For Immediate Release
Pat Smith
OnTarget Public Relations
303.333.1516

Boulder, CO, December 18, 2006 - Sea to Summit recently announced an exclusive distribution agreement to paddlesport, snowsport and outdoor retailers with Stick Protection Technology (SPT) products, an innovative Australian brand that is developing water and snow sports hardware. Sea to Summit is introducing SPTs Lockable Tie Downs, a unique system that combines tie-down straps with a keyed locking system to protect outdoor gear from theft.

“Our market research showed us that there were plenty of tie-down systems available and numerous anti-theft locking systems, but no really good solution for both functions in one single product.” 

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Killer post-xmas deals from Altrec.com (visit site). Over 700 skus marked down from 20-50% off retail. This includes some top brands like The North Face, Patagonia and Burton! Many outdoor retailers have post holiday promos but you don’t often see them this good. Here are the contents of the email I just received from Altrec:

Post Holiday Sale is here! ~700 SKUS at 20-50% Off. All the top brands are represented. These are in-line, best selling brands.

• 20-50% Off - Best brands apply - North Face, Patagonia, Nike, Burton, Billabong and more
• Sale duration is from 12/26/06 through 01/09/07
• No coupon code necissary but you must click on the banner below to redeem these savings

IMPORTANT: Click Banner to Redeem 20-50% Off Your Purchase

Have a Jerry Christmas and a Happy Bob Weir

Oh, and get some powder. You do like powder don’t you?

Felt compelled to post this touching story about a real life Lassie that not only kept his owner warm after being injured during a freeziing night, but led the search and rescue team right to her…5 miles from the trail head where rescuers found the dog.

“Moab police found Ballengee’s pickup truck at the Amasa Back trailhead at 12:30 p.m. Friday. As search-and-rescue personnel arrived, a dog matching the description of Taz was seen running around the trailhead. ‘The dog took our rescue personnel right to her. I think we would have eventually found her, because we were in the right location, but the dog saved us some time,’ said Curt Brewer, chief deputy with the Grand County Sheriff’s Office.”

Read the whole story: Dog leads rescuers to injured runner stranded near Moab

We found a site that features all kinds of car and truck racks for people like you who are active and need to lug gear around the mountains. BikeRackOutlet.com features the complete lines of car and truck rack systems from top brands like Thule and Yakima. It looks like they’re featuring gear from RackAttack.com. From their site: “With eight retail stores, over 60 full-time rack experts on staff and likely the largest inventories in the business, Rack Attack is North America’s premier retailer of automotive and home storage rack systems..“

The site features…

• Ski & Snowboard Racks
• Water Sport & Kayak Racks
• Base Racks
• Bike Racks
• Lockable Accessories

They also feature an RSS feed for coupons and discounts from RackAttack. You can actually subscribe to the RSS and keep an eye on what’s going on sale right from the homepage of BikeRackOutlet.com. Check it out!

While we’re at it here’s another promo offer from REI:

The REI elves are working overtime to give you the best deals! Discover an additional 50% savings on more than 600 already-discounted items at REI-OUTLET.com (site).

You must click the banner below to redeem this 50% savings:

This offer ends Christmas Eve

To save $20 on your next purchase of $100 or more at REI (site), use coupon code HOLIDAY at checkout after clicking on the banner below.

A whole list of ‘offer exclusions’, though. Good products but REI certainly doesn’t make it easy to buy online. Guess they don’t have to with all their stores around the country.

EXCLUSIONS:

• Offer not valid on REI Adventures or Outdoor School.
• Offer not valid on special orders, package discounts, prior purchases, REI gift cards or E-gift certificates, gift boxes, memberships, shop services, rentals.
• Offer not valid on Oakley products.
• Offer is limited to stock on hand, is nontransferable and is not redeemable for cash.
• Offer valid on one pretax purchase totaling $100 or more.
• Merchandise purchased with this offer is not eligible for the REI member refund.
• Offer may not be combined with any other discount or offer. Limit one coupon per customer.

Jeeesh! Think you can still get what you want with that list?! If so, just remember to use the coupon code HOLIDAY when checking out for 20 smakers off (orders over $100 only & note all the above).

You must click the banner below to redeem this savings:

We found discounted lift tickets at Snowbird Ski Resort!

Are you heading to Utah this winter to experience ‘The greatest Snow on Earth’? If so it’s likely your plans call for a day (or several) in Little Cottonwood Canyon (for LCC and Alta/Snowbord daily grind check out AltaCam). Well we’ve found some discounted lift tickets for you: Snowbird is offering 1 Day Adult Tram Tickets for $56 through Backcountry.com…regularly $64. That’s a savings of $8 per lift ticket. If you have a family of four, and you’re hitting Snowbird for two days…click the link below and you’ve just saved $48!!

Once on Backcountry.com just search ‘Snowbird’…or you can CLICK HERE to go directly to the snowbird lift ticket page.

>> Snowbird 1 Day Adult Tram Ticket
>> Snowbird 2 out of 5 Day Adult Tram Tickets

This just in.. Altrec.com Outdoors (site) has extended their 30% Off Great Gifts promo and added new “in-line” goods to the mix.

HUGE Savings on top brands from North Face, Arcteryx, Burton and more. There are currently 300+ products offered at this discount! This offer is valide through December 28th 2006.

You must click through the banner below to redeem these savings:

Well we’re due in Utah for one of our famous dumpages of snow…and it looks like it’s on. It’s been quite a dry spell. Although the snowpak is taking it’s time getting going this year…we all know what’s to come in the Cottonwoods: Blower POW days galore. Check out today’s Alta Powder Alert that just showed up in my inbox:

Hello Alta Powder Hounds….

In the past 24 hours, Alta Ski Area has received: 7″ of new snow
The settled mid-mountain base is currently: 51″
So far this season we’ve received 120″ of snow
The extended weather forecast is: 6-9″ inches of snow today (Saturday, December 16th). 5-7″ of snow tonight.

Sign Up!
Alta Powalert: http://www.alta.com/pages/powalert.php

Other powder junky links…
Alta Snow Report: http://www.alta.com/pages/report.php
Alta Mountain Cams: http://www.alta.com/pages/mtncam.php
Alta Pic of the Day: http://www.alta.com/pages/pod.php