cb0y1 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Saw a Coda monoski at the local board shop the other day and did a little research into them, says on the website they are going to be introducing a carving board next year, holy swallowtail. Got any insight on them Fin since they run bomber bindings? Will it be worth the wait for next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBrad Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I know nothing about them, but they have some cool graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donek Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Coda used to be Yama monoskis run by Mike Lish and later sold to Chad Hauck (SP?). I think Mike is returning to the business in some way and Coda is Chad's new company name. They are a cap construction board made with a baltic birch horizontally laminated core. The tail is split to provide the flex pattern (the core thickness does not change). Much of the construction info is a couple years old, so they may be doing some different things now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 CODA is the evolution of Yama Boards and Skis. The short version of the history is that Michael Lish began developing carving monoskis about 15 years ago and then disappeared and stopped making skis about 12 years ago. I was one of his loyal riders at that time. 7 years ago he resurfaced and made a few carving monoskis that we called Tools. He never really started making the skis for customers so I offered to take it over and he helped me set up a shop and taught me how to make boards. After two successful years making Yama Tools, Lish asked me to stop using the Yama name. He is now making skis out of a trailer in Mammoth under the company name 333. This last summer I upgraded my shop and invested in the equipment to do dye-sublimation topsheets "in-house", acquired access to a CNC machine and launched CODA Boards and Skis. Our current focus is carving monoboards. We do use a baltic birch vertical laminated core, stainless steel inserts, 22oz triax glass with, and cap construction. The Deep-V serves three main purposes: 1. allows for a 10 m radius sidecut with dramatically reduced surface area in the tail so that when we ride powder the tail sinks without effort on our part. 2. our tails have a variable flex... one leg alone is soft to help initiate the carve, and then as the tail flexes the tail cable becomes taut and the tail stiffens up right when we are deepest in the carve. This increases the edge hold and helps with transition from edge to edge. 3. it looks fricking cool! As a part of the business plan we are prototyping carving snowboards, all mountain snowboards, free-ride skis, and split board technologies. The carving snowboards are inspired by our monoboards and the feedback we have received from carving snowboarders at Mammoth Mountain in CA. I plan to incorporate the technologies we love on our monoboards into our first line of carving snowboards, the V3 sidecarve. I just got a set of trench digger bindings so that I can ride the prototypes, and I will be looking for volunteers first here at Mammoth to help me with test rides. Once we feel we have a great board, it will be offered factory direct from our online store. Riders will be able to either pick from our CODA select graphics or supply their own graphic. As with all CODA monoboards, no two CODA carving boards will have the same graphics. Thanks for the interest. We are very excited to be a part of the carving community. :) If you are interested to see more about our monoboards, we have video posted at: http://www.codaboards.com/videos_main.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Sweet... I wish I lived out west, I would totally volunteer. And the diamond plate kicks ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimo Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I have Cannondale mountain bike. Most of the parts are CODA. Are there any trade mark issues with using that name for the new Yama? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingCrimson Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 oooh..I can't test their performance, but I'm 200 pounds, very athletic, and have a unique talent for falling and ending up with the board nose up. Breakage testing anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I have Cannondale mountain bike. Most of the parts are CODA. Are there any trade mark issues with using that name for the new Yama? Kimo, I have had a few Cannondales myself, but I can honestly say that the CODA Boards name was not inspired by that :o You have a great point, and I appreciate the thought. We did do trademark searches before we finalized the new name. We picked it because of the musical and Italian definitions of the word coda, and because of the logo that my artist came up with. There have been 85 registered trademarks of the word coda, only 42 of which are still live. (the Cannondale one is dead as of the year 2000) None of them had a logo like ours. We are CODA Boards and Skis or CODA Custom Boards. We are in the process of registering our logo as a trademark. If there are any trademark attorneys out there who would like to give input, please email me directly :) I also appreciate the quick responses of volunteers for prototyping. Thanks for the support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Very interested in these boards. I'm an alpine boarder, skier, & mono skier and would love to test these mono's. Are the snow boards you're building split tails?? They would have to have less tail cut to accomodate sideways stance. I'm wondering about a combitation board/ski with inserts allowing sideways or ski stance. flex pattern comprimses would have to be made. this is something I toyed with in the early '90s. I wish I was in CA to help with testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 I will be at Mammoth this weekend trying out a prototype all-mountian/carving snowboard and mostly riding my V2-10 Monoboard. I would love to meet up with some other carvers and ride for a bit. I will be at the bottom of chair 2 on the side opposite the Mill at about 9:30 Sat, Sun, and Mon this weekend. Hope to meet some of you there. