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It’s probably hard for some people to imagine now but snowboarding, wasn’t always the predominant and dominating winter sport that it is today. Twenty years ago snowboarding experienced its first big winter. Ski resorts started to open their doors to snowboarders, though some big mountains like Mammoth Mountain in California placed restrictions on where and when we could ride. By 1990 there were just as many snowboarders as skiers, in few more years we would outnumber skiers 3 to 1 at most resorts. It seemed like an explosion to most of the world. People by the tens of thousands started throwing away their skis and those horrible uncomfortable, plastic boots that the manufacturers forced you to wear, for the much more natural snowboards with their comfortable bindings and soft, leather Sorrel boots. Suddenly there was more than just a Tom Sims or Jake Burton board to choose from. New board companies and manufacturers like Kemper, Gnu, Lib Tech, Nitro, Morrow, Avalanche and Joy Ride started to appear. Long time ski stalwarts like K2, Look and Rossignol jumped on the bandwagon and started to make snowboards, though only K2 was successful. Clothing and gear companies started popping up. Soon everything was functional because it was made by snowboarders for snowboarders. Before these new clothing companies appeared our choices were slim, North Face was the best but always to expensive for the average boarder and the few piece of clothing that Burton put out never seemed adequate for serious riding conditions. By 1998 Wave Rave, Sessions and Quicksilver were starting to put out gear and soon they would be joined by Volcom and SMP and other imaginative clothing companies. By 1998 the companies had 3 magazines dedicated to snowboarding to choose to advertise in. Even Nike recognized the direction the new actions sports were taking and started A.C.G. (All Condition Gear) for snowboarders and secretly sponsored professional skateboarders.

Why the little history lesson? Well I just want to remind my readers and myself about how lucky we are today. I won’t even go into all the prejudice and hate we experienced from the resort owners, skiers and general establishment. What do you we have today? We have much more than the freedom to ride any mountain the world we want now. But better than that we have cheap prices on good gear. We have the integration of web 2.0/3.0, e-commerce and snowboarders with good taste. With stores and websites such as WhiskeyMilitia.com. Don’t let the name intimidate you. W.M. is an amazing sight. Cheap prices on great that everyone uses or needs, boots, goggles, hoodies, pants, sunglasses, gloves and more. Not just gear, they have boards, good quality boards at very, good prices, including the best brands Lib Tech, Gnu and Burton.

How does WhiskeyMilitia.com work? W.M. is an outlet for Backcountry.com. Many of you may be familiar with Backcountry.com and know that they already have lower prices than most shops. How? They purchase inventory in large amounts and unlike most of your local snowboard shops they don’t have inventory on credit. Most snowboard shops purchase their fall boards and gear on credit in the spring or summer at the trade shows. But Backcountry.com does not. This means they don’t owe the manufacturer or company a debt and since they own the merchandise outright they can set prices lower than most local shops or chain retailers. What that means for you the consumer is you probably will not find a lower price on that item anywhere. Period. WhiskeyMilitia.com works the same as Woot.com and the other web 2.0/3.0 sites that are springing up weekly. They list an item, for instance a 2007 Burton Custom 151 board at $209.00. (an actual sale item this week) W.M. will list 23 of the boards on their website and once they are sold out that’s it, they are gone. Ten minutes or an hour, once its gone that’s it. Sometimes they might pull out a few more out of the warehouse a few days down the line but be careful with W.M. because they rarely re-list quality items like Burton Customs at that price. So when you see it on their webiste and it’s something you want you better grab it. The bottom line is this, the less money you spend on gear, the more money you will have in the winter for things like lift tickets and (gulp) gas to get up those mountains and enjoy those glorious 3 foot deep and sunny powder days while your friends are back home still trying to pay off the board they bought last year.