Back in November 2015 we collected a plank of raw seasoned British Ash. Two months later we had the first Mombee snowboard and we were getting asked where it came from, who stocked it, when we were making more… it set a plan in motion and here we are… From raw Ash… To a snowboard …
Category: Snowboards
Glueing the core
Preparing the ash strips for the core (in part 1 of the build) was time-consuming and wasn’t the quantum leap forward in the snowboard build that Charlie was hoping for. But taking those strips and glueing them together would give us some very tangible… the core!! Deciding what glue to use was the first challenge …
Starting the snowboard build
So… we’re making a snowboard… to coin a well-used phrase “How hard can that be”… We definitely have the skills here at Mombee, so we just need to find the time away from the day-job and (in Charlie’s case) school to get things under way. First things first… many thanks to the chaps at Noahs …