The demo season is upon us here in Colorado. The majority of reviews of mine happen from these demo dates, so chances are if you are at a Colorado demo you might see me taking out boards as well.
Most of these I grabbed and collected from resort websites and snowboard company websites. I’ll be updating this throughout the season as more CO demo dates get announced.
Props to Burton for creating a facebook page for their demos in Colorado.
I posted a blog before on basics of demo days, check it out here
I suggest you check with the mountain ahead of time to make sure the events will still be going on. Some demos require a pre-registration that morning so please take note of that.
I’ll go by Mountain to make it easier to check out:
Aspen Highlands
December 13, 2008: Venture Snowboards
Venture Snowboards out of Silverton Colorado visits with this years line up of boards for you to try for free. A valid lift ticker, drivers license, and credit card for deposit are required.
Aspen Snowmass
December 7, 2008: Burton Snowboards
Beaver Creek
December 28, 2008: Burton Snowboards
Copper
November 15 & 16, 2008: Never Summer, Burton, Lib Tech, Capita, Salomon and more.
January 2-4th, 2009: Burton Super Demo
Burton Snowboards is bringing the largest consumer demo in the snowboard world to Copper Mountain on January 2-4, 2009. This weekend will include free demos of Burton boards, boots and bindings along with the chance to check out new products and interactive experiences from the Super Demo Tour Partners: Volvo, Paul Mitchell, anon optics and R.E.D. Everything is free, so come up to Copper and check it out.
Crested Butte
December 13, 2008: Never Summer Snowboards and Lib Tech/GNU
Durango
December 14, 2008: Lib Tech/GNU Snowboards
December 19, 2008: Burton Snowboards
Echo Mtn
December 27th, 2008: Never Summer Snowboards
Keystone
November 22 & 23, 2008: Burton Snowboards
January 23-25: Burton Super Demo
Loveland
November 8 & 9th, 2008: Never Summer Snowboards
To kick off the demo season at Loveland, Never Summer will host its 14th annual demo day. Never Summer is one of the few snowboard companies that produces its boards start to finish in the United States. Each snowboard is carefully handcrafted in Denver, CO to precision tolerances and carries a 3-year warranty. Check out their newest inventory of boards and gear for the 2008-2009 season between 9am and 3pm. Last board out at 2:30pm. There is no additional cost to participate in the demo. A drivers license, credit card, and valid lift ticket are required.
November 12 & 13th, 2008: Never Summer Snowboards
Christy Sports visits Loveland with the latest and greatest gear for you to demo before you buy. Pre-register at any Christy’s location. $40 gets you unlimited demos, a full day lift ticket and a $10 meal voucher. If you already have a ticket or season pass, preregister for only $25 for a full day of demos and $10 meal voucher. Walk-ups will be accepted the day of for $30 (lunch not included). Demo hours are 9am till 3pm, last equipment out at 2:30pm. Please contact any Front Range Christy Sports location for further details.
December 12th, 2008: Venture Snowboards
Venture Snowboards out of Silverton Colorado visits with this years line up of boards for you to try for free. A valid lift ticker, drivers license, and credit card for deposit are required.
Monarch
December 11, 2008: Venture Snowboards
Venture Snowboards out of Silverton Colorado visits with this years line up of boards for you to try for free. A valid lift ticker, drivers license, and credit card for deposit are required.
December 12, 2008: Never Summer Snowboards
Purgatory
December 17, 2008: Venture Snowboards
Venture Snowboards out of Silverton Colorado visits with this years line up of boards for you to try for free. A valid lift ticker, drivers license, and credit card for deposit are required.
Silverton
January 10, 2009: Venture Snowboards
Venture Snowboards out of Silverton Colorado visits with this years line up of boards for you to try for free. A valid lift ticker, drivers license, and credit card for deposit are required.
Steamboat
December 7, 2008: Never Summer Snowboards, Lib Tech/GNU Snowboards and more…
Telluride
December 16, 2008: Lib Tech/GNU Snowboards
December 17, 2008: Never Summer Snowboards
Vail
December 29, 2008: Burton Snowboards
Winter Park
December 6, 2008: Snowboard Demo Festival
This year’s snowboard Demofest features some of the best manufacturers in the industry giving you a chance to try their new equipment for the 2008-2009 season. A variety of manufacturers will be on hand to introduce you to their new products. This is a FREE demo, participants must be 18 years or older and have a valid drivers license. For more details contact the Guest Information Hot Line at 970.726.1564
Registration is from 8am-1:30pm all participants must register in order to demo equipment. Must provide proof of age
Demos can be taken out in 1 hour increments only. 2:30pm is the cut-of for the last demo.
*REPS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND INCLUDE:
- Salomon
- Burton
- Never Summer
- Nitro
- CAPiTA Boards
- Union Bindings
- Ride
- Santa Cruz
- Lib Tech/Gnu
- Rossignol
- More to come, check back soon!
Wolf Creek
December 3, 2008: Venture Snowboards
Venture Snowboards out of Silverton Colorado visits with this years line up of boards for you to try for free. A valid lift ticker, drivers license, and credit card for deposit are required.
Outside of Colorado?
Lib Tech will be in Utah on these dates:
The Canyons – December 13th
Brighton – December 14th
Never Summer Demo Calendar
Ride Snowboards Event Calendar
Venture Snowboards Demo Calendar
Anonymous
November 8, 2008 at 7:02 ami thought icelantic only made skis?
Shayboarder
November 8, 2008 at 7:37 amCorrect, I copy and pasted that. They make skis in the Never Summer factory, wonder why they come to the snowboard demo.
razzi
November 8, 2008 at 8:08 amTHANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS!!!!! Definitely marking my calendar!
Shayboarder
November 10, 2008 at 10:49 amDefinitely Razzi, was at the Loveland Never Summer demo this weekend enjoying a couple boards.
Britney
November 15, 2008 at 4:59 pmThis is a fantastic list! Thank you for posting, and most of all, for promising to update it. I am definitely bookmarking this page! =)
V1v1en
October 16, 2009 at 8:32 amAny idea of the demo days for 2009-2010?
Shay
November 5, 2009 at 7:32 amV1, here you go for the 09-10 demo days and I’ll be updating it when I get more dates from reps.
http://www.shayboarder.com/2009/11/colorado-09-10-demo-days.html