I wanted to share a few thoughts about thursdays trip to Sunday River. I thought the trip to Sunday was awesome. Being a senior I'm faced with the challenge of finding a salary job after I graduate this may at age 21. I really enjoyed being able to meet with vendors of the many different products and brands used in the Ski Resort Industry.
I met with Mike Kichenstein, President of Ramp skis and snowboards. Ramp is based out of the west coast. There business message is simple, provide recreational skiers and snowboarders with consumer direct products. All Ramp products are sold through it's website. I thought the skis and boards that Mike and his assistant brought were pretty cool. I really enjoyed the base graphics, which sported an all natural look and feel. As far as board specs goes, I wasn't able to find out a lot of technology that was used in each model snowboard. I have been riding Burton boards for quite sometime now solely for the reason that I can buy new models for very cheap being a level II instructor, but I haven't been impressed with the structural quality of their equipment since the company began to outsource it's entire board line to over seas. I plan on keeping in contact with Ramp to try and acquire a pro-form for one of their park boards.
Sunday River was an awesome trip! I can't wait to meet even more venders throughout my career in the ski resort industry. I will put up more posts about other venders I met at the expo tomorrow.
Goodnight all!
I also met Mike Kichenstein from Ramp skiis and snowboards. I agree, their graphics are really awesome and unique. They really have a natural earthy feel to them which i love. I am actually going to purchase the tumble wheat board they had on display at the show because i fell in love with it. Mike also told me that they could give us a group discount for ski-ride club if we wanted it. That would be pretty awesome and save us a lot of money!
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