SEQUIM — Mike Olson got a lot out of his college education — all three days of it. In 1984, Olson dropped out after less than a week at Pacific Lutheran University to pursue his true passion: building ...

CARLSBORG –– Already employing 209 people at its North Olympic Peninsula snowboard plant, executives with Mervin Manufacturing expect more growth since the company was purchased by an equity firm for ...

SEQUIM — Pick up any snowboard and odds are it was made overseas, which means board designers are typically far removed from production. That’s not the case at Mervin Manufacturing, a factory in ...

Mike Olson made his first snowboard at Sylvester Middle School in Burien as a project for his shop class. Back then -- 1977 -- the industry didn't really exist, he said. "I was trying to make projects ...

Carlsborg will become the snowboard manufacturing capital of the United States by October 2006 as Mervin Manufacturing consolidates its manufacturing operations at its North Olympic Peninsula location ...

Quicksilver Inc. has sold Mervin Manufacturing, a growing Seattle company that makes snowboards and other gear, to Altamont Capital Partners, a private investment ...

Four years ago, Mervin Manufacturing (the owner of Lib Tech and Gnu) introduced so-called multiple sidecut—and turned the industry on its head. Instead of one continuous sidecut, these new boards have ...

In September, after two and a half years of waiting, Denver, Colo.-based snowboard manufacturer Never Summer was awarded a patent on a radical board design that incorporates reverse camber, or rocker, ...

These brands are leading the way to a more sustainable future, with eco-conscious and socially responsibly produced ski and snowboard products. There’s a long, long way to go, but the wintersports ...