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hey I was just up there. We probably missed each other. I ride at Mammoth and June about three weekends a month and I would definitely like to give your boards a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvedog Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hey is this the Chad that worked in SV ski school about 10 or 7 years ago? Could be a coincidence, but pretty unique last name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Nope, not me, just coincidence. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvedog Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Nope, not me, just coincidence. :) Sun Valley, ID. Good luck on all things mono and carvilicious. Did your bio say principal of a high school? Do the kids think ski building/board building is cool or are they all Shawn Whited out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 This last weekend was the annual gathering of monoriders. This year it was at Powder Mountain in Utah. CODA had at least seven dedicated riders on the hill and as carvers will do, we chewed up a few runs :) Here is a image of the carving we can do on these boards: <img src="http://www.codaboards.com/uploads/IMG_0359.JPG" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Sun Valley, ID.Good luck on all things mono and carvilicious. Did your bio say principal of a high school? Do the kids think ski building/board building is cool or are they all Shawn Whited out? Sorry for the delay. Yes, I am also a high school assistant principal :) The students are very intrigued, especially because I keep a couple of boards in my office! On another note, here is a pic of the first prototype carving snowboard I made: <img src="http://www.codaboards.com/uploads/IMG_0340.JPG" It is 21.5cm at the waist with a 10m sidecut and 170cm long. I thought it carved quite well, but my legs are definitely trained to be standing that direction! :) The next two I am going to prototype will have 19.5cm waist and one will be 170cm long and the other will be 190cm long! Once the are ready, I will post back here with a time a date at Mammoth that I will be taking them out, and I would love for anyone from the forum to ride them and tell me what you think. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 looks to be inserted for either stance, forward & sideways:1luvu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 I am going to be at Mammoth tomorrow testing my new proto-type carving snowboards: 170 cm, 19.5 cm waist, 10m sidecut radius 190 cm, 19.5 cm waist, 10m sidecut radius I will be at the base of chair 2 at 9am (although I will be carving starting at 8:30 ) I would welcome anyone to test these out and give me feedback. I rode them both today and was very happy with them. I am admittedly not used to snowboard stance, so I would love some other feedback. I will put up pics of the two boards later this evening. -Chad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powdahbonz Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 that's awesome and the mono is cool as well-wish I was closer! I'd be happy to be a test pilot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyTKDsquirrel Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Ohhh I wish I could test that 170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loc Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Chad, got your PM n the mammoth forums. I won't be up there this weekend but wouldn't hesitate to demo next time I am. Bring some boards out to the Snow Performance Camps. Those guys will put them to the test for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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utahcarver Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hey Chad, what's the stance width on that prototype? Though it looks narrow to me I'm wondering if that is what is needed with such a deep V being created by the tails. Thanks, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Mark, I guess it might be narrow... 334mm at the narrowest point with no offset from the center of the effective edge. Being that my background is monoboarding, I am more comfortable with a narrow stance. But since each board will be handcrafted, I can make the stance whatever width the customer would like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohouck Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I hooked up with Frank M. and couple of other carvers at Mammoth this weekend. It was great riding with them. I was very happy with the performance of the 170cm V0-Sidecarve. It was almost enough fun for me to switch from riding monoboards... almost ;) Frank test rode the 170 board today. I will let him post his thoughts. I plan to be back up to Mammoth the weekend of May 9 and I would love to have some more dedicated carvers try out the prototypes. I also prototyped my first Monoboards with METAL. I figured after all the talk on this forum about how metal is the wave of the future, it was a good idea to try. I found that it definitely helped with damping and made carving on non-groomed conditions easier. As of right now I plan to launch the Sidecarve line of snowboards in the CODA Boards store this summer. You will be able to choose from 3 models and over 100 different graphics, or supply your own graphics. I will also offer the option to upgrade to a METAL board. Thanks for all the support in the BomberOnline community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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