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 [...]
Location: Winter Park, CO
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow conditions that softened up during the day with bluebird skies.
Setup: I rode the Never Summer Evo with Union Force bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 155cm.
First Impression: The evo is still that board I enjoy riding and getting back on for a good all around ride.
Weight: [...]
Location: Steamboat, CO
Snow Conditions: Hardpacked snow to powder conditions to bluebird park laps.
Setup: I rode the Never Summer Lotus with Union bastardized bindings and Vans Veil Boots size 8.
Size: 157cm.
First Impression: Since my last Lotus was stolen, getting this one was a sigh of relief since I’d been missing that board that could handle [...]
“Rocker adds fun, camber delivers high speed stability…the best of both worlds” is Never Summer’s motto for 10-11 and they certainly struck gold with the R.C Technology combined with quality, hand-crafted boards out of Denver, CO. It’s been a journey to see Never Summer grow outside of Colorado but the snowboards speak for themselves and [...]
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Location: Steamboat, Colorado
Snow Conditions: Majority of powder days with the Premier, from 13+ inches of powder to freshly groomed groomers after the snow storm.
Setup: I rode the Never Summer Premier F1-R with Union Forces/Rome Shifts and my Rome Vamps size 8.
First Impression: The Premier F1-R makes the pow just that much better.
Size: 157cm
Weight: Average
Flex: The [...]
Every snowboard company has product testers who test the products before they even reach the showroom floors at SIA. For years, months, days these testers take out products and give that feedback to companies. Sometimes it’s the employees, shop kids, testing programs or just a variety of riders in various regions. It’s a [...]
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Location: Loveland/A-Basin/Breckenridge, Colorado
Snow Conditions: A variety of conditions from fresh powder to spring slush.
Setup: I rode the Never Summer Evo-R with Union Forces and my Rome Vamps size 8.
First Impression: This isn’t the same evo-r as last year
Size: 155cm
Weight: average
Flex: Compared to previous seasons of the evo-r, the flex has been softened up making it [...]
Location: Colorado, Whistler/Blackcomb, Utah, Washington
Snow Conditions: Powder to hardpacked to slushy days, a good mixture of variety of conditions throughout this season.
Setup: I rode the Never Summer Lotus-R with Union Forces and my Rome Vamps size 8.
First Impression: I had two first impressions, I took some pipe runs with it at Breck on the [...]
Last week I was applauded by my local Fedex guy for helping the economy out, literally he thanked me.
So here’s a couple items I picked up for myself in support of helping the economy. This year I have a collection of Rome, 686, Never Summer, Burton soft goods.
Rome Gnarly T-shirt
Retail: $21.95
Color: White
My Thoughts: [...]
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