What is DuraSurf™?

DuraSurf™ is the registered tradename of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) products manufactured by Crown Plastics Co., most notably our sintered base materials for snowboards and skis. For over a decade, Crown has supplied every major snowboard manufacturer with DuraSurf™ products which have helped create and drive the sport of snowboarding throughout the world.

DuraSurf™ has become renowned for its tremendous durability, along with the other well known advantages of sintered base, those being speed, wax absorption and retention, impact resistance and consistency in extreme temperatures. Our proprietary manufacturing process allows us to provide a flatter, clearer, less stressed material to manufacturers, with lead times far shorter than our competitors.

But the advantages go much deeper. Over the past several years, DuraSurf™ has been the driving force behind the industry changing from a screen printed base, to the much more vivid presentation of die-cut pigmented material. DuraSurf™ has also been the major factor in the use of base sublimation, with over 500,000 bases produced thus far. Recently, DuraSurf™ has been supplied in multi-colored and multi-sintered patterns, developed for use by two of the world's largest snowboard companies.

And there's much more to come. DuraSurf™ has recently become available in a clearer version for screen printing, a blacker, faster carbon formula, and various new colors and patterns. In the very near future, keep your eyes peeled for a whole new family of high-performance bases which will once again provide the industry with the products and technology to move ahead in the fast-paced world of snow sports, proving once again that DuraSurf™ is the leader in sintered base technology.

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DuraSurf™ Manufacturing Process