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GREEN COMPANIES?

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PABLOESCOBAR
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What are your thoughts on green companies? I have been searching a ton lately and have not found too many companies that really try to be green. They might have one or two items around in there line up but not a real push for the whole company.
Patagonia seems to be doing it the right way but it always seems that those companies don't really make products that I would wear. Are there any SKI companies that use a lot of earth friendly products for their skis?
I just found this post on the new http://skiblog.thelevitationproject.com and they have some cool new products that they are working on. Not sure where to get any of their gear though.
I am really interested in getting some skis that are good park skis that have a green approach let me know if that exists?
Thanks
Oct 10 2008 1:54PM
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mmallender.
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as from what is on their website, lib tech seems to be heading in a pretty green direction. they have an environmentally friendly factory, as well as a bunch of technologies to replace harmful materials used in their boards/skis http://www.lib-tech.com/tech/environMental.html
Oct 10 2008 2:06PM
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PABLOESCOBAR
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Is the Mike Wilson ski that he designed a GREEN ski. I know that they have a snowboard that is like 1300.00 that is but their catalog for the NAS ski doesn't say much about it.
Oct 10 2008 2:10PM
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skiP.E.I.
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Crown skis: http://bcskiing.free.fr/crownskis/Crown_Skis_Beta_1.0.pdf
Liberty uses bamboo cores, because it grows faster than other woods, so renews itself faster. I think their website says they use some wind power as well, can't think of any more ski companies at the moment, Holden Outerwear uses hemp fabric and recycled plastic fibers in a lot of their product.
Oct 10 2008 3:41PM
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7-11_Slurpee
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Im pretty sure Marmot Outerwear is.
Oct 10 2008 4:23PM
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jfoley019
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isn't thee a wax company that is super green, I wish more companies were green.
Oct 10 2008 4:34PM
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PABLOESCOBAR
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Thanks for the info. Has anyone skied on any of those skis? I've heard of snowboards that use Bamboo and the riders say they have more pop and what not. Just like how companies are going green I would like to have my entire line up of gear be 100% green this year just to do my part. Just got my truck converted to Bio Diesel too. Thanks
Oct 10 2008 4:53PM
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PABLOESCOBAR
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One Ball Jay has some green wax made from Soy products. Not sure if that is the one that your thinking of.
Oct 10 2008 4:56PM
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snowboardersrule
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arbor has been using bamboo for a few years now and doing some other stuff like that. salomon released a the sickstick this year: http://www.salomonsnowboard.com/ its a greener design. but the greenest i've heard so far is mike basich's pro model with smokin snowboards are made from fallen trees on his property in lake tahoe. http://www.smokinsnowboards.com/.
Oct 10 2008 5:15PM
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titsLOL
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bluehouse uses bamboo cores because it's more sustainable. they're made in some factory in china that probably isn't too green, but it's something.
Oct 10 2008 5:26PM
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Calb3rt
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i thought a read something somewhere about armada starting to go green. dont take my word on that though.
Oct 10 2008 5:34PM
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HoodNative
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Holden is pretty much all green. Lib tech uses all bean top sheets...even skis
Oct 10 2008 5:40PM
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goneforever
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There is this new outerwear company called Bond that will be releasing their first line up of clothes in 2009. They are a carbon neutral company so they off set all of their carbon output.

Their website: http://bondlimited.com
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bond-Outerwear/33285745775?ref=mf
Oct 10 2008 5:55PM
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schism
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i think movement skis are green
Oct 10 2008 5:58PM
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goneforever
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"The source of our wood cores are selected round timber originating from FSC (Forest-Stewardship-Council) or PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) certified forests."

http://www.movementskis.com/pages/index_mov_dev.html
Oct 10 2008 6:07PM
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dodgeridge*rider
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purl wax is totally green
Oct 10 2008 7:36PM
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Balto
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armada's cores are approved by those forest preservation companies
Oct 10 2008 7:44PM
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slottyboom
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holden outerwear!
holy really got into it this year
Oct 10 2008 7:53PM
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alev
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faction skis is

and stay tuned for the WG project, an enviro friendly company that supports sustainability in skiing.
Oct 10 2008 8:05PM
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cashdebt
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Aspen/snowmass is really trying to go green. They have a bunch of stuff about it. I even got some stickers that kind of had to do with that on their website. They said save snow and they're really intense about it
Oct 10 2008 8:07PM
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cottonwoodarmada1651
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Skiing is not environmentally friendly, pretty much by definition.
Oct 10 2008 10:40PM
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Dukeybrains
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Dude if you want to be green, use your set up from last year and don't buy a bunch of new stuff
Oct 10 2008 10:55PM
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R.Fahey
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Liberty skis. 
They've won multiple awards for their Eco-Friendly designs.  They use bamboo in their cores as well as all this other stuff around the office.  Dope skis too.  :)
Oct 10 2008 11:06PM
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PABLOESCOBAR
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Wish I didn't have to buy a new set up this year but my Truck was broken into while I was in between homes and I got cleaned out so I decided that I would make the best effort to start over green this year. I have looked online/craigslist to try and find some used/green gear but its just not out there. Trust me I wish I had all my gear from last year.
Oct 11 2008 12:07AM
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charmander
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holden is sick, i
Oct 11 2008 12:07AM
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PABLOESCOBAR
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Does anyone know what shops or online shops will be carrying Levitation stuff. I have been trying to find out but no dice yet? Has anyone ridden the NAS skis from Lib either?
Oct 11 2008 12:09AM
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Malcolm
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techno pro uses recyclable shit but i wouldnt ride their skis...
Oct 11 2008 12:20AM
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skiP.E.I.
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word, and get drives to the hill with friends/drive other people
Oct 11 2008 9:16AM
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dubT-jib-1
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Some people are taking this going green fad way to seriously. But if you are looking to make money and invest in renewable energy sources look up CLNE, ABB, FSYN. They aren't ski companies but are all green energy companies.
Oct 11 2008 11:51AM
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