A Split Powsurfing Introduction

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Holiday Gift Guide

Holiday Gift Guide
From big ticket items to stocking stuffers and apparel, our gift guide has something special for the splitboarder in your life.
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Inside Spark: Manufacturing Ibex Splitboard Crampons

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Like nearly all of our products, Ibex Splitboard crampons are proudly made in the USA. They are manufactured by a skilled crew in our shop in Bozeman, MT. In our latest installment of Inside Spark, we show how we manufacture our Ibex Crampons - from raw aluminum all the way to a finished product.
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Spark R&D Splitboard Binding Maintenance

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Proper maintenance will go a long way to ensuring you get the most out of your Spark bindings for years to come. The two main points we hit on in this short video are: 1) keep your climbing wires lubricated, and 2) check your screws frequently.
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A Decade Deep – An Interview with Becca & Will Ritter

A decade has gone by since we unveiled a primitive prototype of the first splitboard specific binding on splitboard.com. It has been a fun, fulfilling, and really exciting time to go from concept to company.
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Spark Announces a Revolution in Splitboard Training

For more information, please see the company press release below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2016 Spark R&D Announces a Revolution in Splitboard Training with the SplitbordicTrack Bozeman, Mont – Spark R&D announced today that it is releasing a revolutionary splitboard workout machine called the SplitbordicTrack. “We couldn’t be more excited to release this new
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Bonus Bindings! One-of-a-Kind & Ready to Ride

Gathered around a two foot by six foot poster in the corridor that connects the shop and the warehouse, Spark R&D employees weigh the many options they are presented with, and enthusiastically voice their opinions to one another. They are looking at a poster with 54 possible color combinations for bindings, and they are discussing
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Manufacturing Day 2015!

It’s Manufacturing Day 2015 – an annual salute to the companies and people dedicated to manufacturing right here in the United States.   MFG DAY is designed to amplify the voice of individual manufacturers and coordinate a collective chorus of manufacturers with common concerns and challenges                  
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Sabertooth Upgrade Program

At Spark R&D we’re always working on ways to improve our products, and your time in the backcountry. We’ve gone through a number of versions of crampons and touring brackets since first introducing our Tesla bindings for the 2013/14 season. Our latest versions are a significant improvement over the initial versions we’ve released, so we
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HURRY — Tesla Sale ends Sunday, May 31

HURRY — Sale ends Sunday, May 31… The Spark R&D Spring Sale is happening now!  Magneto and AfterBurner bindings are 30% off.  Shop early — quantities are limited! https://www.sparkrandd.com/gear/bindings/
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