For the last 17 years as part of working in the Snowboard and wintersports industry (in addition to our little furniture project) I have made the annual pilgrimage to Lost Wages for the Snowsports Industries of America show. Last week was the last SIA show in Las Vegas as it is now moving to Denver.
The gathering of our tribe over the years and the memories of the show in Las Vegas will be hard to top in Denver. But the industry will be much closer to the mountians and the snow so that should be pretty cool instead of spending a week in the desert and a smoke filled casino.
Some memories that come directly to mind -
1997 - getting hit by a car that ran a red light as I skateboarded across Paradise to the 7-11 just across the street from the Las Vegas convention center (That for sure took one, maybe 2 of my 9 lives...)
1992 - 1994 The Snowboard Ghetto as we so affectionetly refered to by our Ski industry "Colleagues". Of course we called the Ski section of the show "The Library..."
The AVN show taking place at the Hilton the same dates as the SIA show. WOW, those were some fun times!
"Smoke" billowing from the windows of Yellow Bus Snowboards and the resulting pizza deliveries. Before they got kicked out of the show.
Rail Jams at the Hard Rock
The Circle Bar at the hard rock and The Round Bar at the Las Vegas Hilton well before the HRH was even built...
Too many good times to list here but check out some of these sites for a recap of shows past and some good stuff.
Shay Boarder.com
The Tackedlbox
Yo Beat
Take it way back with Sacklunch
Transworld Biz
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