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The Wooden Diving Boards by Mikel Tube
WOODEN DIVING BOARDS BY MIKEL TUBE
By WOODEN DIVING BOARDS
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Some high-end products are harder to fi nd, making them unique and original. The wooden diving boards by Mikel Tube are certainly in this category. What started as a single project has now become a full-time activity, with customers all over the world. Years of experience are the foundation of the boards’ quality and innovative design.
Winner of the Los Angeles International Design Awards in 2014 for the Revelation 1 model, Mikel Tube is now competing with the new Derover 1 model, a sure winner.
In 2020, the Derover 1 was launched and immediately got the attention of the industry. Some describe it as a piece of art. Indeed, the new techniques used have allowed us to create a stunning wooden diving board without losing the initial basic design that distinguishes the products of Mikel Tube.
Each board is handcrafted and can be personalized to your wishes. The design options are endless, each with the very pure and light surface and solid backbone, which is invisible due the assembly method, allowing Mikel Tube to change the length of the board to your liking.
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The best wood for a diving board is Brazilian hardwood TAMBOIA, better known as IPE. It offers strength and fl exibility, while also being very sustainable. But this kind of wood also needs a specifi c approach, particularly IPE. Years of experience has ensured that those special assembly techniques are mastered by Mikel. Starting with the exclusive “fl oating” technique ® and now releasing the innovative “tension” technique ®, each of Mikel Tube’s boards are unique in their design.
When a customer makes the decision to add a pool to their home or a diving board to their motor yacht, top priorities include location, fi nding the right pool designer who can perfectly embed the project into the environment, and locating a pool builder who can carefully deploy what has been conceived. All this effort will stand out with a beautiful diving board. Much like getting ready for an evening out, the jewel – or, in this case, the diving board, is put on last – the fi nishing touch.
Design, innovation, respect for nature and a constant effort to improve are the main pillars of the brand that pioneered the use of these specifi c techniques. Located in Belgium, we're proud to export the bulk of our production all over the world, adding the Belgian sense of precision and correctness to complete the package.
Renowned all over the world and adopted by the most beautiful residential pools and motor yachts on the planet, Mikel Tube stands by its personal relationships with customers. A small, dedicated team handles the one-on-one contact, creating a trustworthy relationship over any distance. Mikel personally gives advice and even creates the design of the global project, if requested. Once a week, Mikel takes the time to discuss projects remotely via video conferencing. He encourages his employees to consider how the company can be trusted if it can’t be reached.
After a customer has reached out with a request, a dedicated contact person is designated to assist throughout the entire process, from offering advice about the type of board or the size of the bracket, to safety communication and maintenance, and helping with shipping and delivery.
Blending beauty with fun and functionality is what design is all about. A design that doesn’t go by this rule will not sell, it could end up in a museum. Merging quality and style with
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And by demoed, I mean, they’re redoing the plumbing. They did affordability can be challenging, so we strive to remove some of the top level of concrete around the gutter to fi nd an effective balance between affordability, remake the gutter. That’s all been done at this point because of the quality, and style. So to give you the context of the project, Edsel Ford is the only son of Henry Ford. He obviously was one of the most famous people at the time and one of the wealthiest families, this was after this model that he had catapulted forward to be, you know, one of the largest automakers in the world. They’re a wealthy family, very well-known, affluent people. And they wanted to build this home kinda tucked away. It was farm country out here then, and it was also a time where they wanted privacy, but they really wanted it to be like a merger of like a family home and also an elegant place.
Mikel advises every pool owner that adding a diving board is an important safety measure. Spending time in the water can present the risk of drowning or hitting objects below the surface. A diving board can help orient the diver to the deep end of the pool, making this a safe place to jump and dive. Some customers use the diving board cover, which can be embroidered with a specifi c message, to give a clear signal to their children and others that the pool is not open. So as we started last winter, they basically used historic photographs to try to place everything. So they look exactly like One of the major impacts that the COVID-19 Clare Pfeiffer: And it really feels like a little oasis on their estate. They planted the landscape around it to resemble Northern Michigan the historical landscape pictures, because that was really most of the documentation. Besides Jensen’s preliminary drawings, which aren’t necessarily the as-builts, so we don’t want to go exactly back to that time. So with that pool, that’s been pretty much completely pandemic has had on the company is the surging cost of shipping. The boards, with an average weight of 220 pounds, are packed in Woodland feel. So rather than, you know, a formal garden where demoed. specially designed and reusable crates. The everything was in a row and everything looked very manicured, And by demoed, I mean, they’re redoing the plumbing. They did remove some of the top level of concrete around the gutter to remake the gutter. That’s all been done at this point because of the pandemic led to a worldwide crisis in aviation and, with less space available, higher rates have weather here in Lake Sinclair, Michigan. become a concern. As a solution, ocean freight So to give you the context of the project, Edsel Ford is the only son is now being offered to customers. of Henry Ford. He obviously was one of the most famous people at the time and one of the wealthiest families, this was after this The pandemic also introduced some model that he had catapulted forward to be, you know, one of the largest automakers in the world. They’re a wealthy family, very unexpected challenges, as well. The ban well-known, affluent people. And they wanted to build this home on travel has made it diffi cult to schedule kinda tucked away. It was farm country out here then, and it was also a time where they wanted privacy, but they really wanted it to photoshoots at some of the exotic homes of be like a merger of like a family home and also an elegant place. customers. Therefore we will reach out to Clare Pfeiffer: And it really feels like a little oasis on their estate. They our existing customers and request them to planted the landscape around it to resemble Northern Michigan enter the world wide competition for the most Woodland feel. So rather than, you know, a formal garden where everything was in a row and everything looked very manicured, beautiful project. The winners, based on the they wanted it to feel natural. number of likes on the dedicated Instagram portal, will be rewarded with the optional Diving Bench model.
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