Splitboarder competes in uphill/downhill race…amongst a bunch of skinny skis and lycra

On February 1st, we made our way to the on-snow demo at Winter Park in Colorado. When we heard about the uphill/downhill race, our very own Will Ritter couldn’t help himself and just HAD to sign up. The only splitboarder amongst a group of nearly 70 competitors, Will was welcomed into the fray with looks
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Spark Debuts at SIA in Denver!

We’ve been at SIA (Snowsports Industries America) for the last two years just to walk around and check it out. This year we decided it was time to have a booth and show off the product line for 2010/2011. The response was overwhelming. Really, we were blown away by the love! Our little 10×10 booth
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Hangin’ with Mike Basich

After visiting the OR tradeshow in SLC and before driving the 8 hours to SIA in Denver, I got an unexpected treat: riding Snowbird with Mikey Basich and Dalton Paley! Having watched Mikey in all sorts of videos during my grom days, it fulfilled a childhood dream to get out and ride with him for
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What’s been going on at Spark? We’ll start with the Jib Party …

We’ve been busy here at Spark R&D – busting out bindings and traveling the world to trade shows and demos – spreading the good word about splitboarding. So much has happened in the last two months we barely had time to catch our breath and reflect, let alone share all the goodness with you! So
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Even Babies are Psyched on the Fuse

Seven month old Leo Weber-Thoresen from Austria can’t talk yet, but has THIS to say about the Fuse: Enough said! (By the way, if anyone else has great pics of themselves or their kiddos enjoying their Spark R&D Bindings, send them our way and they might make it onto our website. Thanks for the stoke!)
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Spark R&D Wins ISPO BrandNew Finalist Award!!!

We are excited to announce that Spark R&D’s Fuse binding has won the ISPO BrandNew Finalist Award for innovation!!! Thank you for all of your votes and comments and support. We couldn’t have done it without you. The sport of splitboarding is growing … and you all are part of the revolution. Be proud. A
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TGR press and Jones

Some more images and words that keep coming our way from the top riders on the planet like Jeremy Jones: http://www.tetongravity.com//photos/Jeremy-Jonesandhistrusty-Spark-R-Dsrelaxbetweenlines-5074355.htm We are proud to be involved with ‘Deeper’ and are super pumped to see what comes about next year! Congratulations to Jeremy and the new Jones Snowboards company. In celebration we whipped up a
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Check out the new hotness!

Spark R&D is psyched to bring you splitphiles news on our fresh binding! Introducing for the 2009/2010 season.. the Fuse! Following up the Backcountry Editors Choice Awarded Ignition II, the Fuse has a pile of improvements. We will be manufacturing the baseplates and heel loops completely in house, offering a solid one piece CNC design,
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Custom Baseplates

We recently received the following email: Hi Will, This season I’ve been getting pushed around by some d#$chebag heli opps for riding “their stash”. So I was hoping you have some white base plates for the Bent Metal Biscuits. I’ve got a white one piece and splitboard and next year I can center punch all
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Spark R&D proud to be involved with ‘Deeper’ and ‘POW’

Spark R&D is proud to announce that we’re sponsoring ‘Deeper’, a backcountry big mountain snowboarding film in the works from TGR and Jeremy Jones. From the source: The film is a two-year project and is slated for release in the fall of 2010. “We are focusing on the hard to reach zones that are not
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