Video: Video: How to build your own snowboard You've booked your luxury chalet in Courchevel and bought this season's Moncler jacket. Now all you need is a bespoke snowboard. There is only one catch: you have to build it. Spurart, in Innsbruck, offers a weekend course at which, last winter, I did just that. For someone who struggles to wire a plug without following a YouTube video, the prospect of creating a piece of high-performance sports equipment felt daunting, to say the least. Fortunately, there was a team of experts to oversee my handiwork - including Michi Freymann, the former ski racer and Spurart founder, who has tested more than 15,000 pairs of skis. The weekend course began with a telephone consultation where I gave details about my weight, height, experience and how I wanted the board to handle. By the time I had arrived at Spurart on a Friday evening, the team had already drawn up the measurements for my equipment. Under the expert eyes of the tutor, Christian Geisler, I started to make the template, which I cut, sanded and shaped: messy work, but surprisingly easy. At the end of the first evening, covered in sawdust and with pieces of wood in my hair, I admired my creation with a large smile on my face. The next morning, it was down to making the real thing. Using the template, my first task was to cut out my board's base from a strip of vinyl, before trimming the metal edges with an angle grinder and fixing them in place. For my base shape I had chosen a "twin" (meaning that the nose and tail are identical), making it easier for switch riding, with a short nose and tail for better agility in a snow park. Having shaped the core with a planer, to ensure the right camber, it was time to cover it in epoxy resin, to give it strength and stiffness, and then choose a wood veneer for the top. I opted for a dark oak on the edges and a light beech in the centre, a bit like a Sixties surfboard. Once that was done, the final step was to put it into a plastic bag and bake it in a high-pressure oven overnight. I returned the next morning feeling excited but nervous, and gingerly unwrapped the bag. It revealed a beautiful and, to my eyes, perfect snowboard. I was thrilled. Following an hour of sanding, I gave it a light oiling that brought out the beauty of the wood grain. By then, there was one thing on my mind: hitting the nine ski-slopes of Innsbruck to show off my baby. "We always recommend that you leave a new board to settle for three days," said Christian, "so the layers are properly bonded together." This was like being given the best toy ever, only to be told you can't play with it. Although disappointed, at least I was able to test Spurart's previous creations. Now, all I want is for winter to arrive, so I can try out my own. Bring on the snow. Spurart (spurart.at) offers a weekend snowboard-building course from €790 (£545). The Grand Hotel Europa Innsbruck (0043 512 5931; grandhoteleuropa.at) offers doubles from €126 a night; a day ski-pass at Axamer Lizum (axamer-lizum.at) costs €35.50