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Ok, so the new season officially starts Thursday, Oct 1st when all 5 of our stores open for the Winter. Just thought I would update you on some stuff we have happening.
- yes our West Lawn store has moved to the former Pinnacle location at 301 East Bellevue Ave in Reading. the owner's of Pinnacle came to us over the Summer and asked if we were interested in purchasing their store. Jeff, Nancy and Brad Buckman (aka The Buckman family, since we are a family run company) decided that we were and we have since relocated to the Pinnacle building.
- for those of you who shop Doylestown, you might have heard about the fire over the Summer. thankfully there wasn't major damage. it has taken a month or two but the store is renovated and ready for the season.
-Our Pre-Season sale is Monday, October 12th - Saturday, October 17th at all locations
- Tent Sale is Wednesday, October 14th - Saturday, October 17th at the Reading, King of Prussia and Montgomeryville stores. Consignment drop off is Monday the 12th and Tuesday the 13th. Get 100% store credit if your consignment item sells!
- This season the Boulder Bash is back and better than ever!
It's a rail jam on Saturday, November 21st at Big Boulder
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a slope style on Saturday, February 20th at Big Boulder
Compete in both or just one! Book end the season with 2 great competitions.
- It's MOVIE time! Check out these upcoming Movie showings:
Thursday, Oct 15th -
Burton's The B Movie World Tour - Exclusive Philly appearance!
Rider Autograph Session with Mads Jonsson, Fredi Kalbermatten, Kevin Pearce, Jussi Oksanen, and Kelly Clark
Buckman's KOP 3:30pm - 6:00pm
The B Movie Showing
The Franklin Institute Theater (North 20th St, Philly)
Doors Open 7pm, Movie begins 7:30pm - Tickets available at the door
There is also an after party for those 21+ at the Silk City Lounge.
Saturday, Oct 17th
Forum's Forever Movie and Forum Grill and Chill with Stevie Bell
Buckman's Montgomeryville - All Day 10am - 5pm
Stuff your face with Chili Dogs and Hang with Stevie Bell. Watch the new Forum team video and celebrate snowboarding.
It's also the last day of our Pre-season Sale and Tent Sale!
Sunday, Nov 8th
Warren Miller's Dynasty
Bear Creek Mountain Resort - 12:30pm Charity Auction, 2:30pm Movie starts
Tickets $12 Adult, $6 Child (12 and under) - available at Buckman's.
This is a fundraising event!
- Watch for more great stuff all season!
Think Snow!
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At least someone saw them!!! I've never been at a Red Bull sponsored event where finding Red Bull was so difficult. At last years Buckmans event people were literally OD'ing on the stuff...
Yeah, i was disappointed with the Red Bull ground team. They didn't seem to do much. I only was able to get 1 from them. if Kent from Atomic hadn't brought some I probably wouldn't have gotten anymore. Pretty funny how an 8yr old had better luck with the Red Bull girls!
As far as next year - watch for something big! All I can say is we will probably have 2 events bookending the season. Not sure if the parking lot event will work but we are still exploring it.
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Ok, want to thank everyone who participated for throwing down big. The quality of competition was outstanding.
Also need to thank all our sponsors and Big Boulder for helping us put this event together.
So, here are the results:
Buckman's Boulder Bash '09
1st place ($1250 cash) - Jonathan Brogan
2nd place ($750 cash) - Steve "Nips" Larick
3rd place ($500 cash) - Carson Lappert
Open Skier Division:
1st place ($1250 cash) - Jonathan Brogan
2nd place ($750 cash) - Steve "Nips" Larick
3rd place ($500 cash) - Carson Lappert
Open Snowboarder Division:
1st place ($1250 cash) - Scott Kuchinski
2nd place ($750 cash) - Willilam Keil
3rd place ($500 cash) - Thomas Weis
Women's Combined Division (for product):
1st place - Jackie Kling
2nd place - Jaime Del Pizzo
3rd place - Catherine Kerzetski
Grommet (12 and under) Division (for product):
1st place - Austin Lamoreaux
2nd place - Jake Orzech
3rd place - Kyle Schiffbauer
Mark your calendar now for Saturday, February 20, 2010! One way or another we will have a competition on that day.
See you on the slopes!
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fyi, On-site Registration will be available for $25 per competitor. On-site registration will be open 8:00am - 9:30am. Please bring cash! You must have a lift ticket and no discount tickets will be available on-site!
The maximum # of new registrations per division accepted on-site will be:
Grommet - 10
Women - 9
Open Skier - 10
Open Snowboarder -10
Also, if you are a competitor you should of received an e-mail from me today mentioning that there is a $10 (cash) Bib deposit required. When you return your bib you will get your $10 back. The US Open style bibs we have are expensive. We already had 12 people who kept theirs after last year's rail jam.
See you Saturday and the weather looks good for the event!
