Spark R&D Expansion!
Thursday, 05 May 2022
We’re pleased to announce that last October, we finalized the purchase of a second 7,000 sq/ft building across the street from the 12,000 sq/ft building we’ve utilized for over ten years. We explored numerous options for expansion, including building another facility, but ultimately, we were able to work with a local family that owned the building adjacent to us. This building has housed multiple businesses over the last 3 decades under their ownership, and it feels nice to become stewards of the building putting the space to good use.
- Published in Cool Stuff, Inside Spark
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Treasure State Series
Monday, 21 February 2022
Last season, we set out to film three short splitboard edits in our home state of Montana. We wanted to ride three different ranges, with three different groups, and tell three unique stories.
- Published in Inside Spark, Spark in the Field, Video
Inside Spark-Jake Cameron
Thursday, 12 August 2021
Meet Jake Cameron, a Tooling Engineer at Spark R&D! When you see Jake around the shop, it's always worth asking him what he was riding the weekend before - it's usually something pretty sweet. Jake is an excellent engineer and gets after it in the mountains surrounding Bozeman.
- Published in Inside Spark
Inside Spark-Tyler Bakke
Monday, 28 June 2021
This summer we’re going to share a couple of interviews with some of our amazing Spark employees that make it all happen! The first employee we want to feature is Tyler Bakke, pad printer extraordinaire turned machinist!
- Published in Inside Spark
What’s in Will’s Pack?
Friday, 23 April 2021
This is what Spark R&D owner and lead designer, Will Ritter, carries in his pack on an average day splitboarding in the backcountry.
- Published in Inside Spark, Video
The Splitboard Project Episode 2
Monday, 16 November 2020
The Splitboard Project is a splitboard-specific podcast we're doing with our friends at The Snowboard Project. The episode is co-hosted by industry veteran Mark Sullivan and our very own Will Ritter.
- Published in Inside Spark, Podcast, Spark World Wide
20/21 Production and Inventory Notes
Thursday, 12 November 2020
PRODUCTION & INVENTORY NOTES: The purpose of this page is to give splitboarders a little insight into what our current production and inventory situation looks like, what it will look like going through the 20/21 season, and answer a couple of the questions we're seeing a lot right now.
- Published in Inside Spark
The Splitboard Project Episode 1
Friday, 16 October 2020
The Splitboard Project is a splitboard-specific podcast we're doing with our friends at The Snowboard Project. We're super pumped to release episode 1 as we ramp up towards the splitboard season. The episode is co-hosted by industry veteran Mark Sullivan and our very own Will Ritter.
- Published in Inside Spark, Podcast, Spark World Wide
The Montana Mask Project and Good Person Awards
Sunday, 06 September 2020
In March of 2020, we made a pretty big shift. We went from manufacturing splitboard bindings and accessories to producing ‘beyond crisis capacity’ PPE masks called the Montana Mask. We manufactured a mold based on an already existing 3D print design and then utilized our injection-molding machines to begin producing thousands of masks a day.
- Published in Inside Spark, Spark World Wide
Solar Powered Splitboard Bindings
Thursday, 09 August 2018
We are stoked to announce that we have completed installing a 50kW solar array on the roof of Spark R&D! Like most big projects, many things had to fall into place in order for us to get here.
- Published in Inside Spark
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