Despite driving by Unity thousands of times, I knew I needed to visit the factory before I left Colorado. So in the middle of packing I cruised down to Silverthorne, CO to watch the guys build the latest 10-11 snowboards that will be coming out this fall and showcase their factory to you.
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When you walk into Unity, it’s a full blown factory set up in a storage warehouse. Straight ahead is two levels of factory stages and Pete’s office on the right.
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Unity stickers cover most surfaces inside the building
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That will soon become a snowboard but right now it’s many parts of the construction that matter inside of the snowboard
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Taylor building up a snowboard
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Pete Wurster is the owner/founder of Unity Snowboards, he is on hand at the demos and rides every snowboard they build. He’s also a super nice guy and was hard at work when I came by the factory.
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Woodcores waiting to become snowboards
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Base die cuts in various colors
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A snowboard factory is always busy and full of machinery for each step of the process it takes to build a snowboard
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From the upstairs you could view the action going on down below, Unity has 4 employees right now helping with building each of the snowboards for the upcoming 10-11 season and Pete the owner is back there helping build the boards.
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Steel edges hanging up on the walls waiting to be used
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2 of the workers working hard to get the edges into place
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The guys were placing the edges into place and clamping them
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Each of the shapes for the boards
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Finished boards waiting to go to good homes
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A huge thanks to Pete for allowing me to come by and take photos during their production day!
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magicweed3
June 3, 2010 at 4:02 pmDid you happen to get an idea of how many boards they produce a year? It looks like a really well thought out operation, and I know the boards are solid.
E
June 4, 2010 at 8:45 amPete’s a great guy & so are his boards. I think he does around a 1000 boards maybe, not sure. Most likely they’re doing 100’s not 1000’s.
Shay
June 4, 2010 at 10:06 amMagic, I emailed with Pete to find out and he said 2,000 boards a year. Definitely a good thing going.
E
June 4, 2010 at 10:59 am2000! That’s good amount for sure. Glad to hear that.
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