![]() ![]() Our influence comes from all of our travels.ħ) I’ve seen tons of Signal videos featuring your Huntington Beach factory, not least your new ‘Every Third Thursday’ videos where you document your attempts to incorporate new materials and try new shapes. ![]() I consider myself lucky to have been raised on both coasts. I was born in Boston, raised in Seattle and now live in California. Do you think Signal as a brand reflects your roots in Seattle or where you are at in California? Growing up a skater and snowboarder there was no better place to work at that time in my life.Ħ) Your roots are in Seattle, but you now live in LA California. Quality and design are our number priority in the factory.ĥ) Do you have any untold anecdotes form your years at Mervin? It made the decision to own and run a factory easy for me having been through that.Ĥ) Do you think riding to such a high standard has had any impact on the quality of Signal’s snowboards?Ībsolutely! We ride everything we make, so of course we like it to handle perfectly in for whatever terrain it’s built for. It was a lot of fun growing up in Seattle, working at Mervin out of High School and then riding for them professionally. Without a doubt the experience of growing up under their wing has inspired me to push Signal in the direction we’ve chose. Do you think Mike, Pete and the rest of the guys at Mervin have inadvertently shaped the way Signal has developed as a brand? Signal and Mervin obviously share a huge interest in pushing the snowboard design envelope by using new materials and shapes. I’ve definitely learned a lot from this experience over the last seven years with Signal, but I feel we’ve stuck to our guns.ģ) I think most people that read this article who know of Signal Snowboards, know of your history as a pro rider, and how as a young shredder you worked at the Mervin factory in Seattle. Not to say it’s all been easy, we definitely are faced with tough decisions weekly. ![]() When I was a pro rider, I was always thinking of starting my own brand one day. It’s kind of amazing, we’re hitting our second year of profitability in these tough times and I believe it’s because we’re focused on Signal’s mission of community and slow steady growth.Ģ) It’s fairly apparent that that you’ve adapted to the business element of Snowboarding pretty successfully, but was that transition from snowboarder to businessman a difficult one, and have you found yourself having to make decisions that as a snowboarder you might have criticised? We build our own boards, we’re independent and we grow within our means. It’s a group of friends that are artists, musicians, and pro snowboarders choosing an alternative path on how to run a small business. ![]() The name comes from the approach of sending a Signal out to riders. I could fill a page with answers to this question, but to keep it short, we started Signal based on a foundation of community. We spoke to Dave about Signal’s boards, the Signal Huntington Beach Factory, the slick new range of Outerwear and Coffee of all things.ġ) What makes Signal Snowboards different from the hundreds of brands out there? Signal is Dave’s Snowboard brand, it’s cool, understated and pushing Snowboarding products in a pretty unique and positive direction. Snowboard-Review dropped Dave an email and he was more than happy to answer a few questions and let’s face it, Snowboard-Review isn’t Transworld Snowboard Mag… yet. Not only is he more experienced in snowboard manufacture, design and riding than pretty much any other human being on the planet, he’s also a super mellow and approachable guy. ![]()
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