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Outdoor Retailer Trade Show Features Refreshing Themes Including Urban and Modern Outdoorsman, Twists on Heritage, and Fashion Representing a New Kind of Buyer

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Story and Photo by Tom Wallace and Kathleen Gasperini Outdoor Retailer at the Salt Lake Palace, UT, is the premiere outdoor trade show in the U.S., which featured 1,036 exhibitors, and an estimated 22,000 attendees over the course of 4 days running from January 20-24, 2015. Key themes this winter included the usual technical outerwear […]

2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Process Begins for Either Oslo, Norway, Almaty, Kazakhstan, or Beijing, China—Estimated Value $880 Million

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The bidding process and agenda for the upcoming winter Olympics in 2022 has started with a new Commission. IOC President Thomas Bach said, “Each member of the Commission brings a wide range of expertise and experience and understands what it takes to host a sustainable, well-organised and ultimately successful Olympic Winter Games.” “At a time […]

Park City Purchased by Vail for $182.5 Million–Plans to Connect to The Canyons to Form a Super Resort

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The disputes between Park City Mountain Resort and Vail Resorts have been resolved as of September 11, 2014 with the announced that Vail Resorts would acquire Park City for $182.5 million. In addition, next season Park City will connect to the beloved Canyons to produce a super resort of more than 7,000 acres of snowboarding […]

Windells and High Cascade Snowboard Camp Bury the Hatchet, Create New Partnership for World’s Greatest Action Sports Camps: The Funnest Place on Earth

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After years of being highly competitive towards capturing youth to attend their action sports camps, last week Windells Camp and High Cascade Snowboard Camp announced that they will be forming a partnership to deliver premiere year­-round Snowboard, Freeski, Skateboard, and BMX camps under the newly formed We Are Camp, LLC. The strategic partnership draws upon […]

SIA Show Reveals Strength of Women’s Markets, Trends in Ski and Snowboard Apparel, New Directions for Industry

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The month of January, 2014, has been unusually packed with trade shows and snow sporting news. Starting with the naming of the USA snowboarding team, Kelly Clark’s gold win at Winter X Games in Aspen, Sochi Olympics kick-off, Outdoor Retailer Trade Show, and now, followed up by 2014 SIA Snow Show January 30-February 2, in […]

Outdoor Retailer Winter Trade Show Expands Efforts for Diversity, Youth, Plus Why Outdoor Apparel Is Getting More Fashionable

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Story and Photos by Tom Wallace and Kathleen Gasperini The big question is why is the outdoor lifestyle becoming more popular? The jam-packed Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2014 from January 21-24, 2014, in Salt Lake City, UT, was energetic, inspirational, a networking hub, and business-central for a marketplace that seems less effected by the economic […]

Dew Tour Event Added to USSA As Sanctioning Event for Olympic Qualifiers in Snowboarding Halfpipe and Slopestyle and Slopestyle Skiing

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When the winter Olympics rolls around, there’s often been ongoing friction between the sanctioning events for qualification to the Olympics, a USSA Event, and highly regarded events and tours such as the Dew Tour. Athletes unfortunately often have to choose which events to participate in as well as sponsors. However on September 20, 2013, the […]

Challenging Times for Action Sports Continues as GrindMedia Aquires Transworld

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The challenging times and changes for action sports continues with consolidations and sales morphing the industry quickly. From Bonnier Media selling off its Mountain Group division including Ski, Skiing, and Warren Miller, to rumors abounding that ESPN is in the midst of laying off hundreds, to the latest news that the kingpin of action sports […]

Sustainability X Action Sports: Mountain Dew X Burton’s The Green Mountain Project Hits the Market, Plus More from Label Networks’ Sustainability and the State of the Future Youth Culture Study

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When Mountain Dew partnered with Burton Snowboards, last year, during their initial announcement of “The Green Mountain Project,” it marked a big move by a youth culture action sports brand (other than Patagonia) and a drink company to highlight the growing importance of sustainability in today’s marketplace. The project started with a line of hand-crafted, […]

Urban Skiing and Snowboarding—The Next Wave in the Growing Urban Sports Culture

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As the snow sports industry continues to struggle with how to make itself a more eco-friendly business and outdoor technical apparel companies struggle along the same course, some skiers and snowboarders are figuring out ways to make the most of their urban environment, save on the cost of lift tickets, and utilize the local bus […]