shops are the best.
we've asked all of the DWD retailers from across north america a few questions to help you gain some local knowledge and get to know the places and people that have gotten behind us. we want to thank them for their huge amount of support!
over the next couple of weeks check back here daily and pick up some Insider Info about a destination that you may travel to this winter or some history about your home town that you didn't know... and of course, just some good ol' personal opinions.
to kick it off for us is Jeff Perry at Milosport in Salt Lake City.
scroll, read, enjoy, and return daily for many more installments of Insider Info over the coming weeks.
Name of the shop? Milosport Salt Lake City
Name of person answering the questions? Jeff Perry
How long has the shop been around for?
We been a snowboard shop since 1984! Our secret of success is the fact that we try to make everyone feel like they are a part of our shop and also that there are no stupid questions.
Who’s on your shop team?
Justin Bennee, Brandon Hobush, Mark Edlund, Jon Kooley, Mikey Leblanc, MFM, Sam Taxwood, Cale Zima, Aaron bittner, Dan Brisse, Laura Hadar, Seth Huot, Blaze & Sage Kotsenburg, Jordan Mendenhall, JP Tomich, Sean Black, Chris Coulter, Brandon Hammid, Jeremy Jones (jib), Bode Merrill, Griffin Siebert, JP Walker, Matty Ryan, Bozung
What rider has influenced snowboarding the most in your area?
If you go back a ways probably Jeff Davis, he was the 1st real freestyle ripper from these parts. As far as modern snowboard trends go it would be a tie JP walker & Jeremy Jones, those 2 took the freestyle stuff they learned from Jeff Davis and took it to rails & streets changing snowboarding!
You’re stuck on a mountain for the rest of your life and you can only have 1 snowboard. Is it camber, or reverse camber? Why?
Camber for sure because I like to jump and have control on hard pack. Reverse boards are fun in deep snow but a camber board is the all around winner, it can do it all well!
What is the golden age of snowboarding for you? when and why?
For me personally its the early to mid nineties. This is the time before snowboarding was a brand name. Jamie Lynn, Noah Brandon & Terje were my hero's and style mattered a lot more then how many rotations you could do. Style was BOSS in the Nineties!
What is the food/drink spot of choice that you’d have to be local to know about?
Well its a lot more well known now but it would have to be MocaSalsa the 24 hour mexican restaurant just a couple of blocks down the hill from us. It's some good authentic and cheap food.
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check out Milosport online at www.milosport.com, or if you're in town drop by and say hi!
Milo Sport
3119 E. 3300 S.
SLC, UT 84109
877-504-1500
801-487-8600
milo@milosport.com
