Snowboarding and surfing definitely have similarities but until this point, the equipment was designed exclusively for one sport or the other. One snowboarder believed that the equipment could be more similar than it was and began taking his design ideas and putting them to the test. Colton Dupree decided to shape surfboards like the snowboards he was so familiar with.
OREGON'S COLTER DEUPREE BRIDGES MOUNTAINS WITH HIS SNOWBOARD-INSPIRED SHAPES
A decade ago, at a summer spot south of Cannon Beach along the Oregon Coast, Colter Deupree waxed up one of his self-shaped boards for the first time. At a glance, you’d think that Deupree’s creation was better suited for Mt. Bachelor than the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest: a snowboard-inspired outline that featured severe inward sidecuts in the rails and double concave out the tail, with a center width tipping just above 15″. Deupree had wanted to transfer a snowboard’s friction-free speed and grip to the waves since his days as a professional snowboarder out of New England. He began to tinker with specs that would mimic a tight carve on powder. Now was the moment of truth.
