Explanation For The Delay In Shipping Your Grill Mount

Originally the Grill Mount was supposed to be shipping the first week of July but we underestimated how picky we were when it came to quality control. Have been the recipients of less than awesome products in the past, we didn't want to be the guys sending out something that we weren't totally stoked on.  We hoped that our customers would understand that our desire for a part as perfect as we could make it would overcome the disappointment at receiving the Grill Mount so much later than originally promised.

It's been an adventure that's for sure. As it's our first product we wanted to make sure that we had it as perfect as possible. The mold that had to be made was rather complex as other than where you bite, there isn't really a straight line on the Grill Mount. It wasn't a big deal when we were 3D printing each part and then taking them to Hawaii to test. We did find out though that "No straight lines" makes for a harder mold build and as we found out, a bit of room for different issues.

The first batch had an issue with the polycarbonate arms bending up when the EVA was overmolded onto the polycarbonate. The heat from the molten EVA was changing the way the polycarb flexed.

Once we fixed that, the next issue was that the EVA over molding has to match the finished size of the polycarbonate. As the finished size can vary due to the shrinkage that happens as  the polycarb sets, the mold for the EVA had to be adjusted to make it mate up perfectly.

The third batch had a slight issue with shrinkage in so far as it wasn't shrinking as much around the nut as was forecast so we had to adjust the mold there. While the mold maker was adjusting the mold for that we had them fix the seams and injection mark to make them as small as possible so there would be as little "edge seam sharpness" to bother your hand when it has gone soft from being in the water for hours and hours.

We are pretty sure that this batch that is due to arrive the end of August has everything nailed and we can finally ship you our pride and joy.

We're picky bastards and we apologize. It's been driving us as nuts as I'm sure our delays have been driving you nuts. I know from talking to more than a few you that a lot of you are waiting for for your Grills for an epic Mentawai session. Hopefully the Grill Mount can make it onto your trips so you get the magic moments you are looking for to back up a lifetime of stories down at the pub and around the campfire.

The photos in this post are from the first three batches. The final ones are even better.

Anyway... to make a long story short, we don't want to send any thing out that isn't as perfect as we can make it because we want you to experience awesomeness. You have our deepest apologies at the length of time it's taken to get the Grill Mount to you.


Ken and Greg

Hummingbirds and kicking back... or not.

Life isn't about getting rad all the time. Sometimes you need to kick back and smell the flowers or look at the hummingbirds thinking they are smelling the flowers. Here's a video of some Lillooet, BC hummingbirds. Shot with a GoPro 3+ Black Edition and a Pro Standard Grill Mount used as a hook mount on a branch as well as a GoPro Jaws Flex Clamp. Check the hummingbird taking a dump at the 13 second mark... never seen that before.

Mold your bite pads with coffee

You can custom fit your Grill Mount by heating the EVA pads in your morning coffee on the way to the beach for an early sesh. You know... If you like coffee and the beach, surf, surfing, sup kind of thing. It doesn't have to be hard guy black coffee, a chai latte or an Earl Grey tea works as well. 

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Rocky Point with Keoni Jones

Keoni Jones has been testing the 3D Printed protoypes for about a month now on the north shore of Oahu and is stoked. The Grill Mount hits the beach in about 2 weeks. Get ready! Here's a quick screen grab.

Greg The Assembly Robot for distributors and team / testers

Greg - AKA - The Assembly Robot, has been busy all week putting together the final samples of the 3D printed prototypes for all our distributors and our friends/testers in Hawaii and Bali. Keoni Watson, Keoni Jones and his brothers, Jaymo and Sean Reilly are killing it on testing.













How could you not love science. All week Greg has been fooling around with 3D Printers, lasers to cut the EVA, and all kinds of high tech stuff that makes us look really smart. Now we just have to mount the lasers on the shark in the office and it's on!
We've printed three colors now. White, Black and Red.

Keoni Jones testing.

Keoni Jones Joins the Pro Standard Team

Keoni Jones the 22 year old North Shore ripper has joined the Pro Standard team as an athlete, product tester and all around good guy. Follow @keonibalonii on Instagram to stay in tune with what he's up to. We're stoked to have Keoni on the team and we are going to have a lot of fun together getting photos and clips to get you stoked.

Pre-Order your Grill Mount

New photo for the Pro Standard Facebook page. Keoni Watson at a spot on some island, somewhere cool. That's all I'm gonna say. GoPro surf photo. Pre-order your Grill Mount today at www.prostandard.com
Shot by Sean Reilly

The Pro Standard Website is Live! Get Stoked!

The Pro Standard website is now live. Get stoked!
Check out the many uses of the Grill Mount. Our first product arrives mid June so get your pre-order in and we will ship you one of the first ones built.
Like the best bands, you can say you knew us when.

A Day So Good, You Want To Feel It, Not Just Remember It

I suck at a lot of things, but I'm really glad that I don't suck at riding pow. I love those days at Powder Mountain Catskiing and Heliskiing in Whistler when the snow is so insane, the crew is so awesome, the sun is out and the day is so damn good that you actually let and want yourself to get sunburnt so that for the next five days or so, you don't just remember the day, you can still feel it. The Camp of Champions is like that too I guess, Maybe that's why campers and me get burnt so often every summer. My Pro Standard worked awesome as well.