Climbing With The Grill Mount

Yeah... The Grill Mount is just for surfing... Not. Brandon Wright took his climbing. Hung it from his harness and put it in and out when ever he wanted to shoot.

Explanation of the delay in shipping the Grill Mount.

I thought I would post up on what the delay is on shipping the parts.

We shot the first test Grill Mounts from the molds on Monday and found that the heat generated in the production was curving the arms of the mount. We went back into the mold and added a little pin on the end of each bite pad so that when the EVA is shot onto the polycarbonate body, the arms don't curve up. The pin holds the end of the arm in place do it can't deflect when the heat is on. It will also get rid of the smiley face at the end of the EVA.



You can see the Extra Beef GoPro Mount that is a stock feature on all the parts we make. Yes... there is more cool stuff coming. It's at least three times as strong as a stock GoPro mount because the nut side takes the thickness of the nut pocket all the way into the tine. Perfect for Dungeons and Cortes Bank as well as epic sessions at Teahupoo.

The slight change has set us back a week and a bit, but we figure it's worth it. After this long in development we want it perfect. The colors you see are the food grade EVA and the food grade polycarb in the raw color. They add dyes to get it the color we want. All the material in the Grill Mount is "Food Grade" so you know there is no nasty chemicals in the part that could leach into your system during a long surf session.

The mold maker says he should have the changes done by Monday AM and we should be able to shoot the next test that day. If everything goes perfect we will drop in the right colors into the mix and press start on the injection molding machine and start pumping them out.

GoPro is celebrating their success with an IPO and we're celebrating our success with an IPA... or a Powder Mountain Lager.  You have to drink the beer that's named after your favorite catskiing resort... Powder Mountain Catskiing and Heliskiing

We should have parts by Friday and shipping the Monday after.

Sorry for the delay, quality takes time.
Ken, Greg, Matt

Win a Grill Mount @GoProOfTheDay on Instagram

If you want a chance to win a Grill Mount, jump on your Instagram and go to @goprooftheday and follow the instructions on how to enter. Free stuff doesn't get much easier.

Our First Print Ad - Freesurf Magazine

Our first print ad is going to drop in the next issue of Freesurf. We're stoked to be in Freesurf for our first ad as they have helped us so much with the launch of the Grill Mount. Also thanks to Vissla and Vertra athletes Keoni Watson and Keoni Jones as well as Freesurf photographer Sean Reilly, we couldn't have done it without you.

If you are waiting for your already ordered Grill Mount... they are scheduled to land at the beginning of the week and as soon as they hit our warehouse, they will hit the road on FedEx to your house.

If you haven't ordered yours yet, don't miss out of free shipping. If you pre-order a Grill Mount before we get them in, you get FREE SHIPPING in North America.

Order yours at ProStandard.com

Reesebeehler123 Wins the GoPro 3+ and The Grill Mount

We dropped a contest on Surfline.com's Instagram and it went off. Reesebeehler123 is the winner.
We will do another one soon. Follow us on Instagram @theprostandard to have a chance to win.

Get Stoked.

Thank You For The Support

So amazed at the response to the Grill Mount. When we dropped the Grill Mount, we thought it would take 6-8 months to hit the volume price breaks to get The Grill Mount price down to $29.95. Thanks to all of you, we managed to hit the minimums in a week.

Thanks to everyone for making it happen so quickly.
Special thanks to the people and brands below that helped us with the launch.
Keoni Watson, +keonibaloni . Donald Del Carmen, Andrew Hicks, +WWW.FREESURF.TV  +freesurfmagazine +SURFER Magazine +Surfline +magicseaweed +VISSLA Vertra and The Camp of Champions

Keoni Jones fooling around right before his flight to Australia.

Overwhelming Response To The Grill Mount Lets Us Price it $10 Cheaper

When we dropped the Grill Mount last week, we priced it at $39.95, planning on dropping it to $29.95 in 6-8 months once we hit the production volume price breaks to let us do so. Thanks to the overwhelming response to the launch of the Grill Mount, we've managed to hit those numbers in a week. Thank you to everyone that has ordered one so far, you'll get a $10 refund when we ship your Grill Mount. Words can't express how blown away we are. Thank you to everyone that told their friends about it and blew it up on Surfline.com,Surfer and Magicseaweed Surf, facebook and Instagram. We appreciate it more than you'll ever know. #gratitude Keoni Jones at Rocky Point, Hawaii a couple days ago.

Duck Diving With Your Grill Mount

Keoni Jones shows duckdiving with the Grill Mount. Film your friends from the inside as you paddle back out with your Grill Mount in your hand. Grab your rail, duckdive the sets, the EVA bite pads cushion your rails. 

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.

Keoni Jones at Rocky Point

Keoni Jones has been a big part of making the Grill Mount awesome. Here he is testing Grill Mount version number 7 - the final product. The first production parts hit the beach June 21st. Pre order at www.ProStandard.com and get free shipping.

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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First Pro Standard Ad Appears on FreesurfMagazine.com

Stoked, the first Pro Standard display ad is live on Freesurf. Double stoke it turned up on the story of the Local Motion Surf into Summer contest presented by Vissla.
Small world... Ken's first clothing sponsor as a pro snowboarder was Local Motion. The more things change the more things stay the same.

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.

Keoni Watson Using the Grill Mount and a Hand Held Grip for Your GoPro

We designed the Grill Mount to fit in your mouth for a perfect relaxed fit. Sometimes it's nice to take it out and get a new angle... like this.

Keoni Watson started with the Grill Mount in his mouth and then after he dropped in, slid a couple fingers between the mount and his chin into the curved space that was created for just that purpose by designing the Grill Mount to "float" slightly in front of your chin with the your GoPro below your chin.
Super comfortable and super quick to grab when you want to change angles.
Want to see more? Go to www.prostandard.com
Want to have fun this summer? Come to The Camp of Champions.

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.