D is for DENVER
November 16, 2009

The past week, I took a short trip to Denver and Boston for some meetings. The good thing is that Denver is only a two hour flight from LA, then I can take a red eye to the East and in a blink of an eye (or two), I’m there and back for dinner (well kinda). I’m on the board of directors for SIA (Snow Sports Industries America) and we have one last meeting before our big tradeshow in January. This trip to Denver was to finalize a few things as well as meet the people running the city (Pictures of me rubbing elbows with the Mayor or Governor somehow got lost…) For all the snow heads, SIA in Denver is set to go off (I think this is what the blurry picture says)

Downtown Denver has come a long way from back in the day. Next time you’re in town, walk around the city and you’ll see.

Leaves are a-turning

I had breakfast with Steve from Pabst. I’ve known Steve for a minute way back when he was at Airwalk (yeah that shoe company that started it all). From there he had a long run with Red Bull handling Marketing in the West. Today he’s in charge of anything marketing related for the Pabst umbrella company (PBR, Schiltz, Primo, Lone star, Colt 45 and the list goes on…) Besides talking about what’s happening in the beverage world, we rapped about the simple things in life like shredding with the boys to spending time with the fam. Good to hear that working in the liquid nation can keep you still in gear.

BTW, thanks for sponsoring all our gigs

Later in the day, I met up with our 686 extended family member, Dave. Senor Dave has been our rep for Utah and the Rockies for a long time. He’s also one of the best all around guys I’m proud to know. He’s about to open his showroom for the year and he invited me to check out what it will eventually look like. Hi Dave.

With a little imagination, I can picture how things will turn out. Although Dave insists that this entire area will look like nothing I’ve seen. Ok, let's do it.

Speaking about doing it - I had one last establishment to check out in Denver. I think it’s “my duty” to make sure the visitors of the show will enjoy the types of entertainment the city has to offer. I wonder where I am.

Hey Jared (Vans), aren’t you supposed to be cutting down?

Don’t you love it when it's mandatory that certain “employees” must make sure their hands are clean?