Chuck barfoot biography

From building some of the first snowboards nearly thirty-five years ago, to ending production almost ten years ago, Chuck Barfoot has seen a lot. In re-entering the world of snowboard manufacturing, one thing is certain, Chuck Barfoot is fully committed to crafting great boards. The boards will be produced in small batches, not in lots of 10,, to ensure quality.

The benefits of producing at a factory close to home are many, but I say it really comes down to just two, quality and control.

Chuck Barfoot is credited with being the first to create a conventional bottomed twin-tip snowboard.

To many, this will come as a relief. A lot of riders and skiers out there are simply fed up with cheaply produced but still expensive boards and skis that are made in a factory several thousands of miles away, oftentimes in China. But those are big brands that pump out dozens of models of boards, and sell thousands of them worldwide. One is a cambered, all-mountain slayer, and the other is a rocker-camber hybrid freestyle board.

The all-mountain board will feature a low profile camber and a longer than standard transition between the camber and the nose and tail lift.

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The freestyle board will feature a slight rocker between the feet, a little bit of camber underfoot, and be coupled with an early-rise nose and tail. First, every board at every length will come in a narrow, standard, and extra wide width. They can have a board that fits them, rather than have something that they have to wrestle with, or a board with toe and heel drag.

It offers a lot of adjustability for your stance, more so than other boards that are on the market. I tried to get Chuck to go into detail on the materials he will be using. But that is something he wants to keep secret for now.