The founders of a Bend-based snowboard company have donated their company to Oregon State University – Cascades to provide students a hands-on opportunity running an outdoor products company.
OSU-Cascades
“Instead of closing shop or selling his 10-year-old Bend, OR-based snowboard brand, he donated it to Oregon State University-Cascades.”
The Snowboarders Journal
Instead of selling the brand, they’re handing it off to a new generation of outdoor industry entrepreneurs at Oregon State University-Cascades.
GearJunkie
Figuring out how to do something a university has never done before.
KBND Radio
An opportunity for students “to step in and truly run a for-profit business, one that actually creates premium outdoor products.”
Inside Higher Ed
How Bend Oregon shaped SnoPlanks into the brand it was before OSU-Cascades.
Bend Magazine
Another Bend business is under new management. But it’s not some corporate takeover. It’s a handover to help further education for local college students.
