We found this kid behind a trash can at the entrance of the Mandalay Bay last night at 7:30 PM. Still rocking his badge, he had his flask in one hand, a Tecate in the other and his pants down around his knees. Makes us remember our first SIA Show and the two words an old snowboard rep told us: “pace yourself.”
For the record: he was still breathing (and moving) when we left him.
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Wasserman Media’s action agent Circe Wallace rolled out her new Circe Snow line of sophisticated outerwear for women to an intimate group of friends and retailers on the 62nd floor of The Hotel in Las Vegas last night.
Circe says she dreamed the line up after doing a deal for Travis Rice. “This whole thing came about because I did a deal for Travis Rice with Quiksilver,” she said. “I told Travis I wanted a signing bonus and I told him I wanted a Chanel one-piece ski suit but I couldn’t find one anywhere.”
After looking around for what was available for a more sophisticated snowboard customer Circe discovered that there really was nothing out there that she really wanted to wear. “I was going to make my own pattern and then I decided why not make something fun and fabulous for every one my age,” Circe said. “And from that spawned the idea of an interchangable adornment system.”
The line is made up three basic pieces: pant, jacket, and a one-piece suit. And they come in only two mix and matchable colors: champagne and black. “I’m all about the one piece,” she said. “I don’t think a women should ride in anything else ever. You can make a snow angel and it’s all good. Back gap is bad for girls.”
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Welcome to our first grab bag of photos from day one at the 2009 SIA Trade Show. For the entire gallery follow the jump and click on through. To see the images at full size just click them and they’ll blow up. . . To get back to the index page click the headline.
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New Balance Lifestyle GM Joe Casagrande, Jeremy Davis, and 686’s Mike West.
Mike West and the crew at 686 invited their people to Mandalay Bay’s Rum Jungle for an evening celebrating their recent collaboration with New Balance. Follow the jump for more photos.
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With all the rumor mongering going on about Quiksilver selling this or being bought by that, it is interesting to see that there is at least one analyst out there who is still rating Quiksilver a buy thanks to the company eliminating 200 jobs and a possible debt restructuring in February.
However, KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Brandon J. Ferro said the news means “an outright sale of Quiksilver or one of its brands is much less likely now than it was when we initiated coverage in early December 2008, as it helps to indicate the Company has made significant progress in resolving near-term liquidity issues.”
We really don’t know who to believe at this point.
[Link: MSNBC]
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It’s been available to team riders for years, but now Sole Tech is rolling out a full outerwear line in “finer snowboard shops next winter.” And we hope there are a few of them left in this economy (rim shot, please).
“ThirtyTwo saw a need for something different in the snowboard outerwear market, outerwear that guys want to wear again – no man-jamas or aspiring fashion models here. I feel that our outwear line listens to the call from those guys,” said Brad Alband, ThirtyTwo sales and design manager. “The line takes its inspiration from classic outdoor gear and this theme is reflected across the color palette of the collection.”
We haven’t seen the line but we’re looking forward to doing that just as soon as we get to Vegas; and that should be any hour now.
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Last night when we said that Tuesday January 27, 2009 was “bring a box to work day” at Quiksilver we had no idea that so many boxes would be required.
Now that we’ve seen the press release on the Quiksilver site we better understand what was meant when we were told “the list is so long Bob doesn’t even want to look at the names.”
The company will eliminate 200 positions as part of the plan, including a reduction-in-force of approximately 150 employees which is expected to account for roughly one-third of the annual cost reductions. Quiksilver expects to record a charge of approximately $5 million in its first fiscal quarter as a result of these actions. . . Robert B. McKnight, Jr., commented, “All levels of our organization are affected by these actions as nearly 20 percent of the employees involved in the reduction hold manager-level titles or higher.
Now it sounds more like “bring a box to work week.” The worst part of all of this is that most of the people going to work tomorrow at Quiksilver have no idea if or when they will be called into HR, laid off, and given an exit interview.
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Fall Line Films epic snowboard movie Snowboarders in Exile has been liberated by the fiends at VBS.tv. Thanks to Vice, we can all reminisce and enjoy Damian Sanders, Steve Graham, Dave Seoane, and others in all their day-glow glory right here on the web; in its entirety. Jerry Dugan should be proud. To see what Jerry (and others) thinks about the film now click here.
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Wouldn’t you know it: right when everyone is packing to head to the desert (i.e. Las Vegas for SIA) Mammoth gets the best dump of new snow it’s had all season.
A massive winter storm pounded Mammoth Mountain, dumping nearly five feet of fresh snow at Main Lodge in the last four days. . . . After unseasonably warm temperatures earlier this month, this storm delivered exactly what Mammoth needed. Although it was a warm storm, precipitation was all snow at Main Lodge (elevation 8,953ft). On Saturday, temperatures dropped significantly and by Monday morning when the skies cleared, temperatures were down in the teens, leaving . . . snowboarders with a perfect bluebird powder day.
Damn you, mother nature.
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We apparently live in caring times as more and more professional snowboarders are using their notoriety to help raise money for charitable causes, according to a Jason Blevins story in the Denver Post.
Steve Fisher promotes prostate cancer awareness, Andreas Wiig helps out a Boys and Girls Club in California; Kelly Clark set up a scholarship program for snowboarders who hope to attend a mountain school; Hannah Teter is supporting a small African village; and Gretchen Bleiler donates money for global-warming education and products made of recycled and recyclable materials.
And what is X Games slayer Shaun White doing to give back? We don’t know because it wasn’t mentioned in this story.
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