+ STONE / Apo

History of STONE Snowboards: Hammer Snowboards Hammer was the oldest operating snowboard company in Europe, next to NIDECKER snowboards. It was registered as Hot in 1983 in France. His alpine snowboards won world cups every year. Hammer has produced the snowboard world's only single build snowboard. The company developed the world's smallest torsion tree core, whose horizontal layering is protected. The Hammer company is also responsible for the development of the unique G3 wood core consisting of 3 types of wood, as well as the use of vibration dampers used in the nose and tail. It was the only company in the world that uses mahogany wood inside the snowboard, which is the best vibration damping wood in the world. They have developed one of the best freeride snowboards in the world, called Stream, one of our most successful freeride / allmountain snowboards of the past, and the only modern freeride snowboard with ellipse sides, a nose with huge buoyancy, and therefore especially maneuverable in deep snow and on track both. This snowboard proved so successful that Cyril Neri, the well-known freeride legend from Alaska's King Of The Hill, competed with it for years. The Hammer name is no longer used, the company has merged into NIDECKER Snowboards. The HOT name remained and migrated back to the stable of founder and designer Serge Dupraz, DUPRAZ snowboards.APO Snowboards It was the most famous, top-quality French snowboard. In addition to Hammer, it produced the most dynamic snowboard core in the world. The base material was the same as the Burton, two different birch trees. After ten years of cooperation with Apo, the geometry of Hammer is very similar. Technologically, it is most similar to K2 snowboards. But because of the special wood core, it was much easier to board with them. Their most characteristic character was a board that flexed forward from the first leg. Because of this, they turned easily and all their models could be used in deep snow. Along with KORUA Snowboards, APO's snowboard gear was the lightest in the world. There wasn't a serious store in France that didn't display Apo Amanit Limited or Apo Line in its window. It was the snowboard of the year in England, and the most popular French snowboard in America. They also won the Junior World Championship with Apo Talent snowboards. The company was acquired by an American company a few years ago and the brand name was discontinued, so the remaining members of the team are Dave Vincent, Julien Merken, etc. From 2018, they continued designing snowboards under the name STONE snowboards. The team is still successful, the legendary mushroom snowboard is still available under the Dave Vincent name, STONE snowboards became the snowboard of the year in France in 2022!