Loaded Boards
Michael Girard has a diverse work experience in sales and marketing roles within the sports industry. Michael started their career as a Sales Representative for Resource Distribution Inc., where they represented various brands in the Northeast region. Michael then worked as a Sales Representative for S1 Helmets and later became a Regional Sales Representative for SPY.
In 2012, Michael joined G-Form as the Skate Team Manager, where they recruited and managed a team of sponsored riders and handled marketing content and event sponsorships. Michael also served as the Director of Board Sports, overseeing sales, product development, marketing, and team management for board sports.
Michael went on to work for other companies including Nidecker SA, Loaded boards, Pro-Tec, MG Sales & Marketing (where they served as the CEO), and MAMMUT Sports Group AG (as the New England Sales Representative). Michael also founded Emgee Events LLC, which specializes in organizing premium skate and longboard events.
Throughout their career, Michael has gained experience in wholesale account sales, territory sales, marketing, brand management, and event production. Michael has a passion for action sports and has demonstrated skills in team management, product development, and building strong customer relationships.
Michael Girard attended Colgate University from 2008 to 2012, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. During their time at Colgate University, they studied Economics, French, Natural Sciences, Geography, and Film Studies.
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Loaded Boards
Beginning in early 1995, trying to mimic the rush of snowboarding on pavement, our shortboards got less and less playtime while we experimented with more stable wheelbases, any funky truck we could get our hands on, and pretty much any material we could put trucks on. All sorts of shapes of Baltic birch plies, solid wood, modified shortboards, and various other objects became projectiles to careen down local hills with. Looking for a lively and precisely tuned and responsive ride, old snowboards soon found themselves reincarnated with trucks and wheels attached—awaiting more brutal methods of destruction. We played (and continue to play) with almost every board and truck available and took courses in composite and material technologies, continuing on with our quest to build a lively board capable of skating bigger hills with enhanced control. September 2000 through June 2002 were dedicated to developing these boards. It was challenging. We enlisted and ended up frustrating many of the greatest minds in skateboarding and snowboarding. Determining and testing the materials was a full-time job. Trying to get the wood and fiberglass to conform to compound contours was an affront to physics and we got sick of hearing that it couldn’t be done with curvatures as pronounced as we wanted. But done it was and the first ride made it clear that it should be done. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loadedboards/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LoadedBoards
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