So by now everyone has seen the new Blaze binding. Originally we had estimated our new binding weight rolling in at a trim 868 grams. An assured weight savings over last years Fuse, coming in at 980 grams. Well now we are here to apologize to everyone. In designing the binding, we improved the strength

After the ISPO tradeshow, being stuck inside underneath florescent light with the off-gassing of new product vapor, Will and Becca were lucky enough to be able to spend a few days in the BEAUTIFUL Valle de Aran in the Spanish Pyrenees at the 3rd annual Concentracion de Splitboard! The weather was perfect and the snow

We’ve redesigned our Dynafit adapters for the ’09/’10 season.  This system allows hard booters to drop 340 g (3/4 lb) off their feet while touring – and increases edging power.  The toe pieces can be used in a releasable mode for increased safety in avalanche areas, or a locked mode for maximum security.  Uses only

Hey folks, Our friend Josh Dirksen sent us an email about the 3rd annual Dirksen Derby coming up in about a month.  From years past it looks really fun, how could a “snowboard rally race” not be that way?  New for this year is a splitboard division, results will combine time on the way up

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

Yes, you read correctly.. we have a whole batch of Black, Red, and a few Green crampons ready to ship. run right over to the store and buy some.. tell ur friends and grandparents. For those of you that tried to order them lately, sorry for the holdup – we had to tool up our

At Spark R&D we are pretty excited to know you fellow backcountry riders are digging our bindings, and we really appreciate the positive feedback we get from riders around the world. Recenlty the Spark R&D Ignition II bindings found their way into the hands of a few more big names in the snowboarding world.. the

After convincing the bank we are indeed responsible adults.. it became time to put a workhorse in place here at Spark. Up to bat is one used Haas VF-3 20 hp Vertical Milling Machine! Even though it came to the door two days early.. some quick phone calls and rallied crew got Betty in her