One year after Colorado Mountain College received four-year accreditation for its pioneering ski and snowboard business program, shops are stocking a line of skis and boots designed by the school's students.A unique partnership between the college and Nordica USA led to the development and marketing of a sidecountry-specific line of Austrian-made alpine skis and Italian-made boots built for both resort and backcountry skiing that is harvesting widespread accolades.
"This was so much more than design theory," said Michael Martin, director of a ski and snowboard business program in Steamboat Springs. "We had actual prototypes in the classroom and on the snow. Based on refinements we generated through our testing, we were able to give them a real world input" Read More
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