Other furniture · Made in the UK, now in Greece · 2001

A snowboard that's still going

A retired snowboard turned into a table in 2001, still in use beside an outdoor bath in Greece.

The snowboard table on a stone balcony wall overlooking the sea in Greece

WhereMade 2001, now in Greece

Made forA friend

MaterialsHis old snowboard, bent steel legs, plywood shelf

Worth knowingStill in use 25 years on

In 2001 a friend of mine had a snowboard he loved but couldn't use any more, and he didn't want to let it go. He asked if I could turn it into a table, and I said leave it with me.

2001 3D render of the snowboard table with a plywood shelf and bent steel legs — The 3D model from 2001.

Render showing the table design in several versions — How it looked originally.

The design was kept simple: a pair of bent steel legs and a varnished plywood shelf underneath. The hardest part was finding someone willing to bend just one or two legs. I modelled it up, cut the ply at home, and fixed the legs through the top of the board. It's left a couple of screws showing, which I'd avoid now, but that board was never going back on a mountain.

The table beside an outdoor roll-top bath on a terrace — Next to the outdoor bath.

Looking down on the snowboard top — The board itself.

Twenty-five years later it's still in use. My friend moved to Greece and took it with him, the ply has been stained a lot darker, the legs have weathered and it now sits outside next to an outdoor bath. He still gets a lot of joy out of it, and I love that it's still earning its place.

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