British Snowboarder Jake Terry Aims to Emulate Olympic Success on Junior Freeride World Tour
After Jenny Jones’ tremendous success at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, interest in snowboarding in the UK has never been higher. With three top 10 finishes in the slopestyle, there’s clearly plenty of talent in the UK, but not all of it is in the Olympic events. Jake Terry – up and coming junior snowboarder...
The North Face build strong marketing platform for launch of Steep Series range
While out in Chamonix last week at the Freeride World Tour, Skipedia took the opportunity to interview Anders Ollgaard, Brand Manager Action Sports EMEA from The North Face. The company’s long term mission is “to become the global leader in snowsport apparel”. With that in mind, 98% of their winter collection has changed for 2013/14...
GoPro move European marketing forward with Freeride World Tour sponsorship
While in Chamonix last week attending the Freeride World Tour, Skipedia caught up with Philip Schlosser, Resort and Sports Coordinator for GoPro in Europe. Why has GoPro sponsored the Freeride World Tour? We want to be present in all our core verticals, and snowsports is our main market in Europe. The Freeride...