*The Season is on.

Mathieu Hulliger is back and stronger than ever. This kid shreds and is one to watch. You saw it here first. http://vimeo.com/32738249

 

In Resort news, we would like to offer a HUGE welcome to Killington!!

After a crazy hurricane season, Killington is back and ready to tune your gear with Green Wax.

Go help them pay for that new road!

Also, our newest Resort in MN, Afton Alps, picked up Green Wax as their wax of choice. Huge Thanks!

Boston’s scenester mag, gave us a nice mention in the lead up to the Ski Show. http://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/129493-bostons-ski-and-snowboard-sherpas-show-the-way-to/?page=2#TOPCONTENT

Have you seen Mountain Rider’s Alliance? They are doing everything possible to clean up this sport. One way to help is by picking up a set of these limited edition skis; http://www.mountainridersalliance.com/skishop/

Grant Bowen… The man the legend. Ever the scholar, here is his report on “what I did this summer”.

More at SnowboardGreen.com

**Pre-book season is upon us, so give Montana a call for pre-book deals!**

Green Wax earns 2 National Championship titles, and 8th place at Worlds!!!

Green wax Team rider Kiersten Edwards destroyed Nationals, taking 1st place in both Slalom and GS. We could not be more proud of our newest National Champion!!

Benji Farrow also had a strong showing in recent events earning 3rd at Nationals, and 8th place at World Championships!! Keep an eye on this kid.

Skiing Business gave Green wax a feature interview.

Check it out here: http://skiingbusiness.com/4687/products/making-the-ski-industry-a-little-more-green/

…and another interview in Spin News Magazine:

http://sunpeaksnews.com/going-green-on-the-hill-5464.htm

Green Wax welcomes Christy Deysher to the team!

This NH native now lives out in the Tahoe area, shredding the backcountry.

This girl goes BIG. Check her out in the this video.

Huge congrats to US National Team member Josh Lanzetta.

This working stiff not only holds a full time job, but went out to Telemark-nationals, injured, and still came home with a respectable 6th in the pro division. Props man!

Special thanks to WildCat for letting Green Wax sponsor the Make-A-Wish Foundation event. Blog post about the event here.

Grant Bowen is a rockstar… And he finds time to run www.SnowboardGreen.com

Hagen wins ANOTHER Bud Light Big Air at Aspen. This kid is nuts, but we think we’ll keep him around.

Congrats to Kevin Frazier and team for the podium at the Battle of the Bowls at Aspen!

Ahh Spring.

Despite the warmer weather coming, we’ve been busier than ever with new dealers, events, and results.

If you happen to be at an REI store near Kent Washington, they might just be able to tune your gear with Green Wax. Select stores in WA are doing a test run, trialing Green Wax as their tuning formula. Ask for it next time you are in REI!!

Pats Peak Goes 100% Green Wax for Rentals and Tuning!! After a season long test with key members at the mountain, Pats has been pleased with the performance and long life, making the decision to switch an easy one. Add’em to the list…

After doing a trial run with Green Wax, Crystal Mountain has also taken the plunge and is going 100% Green Wax! We could not be happier about having the #1 resort in the mid-west on our product.

In team news, Kiersten Edwards has been unstoppable. The Southern VT series is over, and here is how she did;

1st Overall in Slalom, 1st Overall in GS, 1st Overall in Boarder-X, 1st Overall in Halfpipe, and 2nd Overall in Slopestyle.

Wish her luck at Nationals… not that she needs it.

Stay tuned!!

The season has been insane. So many people taking notice, and showing support.

Even people in the UK are now taking notice.

The UK website Love Skiing just featured us, and had this to say;

“Green Wax offers excellent slide and we really couldn’t tell any noticeable difference between the Green Wax and PFC based waxes. The professional performance of Green Wax was recently demonstrated by Benji Farrow at the Burton European Open (2011) half pipe event (part of the World Snowboarding Tour) where he finished 4th. Green Wax sponsor a range of riders across several disciplines and the environmentally friendly Green Wax continues to hold its own and offer an environmental answer to PFC based waxes.” Read the rest here.

The Discovery Channel TreeHugger.com article also got picked up, and is now going viral!!

Check it out on this website from the UK. Great to see people on that side of the pond getting into the cause.

Ski Magazine ran a promo with us this past month, and it was great to get involved. Check back at their website for future press and promos.

Did you know that we are the official wax of Steez Magazine? We’ve been doing a ton of events with them, and they are always a blast. Mountains of Steez was a huge success, and as usual the Steez crew did not disappoint.

Speaking of Granite Gorge ski resort, they are now a Green Wax dealer!

Check them out at www.GraniteGorge.com!

Also on board are Crystal Mountain

& Winter Park Ski Resort

New England’s own Rhythm Snowboards is now a Green Wax partner!! Look for them at a mountain demo near you.

Our Team riders continue to kill it.

Hudson goes big.

Congrats to Hagen Kearney for WINNING the Bud Light Big Air at Aspen Snowmass!!!

Watch Mr. Video himself, Mathieu Hulliger in Avoriaz.

Check out Snowboard Colorado for Kirk Turner’s feature ad!

Grant Bowen never lets us down. Watch him shred the Tahoe pow.

Eleven-year old Kiersten Edwards continues to win everything in VT. She has qualified for Nationals in multiple events, so stay tuned for updates, and keep your fingers crossed!!

Green Wax featured in article on Discovery Channel’s eco website, TreeHugger.com!!

“Green Wax is perhaps the most recognizable PFC-free brand. With the tagline “Shred Lightly,” Green Wax is embracing ski and eco culture, and their product is as green as it gets: PFC-and petroleum-free, made with natural ingredients, completely biodegradable, and the packaging is recyclable.” Read the rest here.

