I N V E N T OR Y
Summit Kind
of Wonderful
With ski and board
season upon us, this
local clothing and
gear will serve you
well on the slopes
by Alyssa Hirose
(
quality time
)
f ZIPPING AROUND
Vancouver-based Duer has
been crafting performance
denim since 2015–jeans
you can actually bike in (or,
in the case of the Fireside
Summit Pant, conquer a
mountain in). Founder Gary
Lenett's goal is to make
gym clothes you can wear
outside the gym, but not
athleisure: these pants are
sophisticated, never slobby.
Online and in-store
TO THE POLES d
Wolverine Snow Products is a fresh
company, launched by Joey Vosburgh
and Chris Payne this past June. But
the co-founders have been gathering
mountain-related intel for years–they
grew up snowboarding together in the
Rockies. Their star product, the sleek,
aluminum Selkirk Sticks, is hand-
assembled in Revelstoke. Online
WOOL THEY
WON'T THEY s
Paul Long founded Anian
Clothing in 2013, and the Victoria-
based company opened a new
store in Vancouver last fall. The
post-consumer waste textile brand
offers dye-free woven goods like
tuques, coats and sweaters that
are perfect for keeping cosy on the
slopes. Online and in-store
BOARD MEETING a
When it comes to new kids on the snowboard
manufacturing block, Rob Dow and Peppe
Hansson are shreddin' the industry. In 2017, they
started Wired Snowboards, which designs and
builds boards out of East Van. They do some gnarly
custom work, too. Online
Fireside
Summit
Pant
68 BCBUSINESS JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022
