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Carving Out a Niche

For years, the founders of Chorus snowboards played backup singers to male hotshots. Now these female athletes are belting out a powerful solo brand -- a snowboard company built for women, by women who are hell-bent on respect.READ»

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Sondra Van Ert

SnowboarderREAD»

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Lesson #1: Never take your equipment as a given

Snowboarding with poles?READ»

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Here's an Idea!

Unit of OneREAD»

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Hard Gear Is Good to Find

Snowboarding's hard and soft sells.READ»

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Shaun White's Business Is Red Hot

His creativity and authenticity kill in the $150 billion youth market.READ»

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Talk Like an 'Air Dog'

A quick reference guide to snowboard language.READ»

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Snowboards Get Sustainable With the Arbor Collective

As winter continues to dump record amounts of snow, sports enthusiasts are salivating at the thought of fresh powder for skiing and snowboarding. And since ski resorts are incredibly vulnerable to climate change, it makes sense that ...READ»

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Shred Ed.

The fastest way down the mountain is on a snowboard. And the fastest way to learn to snowboard is Boone Lennon's revolutionary "Quick Carve System."READ»

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Ski Schools

Most ski areas also offer snowboard instruction. But attending intensive camps is the best way to get a leg up on the steep learning curve.READ»

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Lesson #5: Take control by letting go

Let go of your natural instinct.READ»

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The Business of Being Shaun White [exclusive video]

My cover story on Shaun White was bound to take one of two angles.READ»

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Listen Up!

You can't learn what your customers want if you don't know how to listen to them. And listening smart is harder than it sounds. Here's our crank-up-the-volume guide to building a listening organization.READ»

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YK2?

As we head toward Y2K on skis, snowboards, bikes, and skates, the people at K2 -- a top-of-the-line recreational equipment company -- treat their island headquarters as a totally integrated, indoor-outdoor laboratory.READ»

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The Whip is the Lamborghini of Snowboards

Here's an innovation that Fast Company cover-boy Shaun White might love: A snowboard that overhauls how snowboards are designed. Four years in development, it's just been launched, at a cool price of $1899. Snowboards have always ...READ»

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buxton

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Lesson #4: You learn by succeeding

A crutch can be an incredible time saver.READ»

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Lesson #2: If you lack essential tools, invent them

Tilt the board and it rips.READ»

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Moguls With a Mission

Tim and Diane Mueller are king (and queen) of the mountain. They run one of the country's most admired independent ski areas: a resort with a devoted following that maintains close ties to the community and -- surprise! -- makes money in a notoriously unforgiving business.READ»

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Olympic Uniforms Take Home the Gold in Ugly-Off

We've put in our time lauding the slick and well-designed Olympic uniforms. These are the other ones. Amid the pageantry of competition, a surprising number of athletes trotted, slid, or squatted into the ready position in garb that ...READ»

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What does a red-headed snowboarder have to do with strategic HR management?

Uniqueness, creativity, taking risks, seeing beyond the obvious... READ»

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Less Hulk, More Bruce Lee

The striking power of Michael Jager.READ»

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Winter Magic

An avalanche of industry firsts improve your snowbound fun.READ»

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Visions of Shaun White's Fall '09 Line for Target

A peek into the designs for the second season of Shaun White's clothing line for Target.READ»

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How the Aeron Chair Inspired Burton

How the design of the iconic office chair inspired a breakthough snowboard binding from Burton Snowboards.READ»