Press Coverage

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

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Instead of selling the brand, they’re handing it off to a new generation of outdoor industry entrepreneurs at Oregon State University-Cascades.

GearJunkie

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.

Central Oregon Daily Press

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