{"id":804023,"date":"2020-02-10T12:14:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T19:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=378611"},"modified":"2020-02-10T12:14:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T19:14:21","slug":"summit-recreation-shops-return-full-handed-from-outdoor-retailer-show-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-recreation-shops-return-full-handed-from-outdoor-retailer-show-in-denver\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit recreation shops return full-handed from Outdoor Retailer show in Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Inside the Colorado Convention Center on Jan. 30 at the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show. <\/strong>
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FRISCO \u2014 From Jan. 29-31, local recreation and outdoor gear stores descended on Denver for the annual Outdoor Retailer Snow Show<\/a>. The show is packed with brands showcasing their products, and Summit County shop owners and managers go to make the bulk of their purchasing for the upcoming season. <\/p>\n

\u201cOutdoor Retailer is the time that we go to look at hard gear,\u201d said Alex Spectorsky, retail buyer for Wilderness Sports, referring to gear like skis and snowboards. \u201cWe do some preshows that get us soft goods, and then Outdoor Retailer really focuses on these high-dollar, high-quantity brands that we don\u2019t necessarily get to see as much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spectorsky explained that with a combination of locals, visitors and second-home owners, gear shops in the county don\u2019t have a specific consumer to focus on and have to be smart about what gear the store buys. In order to do this, he goes into the meetings he has set up with brands with a clear idea of what he wants to see. <\/p>\n

While Wilderness Sports is typically a backcountry-focused shop and carries mostly splitboards rather than traditional snowboards, Spectorsky said they are planning to bring some powder snowboards in next season. He said the team also came across an eyewear company called Bliz that makes a specialized type of sunglasses for the backcountry. Spectorsky said he carries more unique products and brands like Bliz because the store is surrounded by chain gear stores and unique products helps Wilderness Sports stand out.<\/p>\n

At Pioneer Sports, General Manager Brent Ford said that while he doesn\u2019t feel ski technology hasn\u2019t changed much in the past five years, he did find a new ski boot that he plans to use for rentals.<\/p>\n

\u201cSkis have been fine tuned over the last few years,\u201d Ford said. \u201cI\u2019ve found the fleet of skis that I\u2019m going to use for the next several years. I did find a rear-entry boot from Nordica that they\u2019ve redone, and I think I\u2019m going to bring it in. I think that will be our niche item that other shops aren\u2019t going to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Casey Snyder, owner of Wild Ernest Sports, also attended the show and said he sticks to what he knows at the often-overwhelming expo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were a lot of people, a lot of different vendors,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cI\u2019ve kind of stuck to what\u2019s working for me, so I didn\u2019t really explore the newer vendors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snyder said the brands he typically works with are Oakley, Billabong, Smartwool and Rossignol.<\/p>\n

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Inside the Colorado Convention Center on Jan. 30 at the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show. Outdoor Retailer \/ Facebook FRISCO \u2014 From Jan. 29-31, local recreation and outdoor gear stores descended on Denver for the annual Outdoor Retailer Snow Show. The show is packed with brands showcasing their products, and Summit County shop owners and managers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-804023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-23 05:06:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}