K2
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K2 Donates $25k To SOS Outreach
Transworld Business &bull Feb 2, 2012
Youth from SOS Outreach join Anthony De Rocco of K2 Sports, SOS Founder Arn Menconi, David Ingemie of SIA and Mary Jo Tarrallo from Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month to celebrate K2's significant donation to SOS Outreach. The SIA… Full Story »
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BMW M and K2 Join to Develop Limited Edition Ski
ABC of Skiing News Feed &bull Jan 17, 2012Irvine BMW is excited to confirm, BMW M has joined forces with K2 to design a limited edition version of the K2 SideShow Model Ski: the K2 LTD. BMW M Design Edition. The design of this special edition was inspired… Full Story »
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Steamboat Local wins K2 Skis' Build Your Own Boards Contest
Unofficial Andes &bull Jan 6, 2012
Noah defeated finalist Gavin Rudy by a margin of 54% - 46%. As his prize, Noah will be flown to K2 headquarters in Seattle, WA, hang with a K2 pro for a day and hand-build a K2 ski of his… Full Story »
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K2 SideKick Skis
GEAR.com &bull Dec 29, 2011
New for the 2011/2012 season, the K2 SideKick is just wider than the GotBacks (102 underfoot), but not as wide as any of the twin-tipped team skis, like the MissDirected (117 underfoot). A member of k2s Backside Adventure series, the Sidekick became my primary backcountry ski for the beginning of the season. After a few months of skiing it, here's my… Full Story »
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- backcountry
- K2
- POW
- Ski
- Skis
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Windells Academy Enlists Sports Psychology Institue Northwest
Transworld Business &bull Dec 7, 2011
MOUNT HOOD, OR - December 2011 - Windells Academy is teaming with Sports Psychology Institute Northwest on a newly launched program for its student athletes. Portland-based Sports Psychology Institute's program is designed to give Windells student athletes the tools to improve their mental approach to sports and… Full Story »
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Supreme FKS!
Rossignol &bull Nov 8, 2011
The legendary FKS binding was present on may podiums las season! Please find below a summary of all the results: Half pipe final Wordcup La Plagne X-Games 15 Superpipe Men : 1er Kevin Rolland (Rossignol) Superpipe Women : 3eme Roz… Full Story »
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In For Review- K2 SideKick Skis and Trim to Fit Skins
GEAR.com &bull Nov 6, 2011
Just as it's started dumping up here in Alaska, new toys from K2 have arrived, begging to be skied! The K2 SideKick will be my primary backcountry ski this season. I'll be mounting them with the new Dynafit Radical STs,… Full Story »
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Sweet Video From K2 Canada to Get Your Winter Stoke Going
Unofficial Andes &bull Oct 22, 2011
Better Daze Episode 1 was released a few days ago from the boys at K2 just in time to start getting your winter stoke going. The video itself is pretty sick, basically it follows Belzile, Kuzyk, and Cartwright on a… Full Story »
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London's Ski & Snowboard Show opens today
Ski & Skiing News - Daily Local Ski News &bull Oct 19, 2011Watch the UK's best riders in action at the K2 Highest Ollie Tournament or on the Trespass Hip Kicker. If you fancy some action yourself, try your hand at snowtubing or the Aosta rodeo. New for 2011, the Pierre &… Full Story »
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- K2
- Ski
- snowy
- Piste
- Ski season
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London's Ski & Snowboard Show now open
Ski & Skiing News - Daily Local Ski News &bull Oct 19, 2011Watch the UK's best riders in action at the K2 Highest Ollie Tournament or on the Trespass Hip Kicker. If you fancy some action yourself, try your hand at snowtubing or the Aosta rodeo. New for 2011, the Pierre &… Full Story »
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Topics:
- K2
- Ski
- snowy
- Piste
- Ski season
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evo Launches First Winter Sports Catalog
Transworld Business &bull Oct 18, 2011
Seattle-based action-sports retailer, evo, announces a mega consumer catalog set to distribute over 300,000 print copies. This is the first winter sports consumer catalog evo has ever created. The catalog was released earlier this week, and showcases this season's best… Full Story »
