outerwear and accessory brands included 686, Dakine, Volcom, Quiksilver, Roxy, Saxx Underwear, PAG, VonZipper, Electric, Spy and Mammut. Mammut was testing customers’ transceivers to check that they were working properly and offering avalanche research and first aid training on the snow front, just in front of the test village. The demo was from 9am to 4pm everyday with the Roches Brunes chairlift exclusively opening for Winter Pro participants for the first half hour of each day. On the Saturday brands set up their tents and then had a welcome drink at the exhibition hall followed by dinner at the Le Boréal. Sunday the village opened and testing began. This was followed by a Vans Aperitif of free beers, a film screening of «Elles» & «Oasen» and a DJ set and a photo exhibition by Mathieu Georges and Perly. Dinner at the Le Boréal was followed by the opening Party at Le Boréal with The Climbers and a DJ Set. On Monday diner was held at the Le Boréal followed by the event closing party with Mullit and the Machine rocking the night away. Most of the brands and retailers stayed in the hotels right next to the Roches Brunes chairlift, so it was an easy late night stumble home!
On the first day when it was almost impossible to drive up to the resort, only 23 shops were in the village to test. When the weather cleared on Monday and Tuesday more shops arrived and a total of 133 shops and 345 testers attended during the 3 days. Shops at the event included Le Vieux Camper, Gliss shop, Ecosport, Snow Leader and Addicted. The test system was run by Nineteen Squared, with each product identified by a QR code and each person by their registration card, with all scanning happening at the test village entrance. French pros riding with shops at the event included Victor De la Rue, Victor Daviet, Mathieu Crepel, Arthur Longo and Olivier Gittler and Austrian legend GiGi Rüf. Brands were happy with this first edition and enjoyed the change of location to la Rosiere. For next year the event will probably move to Monday to Wednesday to encourage even more retailers to come. Big thanks to organiser David Tchag, Marine Bernard and their team for a great first test event. actsnowboarding.com/winter-pro-2022-2
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