SWMBRD Sports Inc (CSE:SWIM) said that field testing of the first two of the mass production (ACE-TECH) version of its proprietary swimboard, SWMBRD, has been completed successfully.
The boards, designed to be the world's most powerful bodyboards in non-surf environments, were thoroughly tested for performance in all relevant aquatic environments - lakes, streams, flat ocean and moderate surf - as well as for ease of long-range portability.
The company said the ACE-TECH board’s performance exceeded expectations, noting that they are lighter, faster, and more responsive than the previous custom-made boards of the same design, while still retaining excellent durability.
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The company said its management has approved Tahe Sport Inc, its OEM manufacturing partner, to proceed with the production of 1,000 SWMBRDs between December 2022 and January 2023.
“A significant quality of the new factory boards is their incredible lightness. The adult board weighs only 8.7lbs,” SWMBRD Sports said in a statement. “Management believes that the remarkable lightness, compact size and comfortable carrying ergonomics of the SWMBRD will be a significant factor in driving future sales of the board.”
The test boards were regularly carried distances over 7 kilometres (km) in a day and in a wide variety of real-world environments, from steep, forest coastal trails to crowded Vancouver grocery store aisles and mass transit.
The first two ACE-TECH boards were extensively tested at Tofino, British Columbia, in small 3-foot-to-4-foot surf. Performance was superb in all aspects: dive-ability and control when going out through oncoming waves, take-off torque, acceleration and speed on the wave face, precise tracking across both the wave face and in deep post-break foam, hand placement ergonomics and leash placement, the company said.
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