Free the Powder: Designer's Corner Blog
What size should I like?
A ski glove company (along with every other company that sells a product that comes in different sizes) receives lots of questions about sizing. We try our best to post helpful helpful information and answers to Sizing FAQs.
But we get some crazy questions...
Designer's Vision: Race AL Glove, the glove of my dreams
Designer's Vision: First Chair Glove, our warmest, most badass glove.
Designer's Vision: X Models, our most versatile all-conditions ski gloves
Learning to ski: advice from an expert to save you time and money
I recently received an email from a customer, asking me for my advice on learning how to ski. After writing to her, it occurred to me I should create a blog post about the ideas I'd expressed.
So...
How to keep your feet warm while skiing
Are your feet always cold while skiing or snowboarding? Do your feet get cold easily?
I recently received an email from a customer, thanking me for solving his long-term cold-hands problem. He asked me for my advice on solving his cold-feet problem.
Marketing Truth and Ski Gloves
At Free the Powder Gloves we spend most of our time focused on our ski gloves and customer service. In fact, truth be told, that's all we do because we absolutely detest spending our time on promotion and especially "marketing."
My poor business partner and wife Shannon has to listen to my incessant ranting about my disdain for marketing. So why do I feel this way?
Alta Utah Snowfall History from 1945-2022
Here is the snowfall data and measurements, including moving 3-year averages for Alta, Utah...
Ski industry prices: the way it should be
The crazed genius of my short-cuff ski glove design
Powder Magazine's only negative comment about our gloves is about the "bulky" Velcro cuff. That makes me smile. I know something they don't...
Humans and ski glove sizing...
One of the most perplexing undertakings of creating an online business with products that are fitted, is sizing and more specifically, recommending which size customers should buy.
Now I started more than a year ago doing research and development, having hundreds of people try on prototype after prototype of gloves, trying to hone in on exactly proper sizing. And after more than 40 prototypes, I had complete consensus, right?
Wrong...
The conundrum of ski gloves
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