Walking the line: Yobeat’s Billy Mays Shirt

July 3rd, 2009

When it comes to making fun of snowboarding and not taking it too seriously, it’s the people over at Yobeat with the ability to shine light on products, laugh at pros and really continue walking the fine line of laughter/humiliation.  After the recent week of celebrity passing’s, Yobeat took to designing a Billy Mays shirt [...]

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Shayboarder.com stickers…your turn!

July 3rd, 2009

For the past couple months I’ve been mailing out shayboarder.com die cuts to every reader who wanted them.  These stickers have made their way around the world, from snowboards to signs, from resorts to cities.  I’m on my third order of stickers and now it’s your turn to tell me what you would like and [...]

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Industry Profile: Snoqualmie Youth Marketing Manager Krush Kulesza

July 2nd, 2009

Shay: What is your job title?
Krush: Youth Marketing Manager for the Summit at Snoqualmie and Head Honcho of Snowboy Productions.
Shay: How did you get your start in the industry, what opened up more opportunities for you?
Krush: Ted Irwin dropped my name to the heads here at The Summit. This job has opened a lot of [...]

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Into the NW: Casual Industrees

July 1st, 2009

Many ideas have been created from the minds of Northwest snowboard bums, but few of those continue on to progress into existence.  The story of Casual Industrees comes from the Mt Baker snowboard bum living and wanting clothing designs that represented the northwest shredder.  
Wa Brah 2.0 T-shirt

What started from two brothers (Dan and Brendan) [...]

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Industry Profile: Sales Rep Dave Graves

June 30th, 2009

Shay: So tell us about yourself?
Dave: Dave Graves, 35. Born and raised in Rockaway New Jersey and currently residing in Denver, Colorado.
Shay: What is your job title?
Dave: Independent Sales Rep.
Shay: What companies do you currently rep for?
Dave: Capita Super Corporation, Union Binding Company, Coal Headwear, 686 Outerwear and Apparel and last but not least Ashbury.

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