The Outdoor + Snow Show got underway Wednesday in Denver with both the snow and outdoor communities under the same roof, which led to an energetic first day on the show floor.
The early snow in many parts of the world meant that many brands and retailers are having a solid season, so the mood was positive in many booths.
We had lots of great conversations with brands leaders, and we will post those interviews soon.
In the meantime, here are photos from the first day of the show.
Andre Dallaire, Ryan Immegart and Todd Hymel of Volcom
Former Electric CEO at Outdoor Retailer in January with the new Volcom goggles
Never Summer Founders and Owners Tim Canaday and Tracey Canaday. Retailers tell us they love how Never Summer supports core stores.
Whitney Quade, Chris Harris, and Mary Lenefsky of Never Summer. We had a great interview with Chris, the Marketing Director, that we will post soon.
Hydro Flask GM Scott Allan, who is, sadly, retiring. He has been great to SES, and we will miss him.
Brent Sandor, Mike West and Jono Zacharias of 686
The important Empire account from Montreal reviewing the 686 line
Mike West of 686 with Rep of the Year Dave Graves
Domonique Checkwood of Stance
Vuori CEO Joe Kudla - Vuori is absolutely on fire
DC debuted its Step On boot in collaboration with Burton
Shannan North of Billabong, Josh Hansen of Hansen's, Chad Mitchell and Jason Shelton of Billabong
Jim Glik of Glik's and Alan Kissell of Hydro Flask
Mark Miller, now with Global Brands Group, and Marlene Moreno of Zappos
Eric Wallis of Patagonia with new backcountry touring product
Patagonia passed out food samples from its food line
Tristan Queen and Chad Foreman of Arcade, which is growing fast in belts
Brian Farias of Farias Surf & Sport, Paul Danchak of Volcom, and Jesse Westmacott of Farias
Eric Carlson of Smith
Boardriders Americas President Nate Smith with David Brooks at Outdoor Retailer in January, 2020.
Deanna Nazari of Salty Peaks, Brent Lantz of Volcom and Dennis Nazari of Salty Peaks
Money folks were in the house - Joseph Husband and Andrew Colmar of Intrepid Investment Banking, Maria Contino of factoring company Rosenthal & Rosenthal, and Marvin Padilla of Intrepid
Robert O'Quinn of OR, Paul Myers and Mike Montemurro of Carve Eyewear
Brian White of NRI and D Nachnani of Coastal Edge
The colorful Rumpl booth in the Venture Out section of the show
The eye-catching Polartec booth
The Patagonia booth was very busy