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San Francisco Ski & Snowboard Festival Nov. 5, 6
Ski & Skiing News - Daily Local Ski News &bull Oct 13, 2011SnowBomb will be hosting their fourth annual San Francisco Ski & Snowboard Festival on Saturday, Nov. 5 and Sunday, Nov. 6 in San Francisco, Calif. The event brings winter sports enthusiasts in the Bay Area together to check out booths… Full Story »
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Silicon Valley Ski & Snowboard Festival Nov. 12, 13
Ski & Skiing News - Daily Local Ski News &bull Oct 13, 2011SnowBomb will be hosting their fourth annual Silcon Valley Ski & Snowboard Festival on Saturday, Nov. 12 and Sunday, Nov. 13 in Santa Clara, Calif. The event brings winter sports enthusiasts in the Bay Area together to check out booths… Full Story »
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SnowBomb's Ski/Snowboard Film Festival in SF
Transworld Business &bull Oct 4, 2011
The fourth iteration of SnowBomb's ski and snowboard film festival is right around the corner. This ski/wine/board/brew festival will return to the Bay area, bringing together some of the biggest names in the snow industry while showcasing some of the most coveted shred flicks of the season. TGR's One For The Road and MSP's Attack Of La Nina will premiere, while… Full Story »
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K2 to Launch Rolling Stones Skis
Ski & Skiing News - Daily Local Ski News &bull Sep 28, 2011Feel like you can't get no "Satisfaction" until ski season? Are you feeling "Shattered" with your skiing "Love in Vain"? Well, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" but K2 and The Rolling Stones are giving you what you need-The… Full Story »
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- K2
- Ski
- Skis
- Ski season
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K2 Revival Ski
SteepandCheap.com &bull Sep 22, 2011
Leave the constraints of the shore behind when you set out on the Caddis Nevada Gold Float Tube with Rod Holder. A fly-fisher's dream, the Nevada Gold lets you flank your prey and place your fly in places where wader-fishers… Full Story »
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New K2 Sports CEO De Rocco Shares Snowboard Strategies
Transworld Business &bull Aug 25, 2011
K2 announced on Monday, August 22 that Anthony De Rocco would be succeeding Robert Marcovitch as president & CEO of K2 Sports, following Marcovitch's move to the same role at fellow Jarden brand, The Coleman Company. De Rocco joined the K2 team in 1990 as a designer and has a mechanical engineering background. By 1994 he became the manager of snowboard development before becoming VP of all winter sports in 1997, which was a great lead in to understanding both… Full Story »
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Ski Technology Explainer
Ski & Skiing News - Daily Local Ski News &bull Aug 19, 2011It's been nearly a decade since the late, great big-mountain skier Shane McConkey introduced his Volant Spatula ski, effectively turning alpine equipment design on its head. Snow, and especially powder, are just waves of frozen water, McConkey reasoned, so why not build skis shaped like the hull of a ship? By dramatically "reversing the camber" in the tip and tail of the Spatula (and later even more dramatically with the K2 Pontoon ski), McConkey found a way to increase floatation and maneuverability for skiers in deep snow. Today rocker is employed in everything… Full Story »
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Business of Snow Interview: Tim Petrick
Ski & Skiing News - Daily Local Ski News &bull Aug 16, 2011In a sport where most icons are known for their on-snow feats, Tim Petrick has established himself as one of skiing's most influential people without winning a gold medal or logging a film segment. Over the last three decades, Petrick has risen done everything from teaching skiing to holding VP titles at companies including K2, Olin Skis and Booth Creek ski resorts. He's currently the President of Rossignol North America, where he's trying to return one of the world's legendary ski brands to the top of the global market. This is the first installment of our Business of Snow Series,… Full Story »
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America's Oldest Snow Shop Partners With Shopatron
Transworld Business &bull Jul 6, 2011
New Hampshire-based Lahout's has been family-owned and -operated for more than 80 years, and have recently announced that it will bring the shop online. The multi-door snow-specific retailer has formed a new partnership with Shopatron.com, allowing them to broaden their… Full Story »
