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Camo Is The New Black
In an age where humility and privacy is all but gone it’s difficult to stay out of the critical scrutiny of the public eye. Going shopping, taking a jog, and even going for a leisurely paddle in the lake could yield an absurd amount of unwanted attention, but no more.
Luckily for paddlers that crave a serene trip around the lake without all of the celebrity attention: Bote Boards has the answer.
It’s called The Bote HD [RealTree ®] and it is awesome. I stumbled upon this beauty whilst searching for an outfit for an upcoming Camo Ball (recently made fashionable by the wiley men of Duck Dynasty) and my prayers were answered.
The Bote HD [RealTree ®] now gives paddlers a way to blend into their surroundings, remaining almost completely unseen while on the water so take a quick look and welcome back your privacy.
Name: 12’ Bote HD [RealTree ® ]
Why We Use Bamboo - More Than Just A Cool Plant?
Founded on the principals of gorgeous, functional, and eco-friendly products, Grassracks’ choice to use bamboo was an easy one. Engrained in societies all over the world, bamboo encompasses everything that we strive to be as a brand.
Like spinach to Popeye, bamboo is Earth’s real super resource. It’s common knowledge that bamboo is incredibly strong and makes for a great venue for martial arts movie fight scenes, but the true versatility of bamboo is often overlooked.
For thousands of years, bamboo has been used as a source of nourishment, super soft cloth, and construction material. Today, bamboo is still used as scaffolding for buildings up to 60 stories tall and with developments in processing techniques, is now being made into a high-quality and stunning home décor and material. To top it all off, bamboo is the strongest renewable material in the world with a higher tensile strength than steel. Its ability to grow up to a foot a day makes it the most sustainable and eco-friendly building material on the market.
Bamboo’s traits make it, without question, the best material for our products. Gorgeous fibrous grain, incredible strength, and uber-sustainability are among the countless reasons that it has been charged to garnish your living space with our racks and home décor.
Easy Installation - Easily explained (with pictures)
Easy installation. You've read about it, heard whispers about it, dreamed about it, but does this thing of the future really exist? With our proprietary Wall Mounting System, it does.
Everyone has purchased an 'easy-to-install' product that takes them multiple hours, pain, and hair-pulling frustration to put together. Perhaps something purchased from a place that rhymes with Shmikea.. For something as simple as a dresser, you give up your morning and your daily dose of patience and sanity but for what? Grassracks has tackled the challenge of making beautiful AND incredibly strong racks and decor but that wasn't our only mission when designing our line. We sought to make something that got your boards, bikes, or skis up and displayed quickly and safely. Here are some facts about the line that make it awesome.
- The Grassracks Sport Rack lines can be installed in under a minute and, when installed properly, can hold over 175 lbs.
- The modular nature of our line allows for easy takedown and switching of cradles without having to unfasten the rack from the wall. This allows you to change easily from a Snowboard rack to a Surf (or Ski, SUP, Bike, Shelf, etc.) rack in seconds and allows you to create space easily should you need it.
- Mounting Bars are pre-drilled to standard stud width. (Yes, we recommend that you drill directly into studs)
- Cradles are designed with the same hook feature so they all fit easily but tightly onto the Mounting Bar
Without further ado here is a run through of what you'll expect with an installation into drywall..
Step 1: Locate wall studs using a stud finder.
Step 2: Decide on the perfect location for your Grassrack. Some measuring to ensure centered installation is recommended
Step 3: Once studs are located you can decide if the use of drywall anchors are needed. Screws must go directly into a stud OR a drywall anchor, never into drywall alone and never both a drywall anchor and stud on the same screw. (Note that with old or oddly-spaced walls, some pre-drilled holes may not hit studs.) Using the mounting bar, determine the location of adherence for each screw by holding the Mounting bar at the desired location and pushing screw lightly through the pre-drilled holes to leave a small indent. At each indent that requires a drywall anchor, tap and hand drill the anchor into the wall until it is flush with the drywall.
Step 4: With a bamboo spacer between wall and Mounting Bar, loosely screw the middle screw to the wall.
Step 5: Level the Mounting Bar and fasten the two (or one for short bars) remaining screws. Make sure to hold the Mounting Bar against the wall at the desired level when fastening screws to keep from the screw affecting the level. Now you can make sure each screw is tightened.
Step 4: Hang cradles or shelving on Mounting Bar.
Step 5: Do a dance, you are finished!
It's not just easy, it's ridiculously easy. It's almost too easy.
Grassracks - Why We Exist and Why We Are Needed
Ever been ashamed to tell people that you surf, snowboard, ski, skimboard, paddleboard, skate, longboard, bike, or do any other board sport? Of course not! They're all awesome!
We at Maholla are extremely proud of our sports, but always ended up throwing our various boards in the basement, closet, or garage until the next time we needed them. Most of our boards have gorgeous artwork on them, or are, themselves, a piece of art. But we can't enjoy these masterpieces when they are locked in a dingy, dusty garage. Upon a late-night epiphany, we vowed to say 'goodbye' to the poorly-stored, hidden, dinged-up, moldy, musty board situation. And just like that, Grassracks came to be.
Together with the Maholla Products ideals of high-quality eco-conscious products, great customer service, and social responsibility, Grassracks gives you an alternative to basement storage. Grassracks’ mission is to create a line of functional AND stylish board racks and shelving (with more to come in the near future). Using super strong, beautifully grained, and very sustainable bamboo, we’re giving board sport athletes the chance they’ve needed to organize, save space, and display their boards in a deserving manner.
No more hidden boards. No more bland walls. No more cluttered garages, basements, and closets. Be proud of your board and show it off!