Located in the heart of downtown Portland, Holden Outerwear doesn’t blend into the surroundings on the mountains with a easy to spot style of outerwear. With pro shredder Mikey LeBlanc in charge, the company continues to break out designs, colors and styles that riders want more of each season. I stopped by their offices in Portland last Wednesday to check in and see what goes on behind the scenes at Holden.
When you first walk into Holden it isn’t your typical snowboarder that greets you at the door but a smooth skiing skier that says welcome to Holden.
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The Portland office vibe is amazing and beautiful to be in. Holden’s office continues with pieces of outerwear around the office.
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The first person who greeted me when I walked into Holden was Mikey LeBlanc. He is the man behind Holden, the genius, the shredder. He’s working here in the conference room and on his right was the 10-11 lines for Holden being created and completed.
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Holden designs featured around the office
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The waiting area at Holden is stocked with magazines, posters and two cute french bulldogs to keep you occupied.
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The cutest guard dogs ever are Sonny and Ruby guarding the Holden line who spend most of their day working on wrestling skills and they can take down anyone.
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Holden’s CFO/Lawyer busy on the phone with the business side of snowboarding.
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The designers working hard on the upcoming lines
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Customer Service man Nate also known as Party Time Nate who teaches the boys how to become men on Yobeat
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All the men’s and women’s outerwear in every single color is featured in the Holden Office
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Last year Yobeat did a office tour video with Mikey Leblanc that is worth checking out.
Thanks to Mikey for taking the time to show me around the office last week and let me see what goes on inside Holden Outerwear in Portland, Oregon.
J. Smith
August 17, 2009 at 7:30 amYeah Shay. Nice work. Sick office.
Nate
August 17, 2009 at 9:05 amThanks for coming Shay!
Terry Haakonsen
August 17, 2009 at 9:33 pmthanks for adding nothing that the yobeat people didn’t have already
Lauren
August 18, 2009 at 6:21 amPUPPIES!!!!!!!!!!
adrian
August 18, 2009 at 6:40 amParty time, keep up the good work and shay we’re happy you’re home!
k
August 19, 2009 at 12:44 pmCan’t wait to check out the new materials and stuff. I was stoked on it last year.
I aspire to rock the sled like mikey one day.
Shay
August 20, 2009 at 4:06 pmIt was great stopping by Holden, got to meet the crew there who were amazing and super nice.
Terry, Yobeat visited last summer when Holden had just moved in which was awesome to check out but while some of our audiences cross, not all of them do and I wanted to make sure I could check out Holden, take some pictures and let my readers see it in case they missed it. Plus I gave tribute to the yobeat video because it is good.
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Roach
March 9, 2011 at 3:35 pmHey im thinkin about buying the holden 3 ply denim snowboard pants, and i was wondering if they were insulated?
Shay
March 9, 2011 at 3:43 pmRoach,
Hard to say from the website description. It doesn’t look like it
http://holdenouterwear.com/#/mens-pants/mens-pants_lemmy_3-layer_denim
but the best way to know for sure is to call Holden or email them and ask.
http://holdenouterwear.com/#/contact