November 17, 2000

Free-ride ski attire more in style this year

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BOULDER ? As the ski season gets under way, many local manufacturers and retailers of ski attire are predicting what some of the hot, new trends will be.

David Jacobs, president and founder of Boulder-based Spyder Active Sports Inc., which designs and markets high-end, high performance ski clothing and accessories, said he expects anything from Venom, Spyder’s fastest-growing collection, to be popular this year.

Venom is designed for extreme or free-ride skiing. The line caters to 15 to 25 year olds, but it also can be worn by older skiers who aren’t into extreme skiing, Jacobs said.

One thing that…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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