Signal Snowboards Honor Steve Jobs With the iShred
Every 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."