Inside Spark – An Interview with Ryan Leadbeater
Monday, 30 November 2015
Let me introduce myself – my name is Dan Ventura and I’m the Marketing Manager at Spark R&D (That’s not me in the picture, that is Ryan, our interviewee today). I’m relatively new here and over the last few months I’ve been enjoying getting to know everyone at the company. This is certainly a dedicated
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Spark R&D Annual T-Shirt Design Contest
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Have you ever wandered through your local shop and thought, I could design a way sweeter t-shirt than this? Do you have some epic or maybe just burgeoning design skills? Well, here is your chance to design that shirt you’ve always wanted, for a brand you know. It’s once again time for Spark R&D’s annual
- Published in Contest, Cool Stuff
An Interview with Frankie Devlin: Chilean Adventure
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Dedicated Spark R&D product tester and splitboarder, Frankie Devlin, just returned from a couple weeks in South America adventuring around and getting his splitboard on. He was nice enough to answer some questions for us about his trip. What were the exact dates of your trip? We flew out of Vancouver on Sept 18th and returned
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Manufacturing Day 2015!
Friday, 02 October 2015
It’s Manufacturing Day 2015 – an annual salute to the companies and people dedicated to manufacturing right here in the United States. MFG DAY is designed to amplify the voice of individual manufacturers and coordinate a collective chorus of manufacturers with common concerns and challenges
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Mike Handford and Splitboarding in the Balkans
Monday, 21 September 2015
Photo Credits: Jess Oundjian It’s always fun heading into a trip a little blind. Inevitably, best-laid plans always change, which is why my cohort Jess Oundjian and I ended up deciding to set out upon a 5000km road trip through the Balkans to get to our planned destination, the home of the gods, Mt Olympus
- Published in Spark in the Field
HURRY — Tesla Sale ends Sunday, May 31
Thursday, 07 May 2015
HURRY — Sale ends Sunday, May 31… The Spark R&D Spring Sale is happening now! Magneto and AfterBurner bindings are 30% off. Shop early — quantities are limited! https://www.sparkrandd.com/gear/bindings/
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Spark binders and Venture splitboards available for demo
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Spring is one of the best times to get out and do some splitboarding. We still have plenty of snow high in the mountains around Bozeman, MT. Anyone interested in doing some splitboarding in the Bozeman area, we have some demo binders and Venture splitboards available for your use! We also have a few select
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Design a shirt, Win some bindings
Monday, 15 December 2014
Friends and fans of Spark: It is time, once again, for our (semi) annual Spark R&D T-Shirt Design Contest! The trade show season is upon us and we are giving you a chance to design the graphics for next year’s T-Shirts and Hoodies. If you happen to come up with something that blows us away,
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Trip Report: Frazier Basin, Bridger Range, Montana
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
By Robin Hill Photos by Emma Light Nov. 15, 2014 Late fall in Bozeman, Montana, fires the stoke, but also tests our patience. Every fall, I tell myself I am going to wait a little later to avoid the shark-fin infested slopes of the early season. I was doing well fighting the itch this season,
- Published in Spark in the Field
Manufacturing Day 2014
Friday, 03 October 2014
Manufacturing Day, this year on October 3, is a national effort to spotlight manufacturing and manufacturing job opportunities in the United States. The mission of MFG DAY is to “address common misconceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what
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