custom snowboard stomp pad

Stomp pad fitted to the board.

This was a quick project requested by my brother for a snowboard stomp pad. He provided me with a vector outline of the word "fidelis" to make into a stomp pad.

A few things considered in the design were: enhancing grip, attaching it to the board, and maintaining its strength. The original request was to make a simple outline of the word. My thought was that this would be too fragile to stand up to being kicked--for example, in instances when it's used to knock the snow off your boot. This design would also be difficult to attach as there would not be enough surface area for adhesive. Additionally, the small pieces like the dot on the "i" and the "d" and "e" would require a template for alignment. My solution was to make it one piece by putting an offset border that would encompass the dots in the "i," then pocketing out the word.

The word was etched repeatedly to a depth of about 1/16" and then cut out with a laser. I used some leftover 1/4" rubber from a previous project. It was attached using double-sided mounting tape.

The stomp pad worked perfectly with zero slips throughout a day of snowboarding and my brother was very happy with the design.