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To recognize who makes the ski industry progress, industry peers submitted nominations to help Skiing Business find the best retailers and sales reps in a variety of categories. From best ski tuning and bootfitting shop to most accessible rep, Skiing Business knows the important role industry leaders play.
Nominations were tallied and the winners in each of the 11 retailer and three sales rep categories surfaced.
Nominated by their peers, the finalists in each category are listed below. Manufacturers and/or sales reps nominated retailers, while retailers nominated sales reps.
Retail category finalists:
Best in-shop merchandising: Soft goods
Alpine Sports, Utah
Gorsuch Ltd., Colorado
Ski Haus, Arizona
Best in-shop merchandising: Hard goods
East Coast Alpine, Massachusetts
Footloose Sports, California
Freestyle, Virginia
Best in-shop merchandising: Accessories
Buckman’s Ski Shops, Pennsylvania
Christy Sports, Colorado and Utah
Most knowledgeable staff
Buckman’s Ski Shops, Pennsylvania
Freestyle, Virginia
Northern Ski Works, Vermont
Ski Center, Washington, D.C.
Ski Haus, Arizona
Start Haus, California
Best vibe
The City Garage, New York
Evo, Washington
Best customer engagement
Bobos Ski and Board, Nevada
The City Garage, New York
Outpost Sunsport, Colorado
Best backshop: Bootfitting
Boot Doctors, Colorado and New Mexico
Boot Pro, Vermont
Freestyle, Virginia
Start Haus, California
Best backshop: Ski tuning
Les Moise, Wisconsin
Precision Ski and Golf, Colorado
The Sports Page, New York
Start Haus, California
Most family oriented
Sturtevants, Washington
Wicks, Pennsylvania
Best website
Buckman’s Ski Shops, Pennsylvania
Evo, Washington
Porters, California and Nevada
Most creative
Buckman’s Ski Shops, Pennsylvania
Evo, Washington
Sales rep categories:
Best customer knowledge
Mike Poole
Chad Waters
Kent Fried
Best presentation
Brad Decker
Justin Harvey
Miriam Mudrak
Best accessibility
Chip Camillo
Mike Poole
Eric Weber
The winners will be announced and awards presented at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27, at the Skiing Business booth (No. 3550) at the SIA Snow Show.
Everyone is welcome to mingle with some of the best shops in the country as well as staff from Skiing Business, SKI and Skiing.
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