Research Project - Snowboards

             1. Is it cheaper to make your own custom make board? .
             The reason is I want to see if companies are making more double the money they spend making a board.
             Is a homemade board as reliable as a professionally made one? the reason is I wanna test if mine is as good as my professionally made one.
             2. How far have snowboards come since the first made one? .
             The reason is that I would like to see how far innovation has come.
             3. What machines and materials do you need to build a board? .
             I would like to see how complicated snowboards are.
             4. What accessories are best for the board?.
             I would like to find the best bindings for the best "feel.".
             5. What type of waxes are best to use? .
             I would like to try to find a wax where I get get the most use out of the momentum I create.
             6. How long should I wait to get a new snowboard? .
             I want to know when to get a new board. I have a lot of the material already in my possession. I plan to make the board over Christmas break. Then during the season I can ride the board and test it out. After the season is over around February I then plan to analyze the data and put it into written words.
             I plan on getting my information from emails from kindred snowboards located in Vancouver Canada and from skibuilders.com. I also intend to get information from ski shops in and around Manchester. During my research I plan on experimenting until I get the product I like and plan to use. The only big thing to do now is try to pull it off and make a rideable board.
             There are many ways I can find my research. But unlike traditional I-Search papers, mine is a more of a hands-on project. Since my project has a budget, I have to try to find the cheapest materials I can find. Although I am not a professional manufacturer, I can still find materials. The only problem is that since I'm not-mass producing the finished product, there are many expensive items on the list. For my first step, I went to Google and searched "snowboard construction.