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Preserving and Enhancing the Enjoyment of Wave Riding Ice-Nine's focus is on the tool and, better still, its core - the foam. To move it forward, we've looked hard over our shoulder. We've taken best of what our history has shown us - there is no ride like a polyurethane ride - and stoked it with a breath of fresh air to create CANE, ABLE and MOWSES.
Daytona Beach, FL Ice-Nine Foam Works is honored and stoked to have sponsored the recent Boards and Waves Consumer Expo in Daytona Beach. The first "consumer expo for surfers" rocked big-time, with more than 60 exhibitors and at least 1200 shoppers swarming the aisles. Outside there was lots of action outside as well, with surprise overhead surf barreling in, thanks to the mighty Hurricane Bertha. As a sponsor of the event, Ice-Nine also backed the up-and-coming Young Guns of Shaping, Jeff Hull of Resist Surfboards and Chris Coyle of Coyle Surfboards, and supplied the blanks for the popular surfboard shaping demo. Special thanks to Dave Seehafer for asking us to join the ground-breaking inaugural show. We're so excited that we've invited ourselves back for next year! Click here for cool pix of Boards and Waves.
ICE-NINE INTRODUCES A FOAM FOR SHAPERS Blank Innovators Release Ultimate Shaping Foam with an Assist from Foam Icon Harold Walker ORANGE COUNTY, CA -Move over Brother Cane, step aside Able! In keeping with our tradition of honoring the past while blazing trails into the future, Ice-Nine is proud to announce the new entry in our foam quiver - MOWSES, named because it talks surf scripture, it mows, and it all started with one of the original seafaring legends, the South Bay's very own Harold Walker. In the beginning, the focus was on the rider, and the MDI-based foam, Able, was created. Then Ice-Nine trained their eyes and ears on shapers, cooking up the mighty fine and sweet, sugar-based Cane. Now, they have married Walker's deep foam experience and knowledge with their own state-of-the-art processing and technology, enabling them to cook up the ultimate shapers' foam. This TDI foam is not only ultralight and white but is also extremely easy to plane and sand. Its tight, small, closed cells translate to greater liveliness and a longer life in the water than other TDI foams. The decks are processed to provide the kind of dent resistance that characterizes our renowned Cane formula. Likewise, there are no sensitivity issues. In addition, for high-volume production, Mowses is a robust and production-friendly foam. And finally, for those who are not quite ready to switch to the more flexible MDI formulations, we have retained the traditional chemistry that has provided so many riders with countless perfect surfing experiences over the years. "I very much admire Ice-Nine's aggressive pursuit of advanced technology in Eco-friendly foam, molding and gluing techniques and foam mixing procedures," states Harold Walker. "Ice-Nine's advanced mixing procedure and the Original Walker Foam formula result in a very small cell foam with the well known Walker Foam shapeability and highest weight to strength ratio." "We are privileged to be able to work with Harold and have access to his formulas and knowledge," says Ice-Nine founder Jon Stillman. "In terms of tradition, we are totally tapping the source. Harold actually pre-dates Gordon Clark in terms of whose foam got there first, and accordingly, we took our time in trying to improve upon the legendary and elegant formula. It's taken over two years for us radically re-engineer the process of blank manufacturing, finally mastering the technology. With the addition of Harold's original recipe we now offer a full range of foam performance from the extreme flex of Able to the shapeability of Mowses, with Cane striking a balance somewhere between the two. We didn't re-invent the wheel, but we have definitely given it a few new grooves." Ice-Nine Foam Works ( www.ice-ninefoamworks.com) has created and advanced new methods and materials that deliver better products to custom shapers since 2005.
BREAKING NEWS: CODE ORANGE TECH ALERT FROM ICE-9 HOW TO AVOID CRYSTALLIZATION IN PAINTING OC Foam Plant and Paint Master Tom Cervantes Solve Bizarre Crystallization Dilemma THE FIRST IN AN ONGOING SERIES OF REVOLUTIONARY TECH REPORTS.
Orange County, CA - In the process of developing its foam, Ice-Nine utilized many innovative techniques and chemicals that are novel to surfing, making sure to run countless tests and then running them again - because they were fun and also to make sure they weren't kidding themselves.
Ice-Nine also took a hard look at resins, catalysts, laminating, painting, and so on along the way, consulting a variety of experts in the industry. Now they're opening up the vast vaults of valuable information to the surfing community, starting with this report about the dreaded condition known as crystallization in board painting.
It was while developing their MDI polyurethane formula and coming up with glassing recommendations that Ice-Nine turned to master painter Tom Cervantes of Stewart Surfboards for his insight. His extensive knowledge of blank transformation comes from nearly 30 years of painting surfboards for a satisfied and far-ranging clientele.
"The better the understanding a craftsman has about the materials he uses," Cervantes says, "the better his work will be." Cervantes has not only spent time researching and experimenting with the chemistry and technology of paint and resin, but has also investigated nearly every detail associated with application of color, graphics and board design.
One of the things that was of great importance to Ice-Nine was understanding the issue of crystallization as it relates to painting and laminating the blank. Cervantes points out that there are four main causes for crystallization, and they can all be avoided if the painter and glasser are cautious and follow a few simple suggestions.
Now, they're all available on the Ice-Nine website, and you don't have to register, pay a fee, or worry about being friended if you pay us a visit.
"We have been fortunate to work with so many knowledgeable people as part of our hands-on approach in the research and development of our product," says Ice-Nine President Jon Stillman. "Because the data we gathered is of value to others in the surf world, we want to pass it on."
To view the full technical report on crystallization, visit www.ice-ninefoamworks.com - and make a point of coming back for more reports on breaking tech news, tips and design developments.
TR Painting Crystallization 6.2.8
click to view this technical report
The Shape of Shaping to Come We want to make sure that the craft of custom shaping gets passed to the next generation of design innovators. Problem is that shapers and their understudies were usually discouraged about having to pay full price for as practice board. To encourage our master shapers to give their time and expertise in the shaping bay to aspiring young artisans, we've eliminated this barrier with the ICE-NINE APPRENTICE PROGRAM. Ice-Nine donates rejected and experimental blanks to registered master-apprentice teams. More details about Ice-Nine Apprentice Partnership Program are available here.
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