Green Wax Team Rider Benji Farrow, 4th place, Burton European Open!!

It’s been a long road for this kid, but everyone loves an underdog.

Congrats to Benji! Results Here.

Also be sure to check out his new website.

In other news, Crotched Mountain has pledged to use Green Wax on 100% of their rental fleet, as well as in their back shop, where they tune customer skis and boards.

See what the Crotched staff had to say about our product in this video.

Be sure to check Facebook for upcoming events. Speaking of events, our newest member Kiersten Edwards has been dominating every event she enters.

Keep an eye on her… and remember, she is 11.

 

Lastly, if you are in Denver this week, stop by the Montana Sport booth at SIA (Booth #3833) and say hi. We’ll be there doing product demos, and handing out samples.

Thanks, and stay tuned for the after-show news!!

The season is on!

Some of the biggest news is the new Swedish study showing that professional ski tuners have 50 times the normal level of the chemical PFOA in their blood, due to toxins in the wax. Yikes. Is it really worth it to use PFC?? No PFC here folks.

New Season, new Products…

Base Cleaner for Shop use, 100%-Free of O-zone inhibitors.

And we finally launched the Microbrick. It’s enough to melt-on one set of skis/board, or keep it in your pocket for rub-on.

Real wax for under $3… can’t beat it.

Also this month, we welcome back the team riders from last year like Benji Farrow, as well as new members Grant Bowen, Tom Wehe, and Kiersten Edwards (profile coming soon).

Kiersten is the 10-year old National Slalom Champion who will out-ride most of the people reading this. She also is a podium regular on the USASA scene, and lives in a chemical-free house in VT, making her a truly lifestyle based athlete. Remember her name… she is one to watch in the coming years. Welcome to the team!

Quick vid of Benji’s Qualifier at Copper. Solid performance man!

Elevation Outdoors Magazine gave us a nice blurb in their Gear Guide: “We’re fans of Green Wax since it’s petroleum- and PFC-free. Most importantly, it works. Beyond all that feel-good greenness, the stuff keeps you sliding through the dead spots when you put it on the bottom of your skis or board.”

Berkshire East, Crotched Mountain, and Sundance Resort, as well as numerous shops are now Green Wax Dealers! Montana (our distributor) has been killing it this season… Go Proto!!!

Speaking of Berkshire East, they power their mountain 100% by wind.

Check us out in Snowboard Colorado Magazine!! Go pick up a copy if you are in CO… it’s FREE!

Benji Farrow’s feature ad is out now!

Thanks again to SnowboardGreen.com for the feature: http://snowboardgreen.blogspot.com/2010/10/green-wax.html

Also, check out this review at Sacredbee. Thanks guys!!

What else… right, can’t forget about the NOTB season kick-off rail jam. These knuckleheads brought in 3 truckloads of snow and threw down in the parking lot for a whole day. Thanks to Calvin for the support, and for tuning with Green wax!

Grant Bowen is the man. Check him out on the Squaw website. This kid is SICK. He also runs SnowboardGreen.com.

While you are at it, check out Kirk Turner at Baker doing some pre-season runs.

Thanks to all that came out to the SOS movie nights. We had a good time with Jeff, Mae, Adam and the rest of the crew that made it all happen.

See you on the hill!!

Snow is starting to fall out West, leaves are falling in New England, that can only mean one thing, the annual Columbus Day Swap & Sale at our newest partner, Wachusett Mountain. The event was a huge success for both of us and a great way to launch the relationship. Not only is Wachusett a retail partner but you will now be able to get a Green Ski Wax tune on your skis and boards from their awesome techs.
The first round of pre-season orders went out last week and more are going out this week but there is still time to get the product on your shelves. Get in touch before the rush hits.

Snow is falling somewhere right now, are you ready? We are getting so pumped on what the winter might bring to us. The miles on the bike, and the hours spent in the surf are definitely fun but winter is what gets us really going. So with that in mind, our honch grom Benji Farrow chased winter to the southern hemisphere to compete in the Burton Global Open Series. He came out of pre-qualifiers in first place with a slim lead and styled it in the finals with a 9th place finish and top American honors. Benji backed up his solid Open result with a 6th place at the Junior World Championships, once again the top American. This kid is awesome, while most everybody else his age is kicking back for the summer, he is working hard and chasing his dream. Congrats buddy!

We have been enjoying a scorcher of a summer the likes of which we have not seen in years. Day after day of high 80′s and low 90′s has lead to long bouts of water sports, the newest being standup paddleboard (SUP). So fun that it can’t even be done justice with words. SUP is literally get up and go for anybody that has ski or snowboard roots, next time it’s too flat to surf, go grab one.
Outside of water, our next passion has been bikes, for years, road, BMX, MTB, you name it we like it. A couple random trips to Highland MTB Park has definitely shaken the rust off. We are also in the process of building a pump-track behind the garden to get some rhythm going. Speaking of the garden, does anybody need cucumbers!?! We are having a banner year with veggies, round two of lettuce is going in next week.
On the product end of things our mad scientist has developed a new product that will pair nicely with our current universal wax while also working on a new harder formula of wax. Our friends at SASS have been heading south for more than a month now and are living the dream while our team riders have taken to the trails in some cross-training entertainment. Checkout Kirk Turner’s XTERRA result, 4th out of 148 is pretty ridiculous. Thanks for repping bud!
More news to come soon.

Progress is happening on all fronts with new dealers coming on board during spring pre-booking, Europe is shaping up and new product is getting tested.
Everybody here has stashed the sticks and boards for the summer, although discussion of a SASS or glacier trip has come up a couple times. It’s now onto bikes, surf, more yoga and quite possibly some golf, we do have to defend our bowling title with the Montana boys afterall.
Keep spreading the good word and thanks for an awesome season.