Jarrett Luttrell Rides All CO's 14ers!

Jarrett Luttrell recently made history - he became the first snowboarder to climb and ride all 54 of Colorado's 14ers from their summits.  It's an amazing accomplishment - congrats Jarrett!  And we're stoked to say he bagged some of those peaks on his trusty Venture splitboard!

For more info, check out the following stories about Jarrett:

Transworld Snowboarding

Wild Snow

Splitboarding on RSN

Great short segment on splitboarding that aired on RSN earlier this winter.  Includes a demonstration with a Venture Storm-R splitboard!

Make Your Voice Heard in the Senate!

The House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act a few months ago and legislation is currently in the hands of the Senate. While the details of the Senate bill haven’t been ironed out yet, the fight may come down to a few undecided votes - and our collective voice could help tip the scales.

A strong US climate policy will help protect small businesses, jobs and the vitality of our unique mountain communities that draw millions of tourists each year.

The Protect Our Winters “Sixty Days” website offers an overview of the issues at stake, shows the current voting position of each Senator, and gives you an easy way to send an e-letter telling Senators why passing strong climate legislation is crucial to the economic and cultural well being of mountain communities.

If this issue matters to you, please take the time to send a note to your Senator letting them know you want them to support strong climate legislation this Spring. Make your voice heard!

Venture & POW Snowboard Art Competition

Design your own snowboard graphic and help the environment too!

In cooperation with the nonprofit environmental group Protect Our Winters (POW), Venture Snowboards is sponsoring a board graphics competition centered on increasing awareness of the global warming crisis.

Any medium goes – photography, paintings, pencil sketches, you name it – as long as the artwork incorporates the themes of winter, the environment, and activism. So get creative and speak out for the environment!

Entries will be accepted through January 1, 2010, when a panel of judges will select the top ten submissions. The ten winners of this first level competition will receive t-shirts and swag as prizes, and be entered into a second round of judging open to the general public. The winning design will be incorporated into a run of special edition POW boards for winter 2010/2011. The grand prize winner will receive a brand spanking new POW deck emblazoned with their artwork.

Here's the nitty gritty on the competition:

• Submissions are limited to one entry per person.
• Submissions must be received by January 1, 2010.
• Results of the first tier competition will be posted on the Venture and POW websites in mid January 2010.
• Open voting will take place from mid January through late February 2010.
• First tier winners will receive t-shirts and other swag as prizes.
• Second tier winner will be announced in early March 2010.
• Second tier winner will receive a new Venture/POW snowboard.
• Only original artwork will be accepted.
• Employees of Venture Snowboards and POW are ineligible.
• No purchase is necessary.
• This contest is void where prohibited.
• By entering the contest, entrant grants Venture Snowboards and POW perpetual, nonexclusive rights to the artwork.
• Entries will be judged by a panel selected by Venture Snowboards and POW and all decisions are final.
  

Venture and POW logos are available for use in your design. See links at the bottom of this post.

HOW TO ENTER:

Electronic Submissions

• Electronic submissions should be emailed to info@venturesnowboards.com, with the words "POW Contest" in the subject line.
• Please submit electronic entries as jpg files, no larger than 2 MB.
• Please name your file using the following convention: POW_ yourfirstname_yourlastname.jpg
• Include the following information in the body of your email: Full name, daytime and evening phone numbers, mailing address, email address, title of artwork.
• Electronic entries must be received no later than January 1, 2010.
• Incomplete or late entries will not be judged.

Mail In Submissions

• Submissions by mail should be sent to: Venture Snowboards, Attn: POW Contest, PO Box 547, Silverton, CO 81433.
• Include the following information with your entry: Full name, daytime and evening phone numbers, mailing address, email address, title of artwork.
• Mail in entries must be received no later than January 1, 2010.
• Incomplete or late entries will not be judged.

Logo Files
Venture - Vertical EPS
Venture - Vertical PDF
Venture - Horizontal EPS
Venture - Horizontal PDF

POW - Vertical EPS
POW - Vertical PDF
POW - Horizontal EPS
POW - Horizontal PDF

Transworld's "Shred Lightly" Column

Transworld Snowboarding gave a nod to Venture in September's "Shred Lightly" column for our ongoing sustainability efforts. Pick up a copy at the newsstand or check out the clipping on our news page!