42 Surfboards is "Inventor of the Month"

42 Surfboards is door Autodesk uitgeroepen tot "Inventor of the Month" voor Juni 2008.
Zij maken de klassieke Amerikaanse surfboards volledig uit hout en ontwerpen deze met Autodesk Inventor:

"Inventor is the difference between being able to do what we do, and only being able to imagine it," said Lars Bergstrom, president of 42 Surfboards. "With Inventor's solid modeling capabilities, we are able to be precise on the order of thousandths of an inch in designing our boards, and build them to exact specifications. We would not be able to get anywhere near the tolerance levels we require, and we would not be able to use locally grown and sustainably harvested wood for our surfboards, without solid modeling."

Digital Prototyping enables 42 Surfboards to rapidly explore new product ideas and designs without the time and expense of creating physical prototypes. As a result, the company now offers seven different 100% wood surfboard models within its product lineup. Each model is designed to last a lifetime, helping to reverse the "disposable board" culture brought about by decades of inexpensive but fragile foam and balsa wood boards."

http://www.42surfboards.com