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JOB:04-24941 Title:RP-Inside the World of Board Graphics
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.FSWJO{ INTERVIEW WITH ANNETTE VEIHELMANN, PETE SAARI & MIKE OLSON}
SEQUIM, WASHINGTON, U.S.A.
Founded in 1977 by Mike Olson and Pete Saari,
Mervin Manufacturing is the last major snow-
board factory in the United States. Together,
Olson and Saari have transformed the snowboard
industry with a mantra of “Build, Ride, Refi ne,”
creating numerous innovations in snowboard
design and manufacture. The graphics are created
by a diverse collective of artists and designers,
including Annette Veihelmann, who for the past ...