Archive for June, 2007

Sombrio Girl’s Site Launches!!!

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Sombrio Launches www.sombriogirl.com

North Vancouver, BC – June 20, 2007— Sombrio is pleased to announce the launch of www.sombriogirl.com. This site is dedicated to showcasing the fine threads of the girl’s collection, where each garment is photographed for a complete visual understanding of the fit, style and colour ways offered. Viewers will also have the option to browse the online store, view current promotions, or read about the Sombrio Girls team’s profiles and latest adventures.

The 2007 Sombrio Girls team includes Claire Buchar, Kathy Pruitt, Sari Joergensen, and Tracy Moseley. Each member of the Girls team reflects the different personalities of Sombrio. Whether they are traveling the globe with their bike, their camera, and their backpack to taste the world’s greatest single track, or riding at home on their favorite local trails one thing is certain- biking is their passion. This site was designed to capture a snapshot of the rider lifestyle and inspire other girls to “pin it”.

Sombrio/Steed Trail Day – Sunday June 10th

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BUILD. Something happens when you stick your hands into the ground. A certain energy is released. There’s that musty smell of earth. The glow of mineral soil. The antiquity and story of red rot. All of which sparks the tingle of ideas: how this labour will one day turn into love. How a stroke of the polaski now will turn into a stroke of the pedal tomorrow. How both the shovel and the axe will – with a little sweat and ingenuity – send you skyward.

Building trail. The honoured tradition that gives mountain biking its home; its place. That most-celebrated forurm where mountain biking’s adventures and memories are forged. How those trails are built, where they take you, their burms, jumps, stunts, super gnarly sections, their ribbons of flow, all came from a pair of hands. Hands with vision. Hands with commitment. Hands that know that if you’re going to hold on to handlebars, you must first grab hold of a shovel. Continue reading ‘Sombrio/Steed Trail Day – Sunday June 10th’