A much smaller OR Snow Show got underway Wednesday in Denver with a confluence of events impacting attendance, including the rise of Omnicron, which led to last minute cancellations, and the absence of many snow hardgoods brands.
Several of the brands we talked to who were at the show told us while there weren’t as many buyers, they did end up having meetings with a few key retailers and/or picked up new accounts. According to the OR team, retailers who did attend the first day of the show included Public Lands, Scheels, Free People, Glik’s, Farias Surf & Sport, Gear Coop, Boot Barn, Sun Diego, Clearwater Outdoors and more.
The morning started slow, but the aisles grew busier in the afternoon. We have lots of photos below.
The Venture Out section for newer brands had energy
Weston Snowboards Owner Leo Tsuo
Lots of action at the Weston booth during the day
Brooke Ruble, Sean Eno and Nate Dumais of Weston Snowboards
Kharma Vella and Cape Capener of Poler
The Poler/Burton collaboration
Poler is back and we hear it is doing well at retail
Buyers at the Kavu booth
Kathryn Strasle and Barry Barr of Kavu
Puffin drink koozies
The Puffin booth was consistantly busy
Puffin Co-Founders Byron Linton and Christina Linton
The BN3TH crew at OR - Aubrey Dilatush, Zach Boon, Matt Keenan, Vince Ho and Michael Loughlin
Elastic Founder Josh Reddin, Shaheen Sadeghi and Lindsay McGee of Seed People's Market and Sean Smith of Elastic
Dustin Smith and Bryan Wiertzema of Sun Bum
Adrienne Belk of Surf Expo and Nick Sargent of SIA in the Hyatt lobby
A showing at Outerknown
Katelyne Dimalanta, Colin Hunter and Amelia Renaud of Outerknown
The Oakley booth
Vinny McComb, Kyle Adams, Martha Daley, Shana Froehling, Taylor Gordon and Sarah Deleonibus of Locale
OR Show Director Marisa Nicholson with Lance Pinn of Brooklyn Boulders
Giacomo Bastonero of Kask, Marty Carrigan and Dave Rosenberger of Global Sales Guys and Arthur Jallas of Samaya, which makes high end tents that were up for an Innovation Award
Joe Hodnicki and Brandon Briones of Jetty with Jim Glik of Glik's
Thread Founder and CEO Colby Bauer
Chris Vaday and Shane Wallace of Dakine Equipment with Jeremy Schluntz of Temeka
Joe Hodnicki and Cory Higgins of Jetty with Jesse Westmacott of Farias Surf & Sport
Scott Peller and Brandon Carlile of Sunski
Chad Lebeau and Ben Herbert of Faherty
Jillian Leeman and Byron Bergsto of Brixton walked the show
Hans Linna, Brooke Kaplan and Bobbi Bensman of Darn Tough Vermont
Nick Green, Carter Katz and Brad Alband of Autumn and Patrick Whinnery of Sun Diego
The Autumn booth
Brian Defouw of Confluence Kayaks and Marty Carrigan of Global Sales Guys
Former Smith President Ned Post with Eric Carlson of Otis
Joakim Noren and Klara Edhag of Cake electric motorcycles
The Cake booth
Chad Crites, Eddie Doyle and Eric Carlson of Otis Eyewear
Erik Ecklund, Greg Osthus and Nick Bachman of Sanuk
Ikon Pass went big at the entrance to the show
The second side of the Ikon display
Michael Loughlin of BN3TH and Robert O'Quinn of OR
Empty space on the floor
The Free People Movement booth
The area of the floor that showcased the finalists of the Innovation Awards was busy
The Bass Outdoor booth
