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November 20th, 2011, 20:14
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Every third Thursday, the team at California based Signal Snowboards (http://www.engadget.com/tag/snowboard) like to spice things up some and make something a little more outside the box. This time around the team decided on creating a fitting tribute to Steve Jobs -- a custom ride complete with built-in iPad -- and thus the iShred was born. By no means a cut-and-shut (http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/keepin-it-real-fake-ipad-phone-is-the-answer-to-a-question-n/) affair, the team take inspiration from the simple, yet creative, design principles that led to ideas like the iPad Smart Cover. A layer of ABS with a cut out for the screen sits atop an all aluminum base, sandwiching an Apple-esque illuminated Signal logo -- presumably so you know when your WiFi is on while heading off-piste. Power is cleverly supplied only when contact is provided by the presence of a rider. If you think this is all just for show, think again, as they final product gets taken out on the slopes and put through its paces, complete with a bit of après-ski Facetime.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/19/say-hello-to-the-ishred-snowboarders-tribute-to-steve-jobs-vi/
Every third Thursday, the team at California based Signal Snowboards (http://www.engadget.com/tag/snowboard) like to spice things up some and make something a little more outside the box. This time around the team decided on creating a fitting tribute to Steve Jobs -- a custom ride complete with built-in iPad -- and thus the iShred was born. By no means a cut-and-shut (http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/keepin-it-real-fake-ipad-phone-is-the-answer-to-a-question-n/) affair, the team take inspiration from the simple, yet creative, design principles that led to ideas like the iPad Smart Cover. A layer of ABS with a cut out for the screen sits atop an all aluminum base, sandwiching an Apple-esque illuminated Signal logo -- presumably so you know when your WiFi is on while heading off-piste. Power is cleverly supplied only when contact is provided by the presence of a rider. If you think this is all just for show, think again, as they final product gets taken out on the slopes and put through its paces, complete with a bit of après-ski Facetime.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/19/say-hello-to-the-ishred-snowboarders-tribute-to-steve-jobs-vi/