“Four years ago, Mervin Manufacturing (the owner of Lib Tech and Gnu) introduced so-called multiple sidecut – and turned the industry on its head. Instead of one continuous sidecut, these new boards have multiple contact points along their edge, which improves edge hold and gives you more control, especially on reverse-camber boards. Don’t know what we’re talking about? It’s time for a new stick. This year, more than half of our seven favorite boards feature the technology, though none employs it better than our Gear of the Year winner, the Arbor Draft.” Alicia Carr
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With the results of the 2010 TransWorld Good Wood awards just being released, we are very excited to see that the Arbor “Cadence” has been nominated as one of the winners in the “Womens Over $400″ snowboard category. Click here to visit the Arbor Collective website and learn more about the Cadence.
Within Arbor’s snowboard product line the 2010 Cadence is just 1 of 14 models that we were involved in developing with both Arbor and The Elan Snowboard Factory.
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CURVE – Australia’s leading design and product development magazine caught up with George Cant back in 2004 to discuss combining passions with industrial design. The article was published in Curve’s “Designer Profile” section – Issue 8 2004.
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NISHA – One of Israel’s premium design magazines caught up with George Cant from Design Cartel while putting together an article on Australian Design. The article was published in the August 2008 issue.
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ARBOR MOVES ITS SNOWBOARD PRODUCTION TO THE ELAN FACTORY IN AUSTRIA
Venice, CA – January 5, 2009 – Arbor has decided to move the production of its snowboard line to the Elan snowboard factory in Furnitz, Austria. This proactive change will be in effect starting with the company’s 2010 samples. The decision was motivated by Arbor’s need to partner with the most advanced snowboard factory available. Doing so allows the company to manage an increasingly complicated use of its organic materials and eco-technologies. Only in Austria has the company found the know-how, attention to detail, advanced technologies, and unmatched material and sourcing knowledge required to create an Arbor. After careful analysis of all options, Arbor selected Elan as the best choice to handle its growing production needs.
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Arbor REDESIGNS THE DRAFT SERIES BASED ON their NEW SYSTEM set OF TECHNOLOGIES
Venice, CA – January 15, 2009 – Arbor redesigns the Draft series, delivering what it believes is the best solution yet offered in the rapidly evolving rocker design revolution. The new Draft has been designed around “The System,” a fusion of interdependent technologies that support jib-specific performance. Make no mistake; rocker boards represent a completely different approach to snowboard design and performance. As a result, using rocker requires a total rethinking of long held ideas on material and design technologies, and how those technologies interact. Based on this, Arbor developed The System to address the new physics of riding rocker.
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In early April George Cant from Design Cartel sat down with Transfer Snowboard Magazine editor – Russell Holt for a quick 1 on 1 chat about the in’s and out’s of snowboard construction. The article is featured in the 2009 buyers guide supplement, available at supporting magazine outlets and snowboard stores throughout Australia.
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Each year at SIA (Noth America’s largest snow sports tradeshow) Snowpress highlight new and innovative products within the snow sports industry. For the 2009/2010 season, Arbor’s Draft snowboard recieved an award and was included in the honor role.
Click here to read more on Design Cartel’s role in the development of this snowboard.
Click here to read more about the Draft and why it is so innovative.
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To help with the initial launch of www.Boardworld.com.au , Design Cartel was invited to write a couple of articles in the snowboard “Setup & Tech” article area of the site. The articles relate to both:
- Board Characteristics
- Board Selection
Read on to see a variety of diagrams prepared for these and other Boardworld.com.au articles…
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Click here to see Shayboarder.com’s great review on the Arbor Cadence!
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