Sports Specialists Ltd. (SSL), which provides purchasing and other services to independently owned snow sports retailers, announced two new retailers and more than a dozen new suppliers joined its ranks in 2015.
New retailers include Sturtevant's of Bellevue, WA and Lake Placid Ski & Board of of Lake Placid, NY
New suppliers include:
- Arbor Snowboard
- Armada Skis And Apparel
- A-Bom Goggles
- C3 Www- Captiva Snowboards, Union Bindings And Coal Headwear
- Easy-Rent Rental Systems
- Eisbar Headwear
- Goldwin Apparel
- Hele Apparel
- Kamik Footwear
- Manzella Handwear
- Sport Tube Carriers
- Tenson Apparel
- Skins Baselayer
- Spy Eyewear
- Stockli Skis
- Thirty-Two Snowboard Boots
- Uvex Sports Eyewear
- Zanier Handwear
SSL announced it recently launched a vastly improved version of “Orderstream,” its members-only order management system originally launched in early 2014. At the present time over 22 suppliers are onboard for preseason order writing via orderstream for 2015-16, with more to be approved incoming months.
SSL also announced its regional retailers of the year as:
- Ski Center in Washington, DC
- Pierce Skate & Ski in Bloomington, MN; and
- Bobo's Ski Rental in Reno, NV.
SSL is a retailer owned buying and merchandising company established in 1971 with 55 members with over 140 outlets across the US located in Golden, Colorado.
