 Venture
is a small, independent snowboard manufacturer, nestled
in Colorado's remote San Juan
Mountains. Owned and operated by the
husband and wife team of Klemens and Lisa Branner, the
company is dedicated to handcrafting high performance
snowboards while minimizing environmental impact.
The company moved from Bayfield,
CO to Silverton in March of 2007. Situated at
9,318 feet above sea level, Silverton is surrounded by
the rugged peaks of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado’s
largest
 mountain
group. Outside of Alaska, no other mountain range in the
U.S. has a higher average elevation. The town is also
home to the extreme ski area, Silverton Mountain, and
its expert-only terrain. Combined with nearly limitless
backcountry opportunities, it offers a perfect
laboratory just steps from Venture's front door.
Venture now inhabits a historic
storefront on Silverton's main drag, and is hatching a
scheme to build its own factory just north of town.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for spring of 2009. In
keeping with the company's environmental ethic, plans
for the new 4,000 square foot building include passive
and active solar features, as well as the use of
sustainable, recycled, and reclaimed materials
throughout.
VENTURE SNOWBOARDS
FACTORY SHOWROOM | GALACTIC HEADQUARTERS
951 Greene Street
PO Box 547
Silverton, Colorado 81433 USA
970.387.5078
info@venturesnowboards.com
 The
Silverton Movement Center is
located in a 100 year old historic building in downtown
Silverton,
Colorado. SMC offers teacher training for Pilates,
Yoga, Indoor Cycling, Body Code's Elvis in addition to
daily classes
in Pilates, Yoga, Dance, Indoor Cycling, Body Pump, and
more. SMC is a proud host site for the Pilates Method
Alliance-approved Pilates Sports Center teacher training
program. SMC offers continuing education for the
fitness professional, as well as Yoga trainings,
workshops and retreats.
970.387.5187
info@silvertonmovementcenter.com
Studio at 124 E. 13th
Street
P.O. Box 272, Silverton,
CO 81433
 
The Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies is a local
non-profit research organization and
laboratory/educational facility. The CSAS enhances
the interdisciplinary investigation of the alpine snow
system's behavior and role in human/environment
relationships by offering resources – people,
information, and facilities – for field-based research
and education.
www.snowstudies.org
Barz
Decorative Hardware, LLC
designs and manufactures decorative hardware including
knobs and pulls for kitchen cabinets, oversized pulls
and miniature knobs, switch plates, hooks, and shelf
brackets for any room of the home, and outdoor pieces
including house numbers, door knockers, and door bell
covers.
Our company, founded by Peter
Barszcz, gives customers a voice in their homes by
creating custom decorative hardware that reflects
quality, artistic appreciation, and today’s design
trends. Barz Decorative Hardware designs may be found
in more than 30
retail locations in the
US and Canada.
www.barzdecorativehardware.com
Brice Hoskin has put Silverton on the sledding map with
his Mountain Boy Sledworks. The business has taken over
three Silverton buildings, employs seven residents, has
a Chinese factory and 20 sales reps across the country,
and sales in more than 300 locations in 49 states,
Canada and Japan.
The kicksleds are the best seller in Silverton, where
residents get a wholesale discount on the $250 devices
and the town avoids plowing the first good snowfall so
it can be packed into a long-lasting crust of snow.
Outside of Silverton, where a lack of long-term snowy
streets or too much traffic makes the kicksled less
practical, Mountain Boy sells an ever-growing catalog of
retro sleds designed for bombing down slopes.
"If it's wood and it moves, it's a possibility for
us," said Kevin Gagnon, Mountain Boy director of
operations.
The kicksleds and the high-end sleds are made in
Silverton, but for the past five years, the remainder
have been made in China, in a family-operated factory
Hoskin visits about five times a year. The sleds are
shipped to Silverton, and once a week a truck rumbles
out of town with a load bound for some surprising
places.
Mountain Boy sleds are sold in such disparate
locations as Saks Fifth Avenue, Plough and Hearth
catalogs, Carl's Pharmacy in Aspen, an electric-bike
shop in Salt Lake City and a jewelry store in Little
Rock, Ark.
www.mountainboysleds.com
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