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The last day of SIA is always the quietest and most haggard day of the show for most people.  I was able to sleep in on Sunday, pack up my gear and slowly make my way to the show.   I was expecting day 3 to be a quiet day at the show but soon [...]

Saturday arrived in Denver (despite a couple late nights) and day 3 continued with the tradition of waking up early, meeting with companies at appointments and hanging out with fun people during the show.  I was able to have a break on Saturday for lunch but met with companies from 9am to almost 7pm which [...]

So far Denver has kept up with the parties, fun and products that the SIA show brings for the industry each year.  Day 2 for me was a personal triumph with a late night out on the town the night before and a little over 2 hours of sleep but adrenaline kept me alive all [...]

Today is the beginning of four days of fun, products and people at the SIA Snow Show in Denver.  SIA is an industry only event which means you’ll get the most influential people to snowboarding in one building and access to all of the 10-11 gear that will be hitting the sales floors in the [...]

If there is one binding for the big mountain man it’s Bent Metal bindings, putting the metal back in snowboarding.  For 09-10, they cleaned up the line and removed the biscuit and step in binding models bringing back the Missionary and Restraint built to be tough, rough and lightweight.
Bent Metal The Missionary
Features:  Dual axis highback, [...]

Each year, 686 collaborates with a new company for a limited edition series to offer a Times Line with another premium brand and in 09-10 the collaboration partnered with New Balance.  The New Balance x 686 Snowboarding Collection featuring shoes, snowboard boots, outerwear and accessories.  Earlier this month I introduced the outerwear collection and it’s [...]

Each year, 686 collaborates with a new company for a limited edition series to offer a Times Line with another premium brand.  For 09-10 the collaboration partnered with New Balance to create the New Balance x 686 Snowboarding Collection featuring shoes, snowboard boots, outerwear and accessories.
 
These limited edition jackets will be shipping in late August [...]

Mission Six came out with their hardgood line at SIA this year, introducing a full line of boards, boots and bindings to compliment the Mission Six outerwear. The boards vary from freestyle, all mountain and freeride with bindings and boots to match the style of riding.
Snowboards – There are six new rockin’ styles of [...]

Thirty Two continues with their skate inspired snowboard boots that focus on being light, comfortable and quick to get into.  
 
For 09-10, Thirty Two introduces their Fast Track quick-entry system designed to get you into the boot within seconds using “two zonal pull handles used as leverage for getting the boot on, locking hardware for [...]

Zion Snowboards calls themselves a different kind of snowboard company and with limited production, fun graphics and the POP program, they certainly are a different kind of snowboard company with helping fight social justice through snowboarding.
 
The POP program partnerships with the Ratanak Foundation to fight child sex trafficking in Cambodia, so when you are out [...]