signalEvery third Thursday, the guys at Signal Snowboards make a custom (and a little off-the-wall) board to push the limits of snowboard design. This month, the guys built iShred, an aluminum-based board with a built-in iPad 2 and a light-up wi-fi beacon.

The board turned out to be much more difficult to make than Signal had anticipated, but they got it done in the end -- though with the aluminum base, it wasn't the best board to actually ride:

The thing is like a missile -- it doesn't like to turn, but its pretty fast and heavy... it's like a lead weight. It's probably the heaviest board I've ridden. I give it a negative review on turnability.

Signal said they wanted to honor "the man who inspired and built products that almost every snowboarder we know loves and uses in their daily lives."


Top Rated Comments

justperry Avatar
166 months ago
Cool
Now can they build two iPhones 4S into ski"s.

Siri: Turn left.

Siri Replies: Can't do that, no internet connection.

Crash. :eek:
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tbrinkma Avatar
166 months ago
I don't mean to be a downer, as the board is kinda nifty. But doesn't this seem like the opposite of the kind of board Jobs would have appreciated?



Like, wouldn't he appreciate usability over features?

It's not the sort of thing Jobs would have approved as a product, but it is almost certainly the sort of creative prototyping that he would have approved of. After all, if you never try something completely new, you'll never create something that nobody else has created yet.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dr Kevorkian94 Avatar
166 months ago
i would buy one and i don't even snowboard
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
hchung Avatar
166 months ago
I don't mean to be a downer, as the board is kinda nifty. But doesn't this seem like the opposite of the kind of board Jobs would have appreciated?

The thing is like a missile -- it doesn't like to turn, but its pretty fast and heavy... it's like a lead weight. It's probably the heaviest board I've ridden. I give it a negative review on turnability.

Like, wouldn't he appreciate usability over features?
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jasonxneo Avatar
166 months ago
That snowboard is sooooo sick!! :D
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Bubba Satori Avatar
166 months ago
i would buy one and i don't even snowboard

You can always take it into Starbucks.
Be rad and get laid.
Magic. :apple:
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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