Salomon Snowboards is a category of Salomon Group

Salomon Group

The Salomon Group is a sports equipment manufacturing company that originated in Annecy, France. The company was started in 1947 by François Salomon and his wife and son. In 1997 it became part of the Adidas group. On 2 May 2005, Adidas-Salomon announced that it had agreed to sell the Salomon...

. Marketing for Salomon Snowboards is based in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, near Mt. Hood, while design and development takes place at the base of the French Alps

French Alps

The French Alps are those portions of the Alps mountain range which stand within France, located in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions....

, in Annecy, France. Salomon Snowboards produces a full line of hardgoods for men, women and children including snowboards, bindings, and boots .

History

Salomon released their first snowboard in 1997 after several years of development. The first board featured a simple single-color topsheet graphic and advanced technologies adopted from the resources of the ski experts. The company built a strong team of pro riders including Daniel Frank and Michelle Taggert.

In 2007 Salomon Snowboards hosted their first annual Backyard Bang rail jam in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. The contest aimed to bring backyard snowboarding into the city. Salomon’s Backyard Bang has since expanded globally to include contests in Denver

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

, Tahoe

Tahoe

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, and Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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In 2008 the Salomon SickStick snowboard won the Volvo

Volvo

AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...

 SportsDesign Award for Eco Design in the boardsports category . The SickStick featured Salomon’s newly patented bamboo sandwich construction process, and was driven by the goal to improve the performance of Salomon products while significantly reducing the ecological cost of snowboard production .

In 2010 Salomon Snowboards won TransWorld Snowboarding

Transworld Snowboarding

TransWorld SNOWboarding is an American magazine focused on the snowboarding culture. It is published 10 times a year by Bonnier Corporation and features the sport, culture and lifestyle of modern snowboarding.-History:...

’s Team Shoot Out, in which four of the best teams in snowboarding compete simultaneously at four separate resorts across the West for the grand prize – the cover of the September issue of TransWorld Snowboarding Magazine

Transworld Snowboarding

TransWorld SNOWboarding is an American magazine focused on the snowboarding culture. It is published 10 times a year by Bonnier Corporation and features the sport, culture and lifestyle of modern snowboarding.-History:...

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Salomon has a history of supporting innovative video projects in snowboarding including the Robot Food

David Benedek

David Benedek is a professional snowboarder, graphic designer and film maker. He is the co-founder of former US-based production company Robot Food as well as founder of Germany based Blank Paper Studio. David is most notable for his creative approach to Snowboarding as well as for pushing...

 films, TransWorld Snowboarding

Transworld Snowboarding

TransWorld SNOWboarding is an American magazine focused on the snowboarding culture. It is published 10 times a year by Bonnier Corporation and features the sport, culture and lifestyle of modern snowboarding.-History:...

’s film Get Real, Absinthe Films, Videograss

Holden Outerwear

Holden Outerwear is a manufacturer of jackets and pants for use in skiing and snowboarding. Based in Portland, OR, Holden is owned by professional snowboarder Mikey LeBlanc and designer Scott Zergebel.-History:...

, and Mack Dawg Productions.

Team

Pro Team	Am Team
Josh Dirksen	Desiree Melancon
Louif Paradis	Werni Stock
David Benedek David Benedek David Benedek is a professional snowboarder, graphic designer and film maker. He is the co-founder of former US-based production company Robot Food as well as founder of Germany based Blank Paper Studio. David is most notable for his creative approach to Snowboarding as well as for pushing...	Chris Carr
Wolfgang Nyvelt	Harrison Gordon
Annie Boulanger	Tyler Verigin
Scotty Arnold	Max Baillargeon
Takaharu Nakai	Liam Robinson
Sylvain Bourbousson
Jenny Jones Jenny Jones (snowboarder) Jenny Jones is a British professional snowboarder.-Career:She started her Snowboarding career after going to a free half hour lesson at her local dry-slope...
Bode Merrill
Chris Grenier
Jed Anderson

External Links

• Official Homepage
• Official Fan Page