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Ok, here's where we stand:
Online registration is CLOSED and we are at 75+ competitors total
Love Park WILL be CLOSED until the competition is completed.
Under Armour is presenting Ahmet Dadali for the day. He will be signing autographs, riding, and just hanging out for the day.
Competitor Check-In is 8am-9:30am
Miss check-in and you are disqualified! If you run into a problem Saturday morning and are running late give my cell a call (if you are registered you have that #) and let me know.
Practice session is 9:30am - 11:00am
Competitors meeting at 11:15am
Qualifiers begin at 11:30am
Under Armour is also providing our DJ and MC for the event. All our top vendors will be set up giving away loads of product.
I am sure that this year's event will be as much fun as all of our events. Quality competitors, great prizes, and well run!
thanks in advance to the Crew at Boulder for letting us have our event at their mountain and for all the work they put in on the course.
If you aren't competing come and watch, take photos, or shoot some video!
If you shoot video check out this post
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Calling all videographers!
The Philadelphia Surf & Snow Film Fest rolls into town on March 14th at Drexel University.
As part of that event, Buckman's is sponsoring a Snowboard Short Film Contest. (sorry, the film fest is surf and snowboard only so this contest is snowboard only!)
Edit together your best 5-7min Film and send it to me by Friday, March 6th.
DVD Submissions requested (3 copies required).
The top 5 short films will be shown at the Philadelphia Surf & Snow Film Fest on March 14th.
Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 films
By submitting your film you agree that you have permission to distribute the images contained therein and you grant Buckman's Ski & Snowboard Shops permission to use your video, or any part thereof at the Philadelphia Surf & Snow Film Fest.
any questions e-mail me at johnl@buckmansinc.com
good luck!
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When you register, do you use the reciept as a voucher for your ticket and proof of registration? or how does it work?
Everyone who registered will receive an e-mail (on wed or as soon after as they register) with details.
Competitor check in will be in the boulder Park Lodge from 8Am -9am. Bibs and lift tickets (if purchased) will be handed out. The day's schedule will also be posted there.
Practice will be 9:30 - 11. Riders meeting 11:20. Event starts 11:30.
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Any word yet on the setup?
Ok, so I met with Ian on Friday. He is psyched to do a slopestyle as they haven't done one this year.
The set up will be on Love Park. There will be 4 features. 2 rail options each with 2 choices (easier and more technical) and 2 jumps.
The boulder crew will put together a great course. We will have a DJ, MC, and loads of our vendors set up for the day.
Register now to make sure you get a spot. We may or may not have onsite registration.
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I have room for 8 (complete with seatbelts). got to love an Excursion!
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just signed up. any word on whats being planned for the setup?
As I mentioned in a previous post I hope to have course info after this friday.
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anyone doing this? how long is registration open until?
Amung others, KT is registered and so is Nips.
Registration is open until the event is full with 100 competitors. On-site registration may or may not be available so don't wait!
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sounds like you need some arch support, and the footbeds that come with hotronics certainly do not provide any. i'm not sure what buckmans does specifically, but check out nestors on rt. 145 in whitehall, it should be right on your way to blue. similar to zaps, A Line footbeds are a step shy of the full custom deal, but we've had a ton of success with them, and they're cheaper than full customs. swing by on your next trip up to blue and get your boots tweaked beforehand, and then stop by afterwards if you're still having problems, that way you can get everything sorted out before utah. i'm gonna be out there the same time, where are you skiing?
Especially since you are so close, our Montgomeryville store staff can get you fixed up before you get to UT. Ask for Brian Tobish or Drew Good as they are our best 2 boot fitters in that store. Both have been well trained by Master Fit and have years of experience in our shop.
We do carry the Intuition liners and various footbeds (from simple trim to fit up to full on custom molded). I am confident that they can solve your issues.
I do suggest you have them taken care of and then use them at Blue or somewhere at least once prior to heading out west.
good luck and have fun in UT!
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John - You might consider adding a competitor name line as part of the registration. I am not competing, but I am registered.
The online instructions should say that the competitor info should be entered as the ship to. I will have my web guy clarify that.
Regarding the set up, I am meeting with the Boulder Park people on Friday to finalize that. Will try to pass the info along once it's established.
thanks,
ps - registration is going along nicely, can't guarantee there will be on-site registration so register asap to ensure you don't miss out!
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i'm assuming he's not competing?
He'll ride but won't be competing.
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Just confirmed that Under Armour is bringing Ahmet Dadali for our event.
He's featured in their ads.
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Event and Registration Info is posted here!
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Ok everyone, our KOP Rail Jam has moved to Boulder!
Saturday 2/21/09
Buckman's Boulder Bash
(It is now a slopestyle event.)
