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Once there was a time when there were no specific skis or boards for women! Pretty crazy when you think about it, since many of the best and most creative riders on the hill are in fact the girls. Like the way things usually happen, once it started happening it went wild and women’s specific skis and boards were selling like crazy. But then, a funny thing happened. In an effort to out-market and out-communicate each other, the companies developed all kinds of philosophies on what women

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Remember the days when ski shapes were so much alike they all looked like skinny straight pencils? At that time snowboards were a lot more innovative, they had shape and when you railed them they carved amazing turns. It made me forget about skiing and just ride for about 10 years. The skis got boring and boards were really fun.

Look at what’s happening now! The snowboards are still incredibly innovative, there is every kind of camber you can imagine

Now that we’re almost in December, it’s Go Time.  A ton of areas are opening with record numbers in snowfall. Jackson Hole just opened wall-to-wall this last weekend, one of their biggest opening days of all times! This year the snow-gods are in our favor (in the west anyway). Let’s just hope it keeps up! Hopefully the white fluffy stuff will soon make it to you, East Coasters. Until then you can slice up the white-ribbon-of-death with the Read More

As President of RAMP it has been incredibly fun and exciting to develop a completely new product line of skis and boards starting from scratch. I have worked in the ski industry the last 34 years - as a factory worker making skis, a tech rep, sales rep, sales manager and VP of sales and marketing - and one of the most frustrating things was that we were always having to work around what we already had. New trends are always coming, and particularly over the last 10 years they have been

We made it back from wrapping things up at the Boston Ski and Snowboard Expo. The show was great, excitement levels were high and we had a blast! A couple highlights of the show were hanging out with Donna Weinbrecht and Ross Powers and of course spreading the word about RAMP!

Thanks for making it out to the Boston and Denver shows, we look forward to seeing you again on snow!

If you got your photo taken with Donna or Ross, you can check them out at

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We are so excited to be bringing you the pre-launch of the new RAMP Skis and Boards next week!!!  Come check us out at the Denver Show November 5-7 at the Colorado Convention Center and then in Boston November 11-14 at the Seaport World Trade Center.  We'll be giving away Skis, Boards, Concert Tickets, Lift Ticket Deals and other prizes.  Come learn how to become a RAMP Rep and get our RAMP Bro Deal.  We'll be psyched to see you there.