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Make sure to visit a Head Snowboard dealer near you for the best riding gear and equipment for this winter's snowboard season. Visit their stores and visit them online.

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SIA Show in Las Vegas Preview 2008 – 09 Ski and Snowboard Product

The annual ski and snowboard pilgrimage to the City of Sin in the desert has come and gone at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. For 4 days and nights the equipment and apparel companies introduce and woo the retailers with the hot new goods for next year. Lots of parties with the top athletes, models, plenty of booze for everyone’s taste.

What’s hot and worth taking a good look at for next year:? Maybe it is clothing with built in heating elements. One company we saw first at the Salt Lake City Outdoor Retailer Show was Adventure Action Gear. The product had a cleaner and more polished presentation than others companies vieing to break into this new product niche.

Knee Binding – this new innovative binding promises to flat out revolutionize alpine bindings. Look for more details at www.kneebinding.com. The early promotional tag is - "Knee-friendly." Proven. Claims of lateral heel release, without pre-release. Having had a total of 7 knee and ankle surgeries I look forward to seeing this binding in the market. Stay tuned as we find out more.

We will report more as the first prototypes are available but they promise to make certain injuries obsolete with a new release mechanism to assist backward release falls.

The biggest after Vegas story was on the apparel side on the business. Pre show there were rumors of something big happening with Spyder Clothing, as we go to the show nothing had been announced. Then this past week the word was released that Spyder had in fact purchased Cloudveil out of Jackson Hole. It will be interesting to see how they are able to grow this brand and stay true to its specialty and technical core. Can they take Cloudveil the next level and approach a Marmot in terms of size and market reach?

The mood was update given there has been snow across the country in a manner that has not happened for at least 2 decades. It clearly demonstrated the ski and snowboard industry needs snow more than a good economy. Not only were the ski and snowboard companies reporting a good year but snowshoe, nordic and backcountry companies all have had a good winter. What this means for the consumer is do not expect a large selection of closeouts in the summer sales.

With most companies selling their inventory clean there were much less deals available for retailers who specialize in offering these discounted deals on skis and snowboards. The new product sure looks appealing. On the ski side it keeps looking like the specialty boutique brands started by the likes of Armada, Line, Goode and others are continuing to eat market share from the larger more established brands. Twin tips are reported as the fastest growing category of ski and performance ladies skis are also a growing market.

Check out some of the photos in the photo gallery from the various booths and around the SIA show. Lots of color, fashion and excitement abounds in the ski and snowboard industry.

Hot Deals on Gear - Skis, Snowboards, Clothing, Cycling and Outdoor Gear

With the stretch run of the holiday shopping season upon us now is the time to make sure to shop the Mountain Sports Club shop to get the very best deals and discounts on this year's top gear.

Below are just some of the hot deals we are seeing from our shop partners:

Rebel Board Sports - one of the best selections on Burton Snowboards, clothing and Accessories. Burton is often hard to find online and these guys have a huge selection of the best Burton gear for this year.



Each year Transworld Snowboard Magazine announces the best boards as desginated by their staff of pros and writers. They receive the designation of Good Wood. Below is a link to shop these sweet boards for this season.



Ski Chalet has been awarded Retailer of the year on several occasions and now keeps us updated with their deal of the week.



Sun and Ski with stores in 6 states has prepared a series of Gift Guides to make it easy for you to shop and get the right gear within your budget.



Skiers Peak specializes in race gear and now offers members several coupons for savings on your shopping.

Mountain Chalet has hard to find vintage posters and sweet items for your mountain house or chalet. Now save $15 on any purchase of $75 or more.

Helmets anyone? Protect the brain bucket. Broken brains do not heal like bones. The folks at LDM helmets started the helmet rage over decade ago. They know helmets better than anyone. To make it even easier on your budget , now save 20% on this years sweet lids and helmets for skiing, riding adults and kids.

Need Cycling gear? The folks at Jenson USA guarantee the best price on all your cycling gear. Now the have a sereis of red hot gift deals every day till Christmas.

Rebel Board Sports Launches and Offers Special MSC Deal

On May Day, May 1 2007, Rebel Board Sports launched their new online store. This new online only retailer includes great deals and selection from all the top brands.

Purchase gear, snowboards, wakeboards, and clothing from the likes of Burton, Roxy, Billabong, Smith and more. Mountain Sports members Save 10% on thier initial purchase made by June 30, 2007. Click on this store links and proceed to store. Use promotion code MSC2007 during checkout to redeem your shopping discount.