Feb 08, 2010 - 09:30 AM
Waltham, MA - After 39 years of serving skiers and snowboarders across southern New England, Waltham, Mass.-basedSki Market is closing its doors for good. The company's going-out-of-business sale is now underway at all seven Ski Market stores located in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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Feb 02, 2010 - 11:45 AM
Denver, CO - SnowSports Industries America's (SIA) inaugural Snow Show in Denver brought together media, athletes, personalities and politicians, along with ski and snowboard equipment suppliers and buyers, to the halls of the Colorado Convention Center last week to mull over the latest equipment and apparel trends. After years in Las Vegas, finding their way around a new city and convention hall took a little practice for longtime attendees of the giant ski and snowboard industry trade show, but it was hard to resist the friendly city that holds the number spot for urban snow sports purchases.
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Jan 28, 2010 - 03:00 PM
McLean, VA - According to SnowSports Industries America's (SIA) latest Retail Audit, ski and snowboard equipment and apparel holiday sales showed modest gains over last season's holiday sales, but a healthy snowstorm and atypically cold temperatures in the South drove stronger sales for that region that carried the ball for the industry overall.
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Jan 21, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Reno, NV - Nanotechnology seems a daunting subject, but for mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno, it has taken on a real world approach – in Ski Building 101.
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Jan 08, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Provo, UT - A plethora of ski and snowboard related applications written for the iPhone and iPod Touch are hitting the market this season, including a new free ad-supported offering called iSki from Utah-based Apptime.
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Jan 08, 2010 - 09:00 AM
Boulder, CO - After years in development, Boulder's Backcountry Access has finally shipped its long-awaited Tracker2 avalanche beacon, the successor to the popular Tracker DTS. Concurrently, the Boulder-based firm has also released a simplified, and less costly, avalanche airbag system.
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Jan 08, 2010 - 06:00 AM
McLean, VA - Overall ski and snowboard equipment, apparel and accessory sales from August to November were about even with those from August to November 2008, but equipment sales slowed significantly. Conservative buying trends the previous year, however, left many retailers selling through their inventories earlier in the season this year.
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Dec 10, 2009 - 12:00 PM
McLean, VA - According to the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Retail Audit Report released Wednesday, the 2009-10 ski and snowboard equipment buying season is well underway and sales results from August to October were healthy, particularly in apparel and accessories.
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Dec 08, 2009 - 11:00 AM
Sunnyvale, CA - BerrySki has launched the first Blackberry application that not only uses the handheld device's GPS capabilities to show your location on a ski area's trail map, but also to log details of your day on the slopes.
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Dec 05, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Burlington, VT - Burton on Friday unveiled the U.S. Snowboard Team Uniforms for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics. This February, as the U.S. Snowboard Team steps onto the world's stage in Vancouver, they will wear key hallmarks of the Burton brand and the snowboard culture featuring Gore-Tex technology.
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Dec 03, 2009 - 12:00 PM
Vail, CO - Skiset, Europe's largest ski and snowboard rental company, has expanded to North America and plans to have over 70 stores at major ski resorts in the United States and Canada for the 2009-10 winter ski season.
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Dec 03, 2009 - 11:00 AM
Park City, UT - Look Bindings has officially re-launched its Pivot ski binding, famed for retention that prevents pre-releases.
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Nov 25, 2009 - 07:00 AM
Park City, UT - In an effort to refocus ski maker Rossignol's business and return the company to profitability, Bruno Cercley, President and CEO of the Rossignol Group, and Dominique Bergin, President of Look Cycle, have signed a multi-year licensing agreement for Rossignol apparel, both companies have announced.
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Nov 24, 2009 - 12:00 PM
Cedar Rapids, IA - There's no shortage of snow conditions apps to keep iPhone users in touch with what's happening on the slopes. Double Dog Studios has therefore released its Ski Guide via Apple's iTunes store with a different idea in mind.
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Nov 24, 2009 - 10:00 AM
McLean, VA - SnowSports Industries America (SIA) has announced the winners of the 2009 SIA U.S. SnowSports Regional Rep of the Year Award. In its fourth year since inception, this award recognizes those sales reps in the snow sports industry who have successfully cultivated and furthered relationships with the retailer to increase sales of snow sports products.
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