Utah’s RAMP Sports Finds More Options with Domestic Manufacturing

SALT LAKE CITY - Oct. 29, 2014 - PRLog -- Park City, Utah (October 28, 2014) – This week, RAMP Sports (http://www.rampsports.com/) and its high quality, American-made skis and snowboards represent Utah on AOL’s This Built Americaeditorial series.

For decades, America’s ski industry has moved production overseas. So when RAMP founders Mike and Edie Kilchenstein realized they needed to make a radical business decision and stop sourcing from Taiwan in 2012, they turned to Utah’s mountains for inspiration and as a place to build their factory. “In Taiwan you have an army making skis,” Mike Kilchenstein explains. “But no one had ever skied, no one had ever been on a snowboard. Some hadn’t even seen snow.”

To compete against bigger brands, he knew he had to bring production to the Beehive State. That change in business model turned RAMP from a craft brand into a manufacturer of American-made skis, snowboards and even skateboards.

To see what happened next for RAMP Sports, visit http://www.thisbuiltamerica.com/utah.

RAMP Sports joins a national movement in This Built America that is devoted to supporting American companies and American-made products. AOL is proud to support the effort along with sponsor Ford Trucks. Through the year, the editorial and video teams will explore 50 states in 50 weeks to bring 50 stories of the people who are bringing back manufacturing to America. The platform is produced in coordination with Man Made Content.

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