Loaded
Beginning in early 1995, trying to mimic the rush of snowboarding on pavement. All sorts of
shapes
made with Baltic birch plies, solid wood, modified shortboards, and various other objects
became
projectiles to careen down local hills with. Looking for a lively, precisely tuned and responsive
ride.
Old snowboards soon found themselves reincarnated with trucks and wheels attached—
awaiting more
brutal methods of destruction. Trying to get the wood and fiberglass to conform to compound
contours
was an affront to physics, and they got sick of hearing that it couldn’t be done with curvatures
as
pronounced as they wanted.
But done it was, and the first ride made it clear that it was possible... and it was right.
