Spyder Active Sports reportedly for sale

BOULDER – Ski-clothing manufacturer Spyder Active Sports Inc. reportedly is being put up for sale for as much as $150 million, according to the New York Post.

Owner Apax Partners, a New York-based private-equity firm, has retained Blackstone Group to look for a potential buyer, according to the newspaper. Apax spokeswoman Georgiana Brunner said Monday that her firm “can’t comment on market speculation about our partners.”

Officials at Boulder-based Spyder and the Blackstone Group did not return calls Monday morning requesting comments.

Apax acquired a controlling interest in Spyder in 2004 for about $100 million.

Founder David Jacobs started the company in 1978…