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Welcome New Advertiser – Scarpa North America !!

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Sound the trumpets, clash the cymbals — welcome our new flagship advertiser Scarpa, the company who brought us such revolutionary products as the first viable plastic telemark boots (Terminator), and the first light but performance oriented AT boots that truly worked (Laser).

I’m overwhelmed by the support this blog is getting from Scarpa and all our other advertisers. Thanks!

If you enjoy what we’re doing here, please click through our advertiser’s banners to their websites, and consider their products while you’re shopping. We’ve been very selective about who we take as advertisers; these are companies where we know the people involved, we know they have good products and we know they run an ethical business worthy of your support!

Posted by Lou on February 15, 2006 | Filed Under Backcountry Skiing 

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4 Responses to “Welcome New Advertiser – Scarpa North America !!”

  1. Mark Worley February 15th, 2006 5:59 am

    Scarpa is great; glad they’re on the Dawson team. My only gripe is that their website is about six months behind in development.

    Mark

  2. Lou February 15th, 2006 7:50 am

    I heard they had to practically build a company overnight (North American division), but it appears they should have made the website a higher priority. Some folks just don’t realize how important the web really is to marketing and branding. Scarpa NA seems to get it to a degree (after all, they’re advertising!), yet one wonders why they have an incomplete website. From what I know, web is pretty much the most important thing for marketing many types of products, possibly for backcountry ski boots. Stay tuned.

  3. Andrew Bond February 15th, 2006 3:38 pm

    You might want to check with your sponsors as the ad goes to Black Diamond, who promptly say they no longer sell Scarpa!!!

    http://www.scarpanorthamerica.com might be a better link?

    Good news on the sponsor though: I only found the site recently and it has proved a wealth of good information and is now a permanent icon on my toolbar (no mean feat).

    Andrew Bond
    Scotland

    PS If you think Scarpa ski boots are good, try their mountaineering kit: out of this world.

  4. Lou February 15th, 2006 8:01 pm

    Thanks Andrew, I changed the link.

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