Salt Lake City, UT – Salt Lake City’s DPS Skis has announced that Charlotte Ljungquist will join the company as managing director of Europe, reporting to DPS President Stephan Drake. Ljungquist comes to DPS from EF Education First, where until most recently she was their systems director. Starting in September, she will be responsible for … Continue reading DPS Skis Hires Charlotte Ljungquist to Manage European Operations
Salt Lake City, UT – Salt Lake City’s population swells twice a year with nearly 30,000 outdoor industry exhibitors, buyers and media when the semi-annual Outdoor Retailer trade show comes to town. Held downtown in the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center following a one-day outdoor demo, it’s a gathering of the outdoor industry … Continue reading Outdoor Retailer Summer Market’s a Wrap
Boulder, CO – Footbalance, a Finnish company that provides fully customized footbeds for skiing and other sports, is moving its North American headquarters to Boulder, Colo. from San Diego, Calif., where it has been based since 2009. The move will take place immediately following the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2012 trade show being held this … Continue reading Footbalance Relocates North American Headquarters to Colorado
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand – Organizers of the World Heli Challenge have joined forces with ION Worldwide, to bring high definition footage of the two-week backcountry ski and snowboard competition and Showcase Awards to viewers around the globe. World Heli Challenge filmmakers and athletes will use the new HD Sports Video Camera with Wi-Fi PODZ … Continue reading World Heli Challenge Partners with ION
Ogden, UT – Ski gear brand Salomon has signed record-breaking ski mountaineer Greg Hill to its international athlete team. As one of North America’s premier backcountry skiers and mountaineers, Hill’s many accomplishments include climbing and skiing two million vertical feet in one year. His strengths in backcountry product knowledge, mountain climbing, alpine skiing and global … Continue reading Ski Mountaineer Greg Hill Signs with the Salomon Freeski Athlete Team
Teton Village, WY – Teton Gravity Research’s TGR Studios has announced the launch of a new camera rental department. Rental inventory will range from complete camera packages to the individual accessories needed. Specialty equipment like the Dactyl Cam, a remote cable camera system capable of spanning 1,000 feet, will enable aspiring ski and snowboard filmmakers … Continue reading “Go Pro” and Rent a Camera from TGR
San Francisco, CA – A story about a product unveiling at this week’s Google I/O developer’s conference in San Francisco seems more appropriate to appear in a tech blog than in a ski magazine, but a new GPS-enabled ski and snowboard goggle running the Android operating system is right up our alley. We first told … Continue reading New GPS-enabled Heads-up Display for Ski Goggles to Run Android OS
