Greg Johnson And The Snowboard Industry

by The Editors on March 23, 2009

Gregjohnson.JpgGreg Johnson has been lurking around the back door of snowboard contests for more than 20 years with job titles ranging from judge to competition director of the US Open (his most recent gig). The Mountain News checks in with Johnson to get his views on the snowboard industry in the face of global economic collapse.

He said the snowboarding economy has been very strong the past few years, but has, like everything else, shown recent impacts from the global economic downturn. . . “This year snowboarding (competitions) took kind of a big hit, the Air & Style in Europe and the Vail (Honda) Session events didn’t happen based partly on economics,” Johnson said.

Greg is truly one of the nicest guys in snowboarding and we’re glad to see him getting a little coverage.

[Link: Mountain News]

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

Yoshiya Matsuyama May 2, 2009 at 9:39 am

Dear Greg

How’ been ages!
I found your page just now.
Please return the mail.
Do you remember ‘NAGANO’?
How’s doing Jason Daw?
I want to talk about evrything after NAGANO.
I belive we’ll see you again near future.
Now you’re the President of snowboard company?
I still like snowboarding and continue to ride every year.
I’m looking to contacting with you.
See you.

Yoshiya Matsuyama

Hoyt Hottel III May 19, 2017 at 12:11 pm

So sorry for the card that has been dealt here! Greg was awesome and the greatest snowboarders on earth today all know this. Thanks for your contributions to the sport!

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