{"id":2152,"date":"2016-10-22T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T11:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clone-ind.com\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2019-10-20T10:16:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T08:16:52","slug":"clone-ind-snowboards-skis-eco-artistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/clone-ind-snowboards-skis-ecolo-artistiques\/","title":{"rendered":"Clone Ind, eco-friendly and artistic snowboards and skis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the world of snowboarding enthusiasts, he is called Phil. His snowboards, in particular, have been seducing experienced snowboarders for 20 years this year. In his workshop in Saint-And\u00e9ol-de-Berg in Ard\u00e8che, Philippe Bongini shapes them individually and customizes them according to the customer's wishes.<\/p>\n

A brief stint in the world of competition, where "sometimes" he ranked among the best, brought him into contact with them. When he met them again at the World Cup, he had them test his snowboards. "They found the product incredible." Philippe Bongini then created, with two associates who have since left, the company Clone Ind., which is also the brand of his boards.<\/p>\n

"I think I'm the first to have switched my production to green"<\/h4>\n

While he is \u201cnot a competitor at heart,\u201d Phil is a snowboard maker by passion. \u201cI make everything from A to Z. And I like working on small series.\u201d Both to stand out from the fierce competition that reigns in this market and because it is in his nature, Philippe Bongini no longer uses fossil materials. \u201cI think I am the first to have switched my production to green.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man in the chapka now uses composite materials reinforced with flax fiber. This natural material is coupled with the "in-house patented" horizontal laminated wood core and a bio-organic resin. "The skis and snowboards gain in sliding comfort: fluidity, stability, grip," assures their manufacturer.<\/p>\n

But what strikes the Boeotian is the look of the boards. Fun as can be. And it pleases, well beyond the French devotees. "In 2014, I had a big order from the Russians. One of them wanted a decoration with dragons. A designer made it for him." Because Phil Bongini likes working with artists. "It started with a meeting." This year, he teamed up with the Franco-Chilean artist Johazul. 37 "Toltec" snowboards came out of the Ard\u00e8che workshop. With the artist Xavier Veilhan, Phil contributes to a work of art. 24 skis made of cellulose, cork and natural fiber were painted using the artistic technique called "dripping". The paint is deposited by a partially random and controlled pendulum movement. Signed, these art-skis are sold exclusively on the akonite.fr website. But "at \u20ac6,850 a pair, we will hesitate to attack the black slope in favor of hanging at the show," smiles Philippe Bongini.<\/p>\n

The \u201cclassic\u201d boards from the Ard\u00e8che ski manufacturer are more accessible, although above the average price. \u201cIt\u2019s a niche market. But that\u2019s the only place I can go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Article published in the Dauphin\u00e9 on 02\/19\/2016 by MN.C.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dans le milieu des affid\u00e9s de la glisse, on l\u2019appelle Phil. Ses snowboards, surtout, s\u00e9duisent depuis 20 ans cette ann\u00e9e, les pratiquants avertis. Dans son atelier de Saint-And\u00e9ol-de-Berg en Ard\u00e8che, Philippe Bongini les fa\u00e7onne \u00e0 l\u2019unit\u00e9 et les customise selon les souhaits du client. Un bref passage dans le monde de la comp\u00e9tition o\u00f9 \u00ab […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clone-ind.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}