Moonchild ↠ Skunkworx

Moonchild Skunkworkx is not a recent project.

Its roots trace back to 2014, when early experimental board concepts began forming outside of commercial snowboard logic — focused purely on how shape influences riding.

Jure joined Elan Snowboards’ R&D department, but quickly shifted toward independent development.

On December 1st, 2015, the first handmade board was completed.

Since then:

• 100+ concepts developed
  
• 45+ physical prototypes built
  
• continuous exploration of unconventional snow riding design

A long phase of experimentation with non-standard board shapes and powder behavior.

Not trend-driven.

Built to test what riding can become.

Moonchild Snowboards emerged through collaboration with Swedish builder Marcus Montgomery (ex -Capita Mothership LAB).

It became a brand for freeride, powder, and playful all-mountain snowboards.

Moonchild remains the core brand — Skunkworx is the experimental layer behind it, with design work also extending into selected independent collaborations, including Atlantis Ghost Town, where the same experimental shaping philosophy is applied in a different context.

Early experiments revealed a deeper direction:

Bridging snowboard and powsurf.

This became the foundation of hybrid snow riding systems — merging:

• snowboard control
  
• powsurf freedom
  
• powder-first design logic

Skunkworkx remains:

independent, rider-driven, experiment-led.

Not a category brand.

A development system.