The locking system allows the Wheat Ridge company to produce its newest iteration of splitboards – snowboards that split into ski shapes, so a rider can easily manage mountains in the backcountry.
Oz Snowboards locks down splitboard patent
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Spin and barre studio swoops into Union Station storefront
A New York spinning gym wants to clip into the Denver market with a lease on the ground floor of a 17th Street apartment complex.
Utah brand adding 3 gyms to metro Denver
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, the company is pushing into the Front Range with outposts in former grocery stores in Denver, Centennial and Westminster.
Bound by wheelchair, drone pilot plans Patagonia road trip
Kirk Williams, like many Coloradans, is outfitting a van. But he has particular requirements beyond four-wheel drive and a bunk for sleeping.
Colorado RV maker unveils $1.5M rig; reclaimed wood floors and washer/dryer
Yours for $1.5 million: one of the most rugged – and refined – camping rigs ever to travel the Earth.
Local fitness chain adds 2 outposts; pushes into the high country
Endorphin has opened a yoga and barre studio on South Broadway, and soon will make its first trek into the high country.
Outdoors retailer debuts its first independent product
The Basecamp Journal, which reached its Indiegogo crowdfunding goal this month, is a first for the 1-year-old shop on Tennyson Street.
Outdoorsy Boulder coffee brand bags $1M in VC
The instant coffee startup plans to make hires, release new flavors and market its products at more outdoors festivals and events.
Is that skier wearing snowboard boots?
The “Frankenboot” is alive! For more than three years, Chris Schroeder and his father Mike have tinkered with an invention that lets skiers lace up snowboard boots –warmer and comfier than their more rigid cousin the ski boot – and then click into a pair of skis. Golden-based Envy Snow Sports has manufactured 2,000 ski… Read more »
Breckenridge firm takes first run at surf-inspired skis
A 10-year-old ski brand is beta launching a new model based on the physics of a surf board.
