RSS FeedInteresting to note a few things: 1) A lot of these companies that skew towards a younger audience were (in many circles) assumed to be more or less impervious to the economic downturn as their audience has a large amount of discretionary income. However, as SouthoftheNorth pointed out earlier, that’s not always the case 2) [...]
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Burton cuts salaries, lays off 5% of workforce
March 25th, 2009 
Justin 
Posted in News 
Tags: burton, burton layoffs, damn this economy, snowboard, snowboarding 
8 Comments »Is our pastime sustainable?
March 24th, 2009 Justin Your skis are killing you, and your snowboard is killing the environment. Bold statement or understatement? Take a minute and think about your kit and the toxins used in the creation of it. The resins in your core contains VOCs. Your wax has PFCs, the production of which requires PFOA. Clothing dyes, waterproof laminates, metal [...]
Posted in News, Off-topic Tags: burton, dinosaurs>palin, environmental impact, green, is greenwashing the new black, lib tech, purl, ski, skiing, snowboard, snowboarding, venture 1 Comment »
