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Vessel Snowboard selected as Product of the Month, March 2002 at Norsk Form

Vessel Snowboard Concept Press Release

	Reto Lamm

The 164 Vessel concept started with the need for faster freeride boards.

Since Rad Air gives me the opportunity to create my own board just the way I like, I was really eager to make a board that reflects the needs of a modern freerider. A bigger, almost oldschool sidecut radius was applied for longer, and faster GS like turns and easy handling in powder. To show the market that it is a fresh way of thinking and not a retro design for a board, the graphics needed to represent speed. In the beginning the idea was to design the board like a stockcar. Simply to apply stockcar graphics.

The idea grew, and I myself had just met Ståle Møller, a very talented Industrial Designer from Norway. So I called him to ask him if he had a good idea for a board. We figured out that 3D molding is possible these days and Ståle came up with spaceship-like snowboards. Now we have changed the looks completely. The board started having little vents and engines. Of course it was only for the eyes. Now we placed all 3D moldings in places where the board actually needed to be stiffer, and we actually made Design match Technology.

Nic Ripz added his art in a really futuristic way, and born was the Vessel 164..

A George Lucas like Starwars snowboard for really fast rides.......

by Reto Lamm

Ståle Møller:

Civil Industrial Designer, Oslo School of Architecture, 2001
Employee of Abry Design, Trysil

Received Award for Design Excellence three times:

Chairborne, wheelchair for airports, 1999, with Bjørge Jacobsen
Sweet Strutter, watersports helmet, 2001, with Marianne Abry
Sweet Rooster, skiing/ snowboarding helmet, 2001, with Marianne Abry

Honourable mention:

Vessel, snowboard, 2001, with Reto Lamm