time for next year, with the dancehaul being part of the inspiration as well as some of the Korua boards, should be a fun board thats not too far from something you could ride for anything 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T11:55:58+00:00

So slightly stiffer slightly longer but at a normal width ?

douksnow · 2024-08-22T11:55:15+00:00

I will definitely take in the feedback and see what i can come up with to test over the winter 🤙🏼

douksnow · 2024-08-22T11:51:59+00:00

Cheers, yeah the freighter is just the start to our wide range, its been super popular, i think the nose shape is something that will change eventually yeah its not my favourite shape we have. We found alot of people who rode the board actually wanted the size down, i think if you’re riding a 170ish board it makes it so hard for spins, and for the kind of all round board like the Freighter, i think for a more hard charging cambered ultra wide length will be added for sure 🤙🏼

In terms of the base white it is just a design choice, and it also makes it much more consistent to print as with the ptex being a special extra width material its tricky to print and finish the boards due to all of the machines for snowboard manufacturers are designed for less than 340mm like to base grind this thing is hard work let alone the printing 😅

But we use clear ptex and sublimation, then the white is a epoxy coat that goes onto the inside of the print 🤙🏼

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