Build your own snowboard

Improve your riding by building

This is an in-depth hands-on experience, where you will learn the ins and outs of snowboard construction and leave with a one-of-a-kind board built by yourself!

Zen Snowboards founder Reto Neiger will personally guide you through every step, sharing his knowledge and ensuring your board meets the high standards you’ve come to expect from Zen Snowboards.

Learn without limits

Each workshop includes

Consultation
Custom board
Masterclass
Food & Drinks

Upcoming workshop dates

We offer group workshops (max. 3 people, over 2 days) and individual (1 person, 2 day’s) workshops on request.

From: CHF 1'852.00.- incl. VAT

Enter the number of people attending the workshop (max. 3) and select your preferred start date (of 2 days) on the calendar.

3 places left
1 or 2 places left
Fully booked

How it works

Around 3 weeks before your workshop, we’ll have a 45-minute call to make sure we’re ready for you!
– Discuss the characteristics you are looking for in your board.
– Finalise your graphics, ready to print.

After the workshop, we hand over your board to the specialists for an ultrafast stone grind.

Then it’s all yours to shred!

Timetable

Day 1
8:30 am
Input on riding styles, snowboard technology and snowboard shapes. Determine the exact characteristics of your board.
9:00 am
Cutting and preparing the raw materials. Sandblasting the steel edges.
9:30 am
Assembling of the building layers (base, fiberglass, woodcore, topsheet ect.)Dry mounting of the steel edges (pre-gluing). Clean point bonding of the steel edges.
11:00 am
Fitting work of the metal edges. Cutting the edge rubber. Dry assembly of all snowboard components - preparing for lamination.
11:30 am
Laminating the snowboard and pressing under heat.
12:30 pm
Soup or salad buffet, offered by Zen Snowboards. Rest break as needed.
2:00 pm
Taking the freshly pressed snowboard out of the mold. Cutting it out with the jigsaw. “Finding” the inserts to which you will later mount your bindings. Usage of the eel tool, countersink and screw tap.
5:00 pm
Summary of daily progress and exchange of expectations for day 2.
Day 2
8:30 am
Snowboard history and philosophy - a detour into riding technique.
9:00 am
Cutting out the snowboard. Shaping sidewalls, nose and tail by hand.
12:00 pm
Flex and pop check. Additionally: the binding test. Here you will learn which binding attributes support both your individual riding style and your new board.
12:30 pm
Soup or salad buffet, offered by Zen Snowboards. Rest break as needed.
2:30 pm
How to use polishing tools to get the finish just right. Puncturing and regrooving the inserts.
4:00 pm
Photo shoot for your new Zen board.
5:00 pm
Final exchange and additional goodies.
Day 1
8:30 am
👈🏼 We make the 2-day "group" workshop happen in 1 day!