Shaw Kakee Snowboard Analysis. Ingles.

Product: Snowboard
Manufacturer: Authier Ski_Svizzera
Designer: Shaw Kaake

About the Designer
* Designer of snowboards and bindings for DNR since 1990.
* His design history includes a snowboard in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
* Under his direction, DNR developed over 300 different snowboard models.
* He has been snowboarding since 1978 anddeveloping sketches.
* Before DNR he built snowboard factories and designed snowboards for sims and Snowtech Snowboards.
* He invented the ‘step-in’ binding system.

Santa Cruz Snowboard
* Shown in the 1995 Mutant materials exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York:
* Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design
* Electronic Project
* From May 25th toAugust 27th, 1995
* MoMa N.Y.
* DNR Sportsystem
* Shaw Kakee (American, born in 1962)
* “H-Type 156 XXX” Santa Cruz Snowboard. 1994 (1993)
* Materials: Poplar, fiberglass, stainless-steel threaded insert, ABS, UHMW (ultra-high-molecular weight) high-density polyethylene, hardened carbon-steel edges, rubber, and ABS-polyurethane-blend transparent top surface with lacquerbackprinted silk screening and heat-cured epoxy resin.
* Manufactured by Authier Ski, Switzerland

* Lent by Santa Cruz Snowboards (NHS, Inc.), Santa Cruz.

Snowboards Materials
* Each Snowboard has a base, an outer edge, a core, and a topsheet.
* A good quality Snowboard will be constructed like a ski, it has metal edges and a P-tex base.
* There are generally two types ofsnowboard construction:
* The Capped Snowboards: the top sheet (outer skin) is pinched over the sides of the snowboard meeting the steel edge.
* The Traditional Sandwich Construction: the top sheet is flat, with the armor plating on the sides provided by separate sidewalls.
* There are eight main materials in a snowboard:
Rubber Foil
* Topsheet with printed graphic
*Fiber glass or epoxy
* Wood or foam core
* Steel inserts
* Plastic base, (p-tex)
* Metal edges
* Resin System (glue)
* Carbon fiber and other enhancing materials are added in some cases.
Layers of a Snowboard
A Snowboard is similar to a sandwich that is made up of many layers. What follows are the components of a snowboard from top to bottom:
* Thetop layer of a Snowboard is a protective plastic layer called a "topsheet." The topsheet does not only protect the insides of the Snowboard from damage and exposure to ultra-violet rays, it also provides a good surface for graphics. Although the material used for the topsheet can vary, there are basically two types of topsheets - the glossy and matte. Glossy topsheets usually come with sublimatedgraphics. On the other hand, matte topsheets in general have screened-on graphics.

* Inside the topsheet is a layer of "fiberglass". This fiberglass lies on top of the core.

* The Snowboard's "core", which lies beneath the fiberglass, is what the rest of the board is wrapped around with. The core makes up most of the thickness of the Snowboard. This is usually made of woodfoam, honeycomb panels, or a combination of wood and other composite materials, with sets of metal inserts needed to mount bindings. 

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Cores made from honeycomb are lightweight and are surprisingly strong. With a wood core, you can be assured of a smooth response and lively flex from the board. A foam core, in contrast, can sometimes loose its flex.

* Next isanother layer of fiberglass, "fiberglass reinforced plastic" in particular. This provides stiffness and strength to the Snowboard.

* Following the fiberglass are steel edges. These edges surround the P-tex of the Snowboard, allowing the board to dig into the snow while turning. There are actually Two Kinds of Edges: partial steel edges that run only along the sides of the board, ending...