SnowSports Industries America (SIA) honored 13 retailers and 15 regional sales reps from the United States and Canada with 2012 SnowSports Retailer of the Year Awards and 2012 SnowSports Rep of the Year Awards for consistently making a significant impact in the snow sports industry. Honorees received awards made out of beetle kill wood representing the beetle issues affecting an unprecedented 50,000 acres of forest in the American West.


The SIA U.S. Retailer of the Year Award is based on a shops contributions to the growth of the snow sports industry, their promotional and marketing techniques and their success in the ski, snowboard, tele, cross country and/or snowshoe categories. The award winners are nominated and selected by suppliers and reps in the snow sports industry.


All of the winning shops are listed as snow experts inSIAs Snow Expert database and can use the programs marketing materials to signify their expertise to their customers.


The award is an honor for retailers. We work as hard as we play, and to be recognized for that by a jury of our peers is so rad, said Brendan Madigan, owner of Alpenglow Sports in Tahoe City, Calif. The entire team at Alpenglow takes immense pride in being vested in the community.


2012 Retailers of the Year in the United States and Canada:




























U.S.

Mid-Atlantic

Ski Barn | Paramus, NJ


Mountain

Milosport | Salt Lake City, UT


New England


Summit Ski & Snowboard | Framingham, MA


North Central


Pierce Skate & Ski | Bloomington, MN


Pacific


Alpenglow Sports | Tahoe City, CA


South Central


St. Bernard Sports | Dallas, TX


Southeast


Peter Glenn | Miami, FL


 

























Canada

Alberta

The Source | Calgary, AB


Atlantic


Ballistic Skate & Snow | St. Johns, NL


British Columbia


Comor- Go Play Outside| Vancouver, BC


Central

Propaganda Shop | Prince Albert, SK


Ontario

Sporting Life | Toronto, ON


Quebec

Boutique Daniel Lachance | Mont-Tremblant, QC


 


The SIA U.S. and Canadian SnowSports Regional Rep of the Year recognizes sales reps in the snow sports industry that have successfully fostered relationships with retail storefronts to help move winter sports products. Nominations and winners for this accolade came from snow sports retailers across the industry.


Im truly honored to be named Rep of the Year and feel very fortunate to be able to still, after all these years, be involved in an industry that Im very passionate about, said Drew Sivers, a Salomon Rep of the Year from Ontario, Canada.


2012 Reps of the Year in the United States and Canada:


 


























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U.S.


Atlantic


Greg Morrison


Eastern Lakes


John Kerkhof


Mid-West


Tim Parker


Northeast


Ivar Dahl


Northern California


Clem Smith


Northwest


Tobey Crane