Built with intent.
Ridden with purpose.
One shaper.
One studio.
One board at a time.
Franco Snowshapes is the work of Mikey Franco: custom snowboards, each designed, built, and finished in-house in Victor, Idaho, at the base of the Tetons.
Mikey has been riding since 1984 and shaping since 2010. Every board is built from design to final tune in-house, one at a time, about eighty a year.
Process, finished boards, and days on the mountain.
Every board starts with three questions.
How you ride, what’s missing from your quiver, and what you can’t find anywhere else.
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Shape · Sidecut · Effective edge · Running length · Camber profile · Nose and tail profile · Waist width · Taper · Sidewall color and density · Composites · Stiffness/flex · Topsheet finishes
2026–2027 season · A 50% deposit holds your place in the build list. Full payment puts you on the priority list.
Mikey can recommend a tier on a short call →Directions a few of our customers have chosen.
No two the same.
The Rider Genome Profile
Every Tailored board starts with the Rider Genome Profile: how you ride, where you ride, and the conditions you ride in. Mikey uses it to set the flex, stringer placement, camber, taper, and effective edge, along with any carbon, aramid, titanal, or graphene in the layup.
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Every board begins with a conversation.
Talk to MikeyA short call, or email [email protected]
Leave your email and Mikey will write when build slots open and new shapes come off the template wall.