Over $5k cash plus $10k in product/prizes/giveaways
Event Schedule:
8am - 9:30am - Competitor Check-In
9:00am - 11am - Practice Session
11:30am - Competition begins
Awards immediately following finals
Divisions:
Grommet (12 and under, ski and snowboard combined)
Open Skier
Open Snowboarder
Women's (ski and snowboard combined)
Registration = $20+ lift ticket
(discount tickets can be purchased with registration online)
Register online at www.buckmans.com/store/BuckmansEvents-OSCAR_578.aspx
As in the past, registration may fill up prior to the event so register in advance!
sponsors include: Oakley, Burton, Salomon, Ride, The North Face, Spyder, Under Armour, Line, Atomic, SkullCandy and Nitro.
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An apperance may be in order, what kind of shit do the people who place get. I hope it's not like the EMS where you win points, and those points add up to the series winner.
Not sure but I do know that the people from Scion came to Buckman's to get the prizes for the winners of each division!
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Why can't it be in a mall parking lot again?
Because the mall makes us pay to use their space and this year they added to their fee quite substantially. If we have it in the mall lot we won't be able to give out the kind of cash we do!
Sorry, it's moving to Boulder for this year and probably will be back in the mall lot next year.
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How ironic. You are calling me out for calling someone out.
How about taking your own advice and keep it to yourself.
Johnny-
I wasn't calling anyone out. No negativity from me. I just didn't want to get the blame for the misinformation.
now worries TT!
i too just wanted to set the record straight. everyone can watch for details on our event being posted next week.
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I was at Buckmans the other day and they daid they wre having issues securing insurance for the event.
Hey all -
The details are still being finalized but we are moving our event to Boulder for this year. It's still happening on Saturday 2/21. Probably going to be more of a slopestyle event than pure rail jam. We will still have the large cash purse (over $5k total) along with thousands of dollars of give-a-ways.
This had nothing to do with securing insurance. Was moved in response to the mall jacking up the price for using their parking lot.
Watch here and buckmans.com for final info within the next 2 weeks.
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Hey everyone, I'm a freshmen at elmira college and Im gonna be spending a bunch of time at greek (hopefully) this season and was looking for people to ski with.
my buddy Kevin is the marketing director at Greek. he always likes getting out for some runs. stop by and tell him John from Buckman's sent you. he knows all the locals and people who hang out at Greek so he should be able to point towards some people.
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got an old board i wanna let my friends borrow, but it needs a little edge repair.
any recommendations?
although it looks like you are from jersey, our shop (Buckman's) does great work. we have a couple of guys who only work on snowboards and with our hot boxes and top of the line equipment the guys can do some amazing things.
doesn't matter which location you use as all work is done at our central workshop.
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Liner-gate isn't going to work.... apparently my liner is a tad different after looking at it and it's just not going to happen...
For now I'm just going to try it out with my old liners as they fit into the shell without any real bunching.
Just for reference reasons... what's the deal with the intuition liners.. I hear that name everywhere but I have no idea what they are, etc..
fyi, Buckman's carries Intuition liners and we have trained boot fitters at every location. The Intuition liners are great especially as replacements in older boots that have liners which have packed out and are sloppy. They are also great for giving you a better custom fit in new boots.
I have had some toe nail issues over the years as well and after the podiatrist took care of them I now make sure I keep my toe nails as short as possible especially during ski season. I like tight boots and keeping the nails trimmed helps.
I also have gotten a pair of the Intuition liners, had them molded to my feet, and use them in my main set of boots. Now all is well with both the fit/comfort and performance of my boots.
I am not sure if Ski Bum carries them but if you are from that area then King of Prussia is an easy trek. Stop in and ask for Dave Yatsko or either of the store managers Matt Mutter or Drew Kinckiner. They are probably our best 3 boot fitters at that location. Our stores are open 10a-9p M-F, 10a-5p Sat and are closed on Sundays!
Buckman's Lift Ticket Stimulus Program
in General Chat
Posted · Edited by johnnypowder
At Buckman's we love to ski and ride. We also know it's not cheap. Even after you have all your equipment and clothes, getting to use them can be quite expensive! And with the way the economy is we want to help get people on the slopes.
Because of that we are announcing our "Buckman's Lift Ticket Stimulus Program"! We have put $50,000.00 into a fund to help make lift tickets more affordable to everyone.
In a nutshell here's the program:
Buy a lift ticket or season pass. GET A RECEIPT!
Bring the ORIGINAL receipt to one of our stores.
We will issue you a Lift Ticket Stimulus Program Rebate Card for:
20% of your daily, multi-day, and weekly lift ticket purchases
10% of your season pass purchases
Rebate Cards are redeemable at any Buckman's retail location.
(You can even use it to buy discount lift tickets!)
Rebate Cards are not redeemable for cash and must be used in full.
We will issue Rebate Cards until the $50k fund is used up. You can track the fund on buckmans.com. When the fund is gone, the program is over!
Of course there are more details which can be found online at buckmans.com or at our stores. Or feel free to ask questions here!