verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message salomon snowboards type subsidiary of salomon group industry snowsports founded 1995 headquarters marketing portland oregon design and development annecy france products snowboards boots bindings website http www.salomonsnowboards.com salomon snowboards is a category of salomon group . marketing for salomon snowboards is based in portland oregon near mt. hood while design and development takes place at the base of the french alps in annecy france . salomon snowboards produces a full line of hardgoods for men women and children including snowboards bindings and boots . 1 contents 1 history 2 team 3 external links 4 references history edit salomon released their first snowboard in 1997 after several years of development . the first board featured a simple single color topsheet graphic and advanced technologies adopted from the resources of the ski experts . the company built a strong team of pro riders including daniel frank and michelle taggert . in 2007 salomon snowboards hosted their first annual backyard bang rail jam in portland oregon . the contest aimed to bring backyard snowboarding into the city . salomon s backyard bang has since expanded globally to include contests in denver tahoe and germany . 2 in 2008 the salomon sickstick snowboard won the volvo sportsdesign award for eco design in the boardsports category . 3 the sickstick featured salomon s newly patented bamboo sandwich construction process and was driven by the goal to improve the performance of salomon products while significantly reducing the ecological cost of snowboard production . 4 in 2010 salomon snowboards won transworld snowboarding s team shoot out in which four of the best teams in snowboarding compete simultaneously at four separate resorts across the west for the grand prize the cover of the september issue of transworld snowboarding magazine . 5 salomon has a history of supporting innovative video projects in snowboarding including the robot food films transworld snowboarding s film get real absinthe films videograss and mack dawg productions . team edit pro team am team josh dirksen desiree melancon louif paradis werni stock david benedek chris carr wolfgang nyvelt harrison gordon annie boulanger tyler verigin scotty arnold max baillargeon takaharu nakai jesse paul sylvain bourbousson tommy gesme jenny jones bode merrill chris grenier jed anderson external links edit official homepage official fan page references edit http www.salomonsnowboard.com en us company http www.salomonsnowboard.com en us company http onboard.mpora.com news salomon sick stick wins eco design award at ispo.html http onboard.mpora.com news salomon sick stick wins eco design award at ispo.html http snowboarding.transworld.net teamshootout retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title salomon snowboards & oldid 725668412 categories sporting goods manufacturers of the united statescompanies established in 1995companies based in portland oregon1995 establishments in oregonhidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2010all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 june 2016 at 04 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view