What business does a company like Grassroots Powdersurfing have at an event like this?  Well, we have seen a pretty significant impact that our shapes, style of riding, style of business, and lifestyle in general have had on the snowboard industry over the past decade. When you have huge brands like Burton and Jones and many many small companies trying to create products similar to what you’ve been making for a decade, that is pretty telling. Not to mention the design shifts in snowboards, quiver mentalities, and the “return to the roots”.. movement that has been our foundation since the beginning.  Not bad for a garage operation run by one guy who happens to also work 2 other jobs to support his family… selling a product that nobody had ever heard of just a few years ago.  So we think Grassroots Powdersurfing most certainly has a place here. While we are constantly overlooked and rarely credited by the media and these huge snowboard companies, our influence shows up loud and clear throughout the snow riding community. It would seem that passion, creativity and individuality speaks louder than the giant marketing budgets of huge snowboard companies trying to push the latest fads (or recycling the old ones).