The Outdoor Retailer Snow Show got underway Wednesday in Denver.
By combining outdoor companies with snow brands, the show is much more vibrant than when it was only dedicated to snow.
There are so many brands there, however, it’s hard to get around to everyone. We have photos of who we saw on the first day, and we talked with many brand executives. We’ll post those interviews in coming days.
Element's collaboration with Nigel Cabourn is garnering a lot of attention in the fashion world
It was nice to see Element at the show - Dave Rosenberger, Jon Sinko, David Brooks
Element highlighted its project with National Geographic
Skullcandy's Scott Farnsworth and Jessica Klodnicki
Skullcandy showcased the Vert, which hooks on to any kind of helmet, including snow helmets
Milo Myers and Julie Myers of Hanger 94
The always popular Vans waffles
Michel Bilodeau, who leads VF in Canada, and Henry Cosio, king of wholesale in the Americas and Mexico
Dave Nash of Sun Diego, Bob McKnight and Ted Li of Boardriders, Patrick Whinnery of Sun Diego
Nice greenery in the Timberland booth
Nicolas Muller's new signature ThirtyTwo boot
John Gothard of Pura Vida and Bruce Cromartie of BC
Ryan Bachman, Brian Cook and Ashton Maxfield at ThirtyTwo
Aaron Quigley working hard at Von Zipper
The colorful Hydro Flask booth
A meeting area in the Venture Out section. Venture Out is much smaller at the winter show compared to summer.
Brent Futagaki of Neff and Michael Hamabe of Vans
The North Face always has eye-catching booths at trade shows
K2 Sports President John Colonna with Global VP of Marketing Tim Swart
Mikey Leblanc of Holden
Eric Wallis, Patagonia's product line manager for snow
Patagonia is showcasing that 100% of its shells contain recycled material and are Fair Trade certified
Volcom put its key pieces on mannequins on the outside of its booth so more people could see the line
Volcom's outerwear that includes Gore-Tex
Volcom introduced new pieces with Polartec
Volcom's Brent Lantz and Ryan Immegart
Dragon Brand Director Lauren Makofske and Jon Finger
Jim Glik and Jeff Glik of Glik's and Jono Zacharias of 686
Brian Garofalow in his new home at Igloo with Claire Kes and Dan Marriner of Element
Kyle Martin and Kevin Casillo of Vans
Vans has improved its liners and insoles in its snowboarding boots
The BC Surf & Sport team in the Vans booth
David Appel of DC showing the collaboration board with House of Powder
Roxy snow was cranking at the show - Kiki Prince, Nadene Wisely, Sasha Hartloff, Jeff Brusven, Sean Keough
Fran Richards of Hookit, Mark Weber of Billabong, Jon Sinko of Element, Brian Garofalow of Igloo
Element's collaboration with Nigel Cabourn is garnering a lot of attention in the fashion world
It was nice to see Element at the show - Dave Rosenberger, Jon Sinko, David Brooks
Element highlighted its project with National Geographic
Skullcandy's Scott Farnsworth and Jessica Klodnicki
Skullcandy showcased the Vert, which hooks on to any kind of helmet, including snow helmets
Milo Myers and Julie Myers of Hanger 94
The always popular Vans waffles
Michel Bilodeau, who leads VF in Canada, and Henry Cosio, king of wholesale in the Americas and Mexico
Dave Nash of Sun Diego, Bob McKnight and Ted Li of Boardriders, Patrick Whinnery of Sun Diego
Nice greenery in the Timberland booth
Nicolas Muller's new signature ThirtyTwo boot
John Gothard of Pura Vida and Bruce Cromartie of BC
Ryan Bachman, Brian Cook and Ashton Maxfield at ThirtyTwo
Aaron Quigley working hard at Von Zipper
The colorful Hydro Flask booth
A meeting area in the Venture Out section. Venture Out is much smaller at the winter show compared to summer.
Brent Futagaki of Neff and Michael Hamabe of Vans
The North Face always has eye-catching booths at trade shows
K2 Sports President John Colonna with Global VP of Marketing Tim Swart
Mikey Leblanc of Holden
Eric Wallis, Patagonia's product line manager for snow
Patagonia is showcasing that 100% of its shells contain recycled material and are Fair Trade certified
Volcom put its key pieces on mannequins on the outside of its booth so more people could see the line
Volcom's outerwear that includes Gore-Tex
Volcom introduced new pieces with Polartec
Volcom's Brent Lantz and Ryan Immegart
Dragon Brand Director Lauren Makofske and Jon Finger
Jim Glik and Jeff Glik of Glik's and Jono Zacharias of 686
Brian Garofalow in his new home at Igloo with Claire Kes and Dan Marriner of Element
Kyle Martin and Kevin Casillo of Vans
Vans has improved its liners and insoles in its snowboarding boots
The BC Surf & Sport team in the Vans booth
David Appel of DC showing the collaboration board with House of Powder
Roxy snow was cranking at the show - Kiki Prince, Nadene Wisely, Sasha Hartloff, Jeff Brusven, Sean Keough
Fran Richards of Hookit, Mark Weber of Billabong, Jon Sinko of Element, Brian Garofalow of Igloo
Element's collaboration with Nigel Cabourn is garnering a lot of attention in the fashion world
