Job Title: Web-Reporter
Employer: Method Mag
Years on snow: 18 including my childhood skier days
Days on snow: about 40
Currently Riding: A Capita Indoor Survival 156 and an Omatic Extreco 157 with Unions and 32 Lashed boots
Currently I am: Married and addicted to swiss cheese fondue!
Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself
Edgar: [...]
Name: Aaron James Draplin, Age: 36
Job Title: Graphic Arts Category, Illustration, Friendship, Clipping Pathery, Garying, Jokes/Laughter, Campfire Strummin’, Gocco Dynamics, Road Trip Navigation, Trust, Guitar Tuning, Gen’l Conversation, Culture Critique, Color Correcting, Existential Wondering, Bounty Hunting, Heavy Lifting, Advice, A Warm Meal, Simple Ideas and Occasional Usage of Big Words.
Employer: Myself! [...]
Job Title: Web Guy
Employer: Easy Loungin, Porters Tahoe, and Tahoe Dangerzone
Years on snow: 13
Days on snow: 116 this season
Currently Riding: Capita Horrorscope 153 with Union Contacts, Capita Indoor Survival FK 152 with Union Forces, L1 Outerwear, Nike Kaiju Boots, Ashbury Kaliedoscope Frames with Warlock Straps, Coal Beanies, and Comune and Beta [...]
Name: John Makens
Job Title: CEO
Employer: REMIND INSOLES, INC.
Years on snow: 20
Days on snow: 100
Currently Riding: Rome snowboards design 162
Currently I am: Getting new tires put on my truck.
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Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself
John: I grew up in Minnesota. Gradually made my way west to [...]
Job Title: Co-Founder, Co-Owner & Co-Director of Magical Go-Go® and POM POM®
Employer: Magical Go-Go, LLC (POM POM and Magical Go-Go)
Years on snow: Since I was 4…wow, that means 31 years. Yikes.
Days on snow: As many as I can get. With 2 kids in tow we’re now weekend warriors but [...]
Name: Charlie Ninegar (pronounced like vinegar)
Job Title: Snowboard Sales and Marketing Manager
Employer: Arbor
Years on snow: My first trip was around 1993
Days on snow: Lifetime? No idea. This year: 30+ before I dislocated my shoulder riding.
Currently Riding: I think the 2011 Coda is the best board I’ve ever ridden. [...]
Job Title: “Manager” is what you might call it
Employer: Sequence Boardshop
Years on snow: About 18 sliding while standing up in some way, about 12 or so on “real” snowboards
Days on snow: Today was day 64 for the 2010 season, and still counting.
Currently Riding: Capita and Union! Indoor FK [...]
Job Title: Outside Sales Rep
Employer: I represent c3worldwide (CAPiTA, COAL, UNION), Ashbury eyewear, Nike snowboarding, and Magical Go-Go.
Years on snow: I always have to go back and add em up. I started riding in 5th grade (88-89ish) so 21 winters or so.
Days on snow: This past season I got 30 something [...]
Each summer the Industry Profile Interviews take over to give a glimpse into the jobs, people and experience it takes to work in the snowboard industry. There are people in every type of job, from every type of background who help contribute to the snowboard industry. I’ve lined up interviewees ranging from company owners to [...]
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Often snowboard journeys are undocumented travels, lost in our memories and shared secrets between friends. Snowboarders from California Luke and Will shared their journey in a super 8mm film for the world to see and while many Chilean travels are left to the pros, I enjoyed the passion and creativity that came out from [...]
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