Job Title: Design Engineer – Snowboards
Employer: Ride Snowboards
Years on snow: 18
Days on snow: Optimistically ~50 days.
Currently Riding: Protos (white top and a single black sprayed paint rat on the left side of tail).
Currently I am: plugged into my IPod with: ‘Manic Street Preachers’ – track: ‘Revol’ in a bar in Hong [...]
Job Title: many
Employer: Eastern Boarder
Years on snow: 15
Days on snow: 30-40
Currently Riding: Skate Banana
Currently I am: typing
Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself
Herb: Born in 1972, Lifelong Massachusetts resident, married with an amazing daughter and black lab.
Shay: How has snowboarding changed your life?
Herb: [...]
Job Title: Product Development
Employer: Never Summer Industries
Years on snow: 29
Days on snow: 30
Currently Riding: Summit Custom Split, 2010/11 Heritage
Currently I am: Working on a board graphic idea and soft goods for future development.
Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself
Vince: I was born in Denver, a fourth [...]
Job Title: The Boss, The Rider, The Producer, The comedian
Employer: Holden, Snowboarding and Videograss
Years on snow: 25
Days on snow: 40 this year, approx 1600 days total lifetime
Currently Riding: An office chair
Currently I am: Generally happy, AWAKE and making moves.
Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself
Mikey: I [...]
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! [...]
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.
Self-Portait
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 [...]
Back in June I started a series called the Industry Profiles which looked at very people in various jobs throughout the snowboard industry. Each week, I posted up interviews that looked at how often they ride to what steps they took into their jobs. Each person interpreted questions differently and gave information on [...]
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Industry Profile: Fuel TV Director of PR and Endemic Relations John Stouffer
Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself?
John: I was a Navy Brat growing up and moved around a lot, and got to travel a ton. I lived mostly on the East Coast, I went to high school in Virginia Beach, [...]
Industry Profile: eesa lux layering Founder Stephen Cleary
Shay: Tell us a little bit about yourself?
Stephen: Let’s see, I’m 6′2″ 185, fit, Sagittarius, married, three kids, live in Waterbury, Vermont and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else in the world for the moment.
Shay: What is your job title?
Stephen: I am the [...]
