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Smartwool

awarded

Mountain

Source

its 2016 Agency of the Year

honor, and

Matt Straight

as its

2016 Rep of the Year. The honors were

awarded at Smartwool’s fall sales con-

ference in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

One of the best-known out

door and

owsports sales agencies in t

he Rocky

Mountain region, Mountain Source

has been with Smartwool for more

than a decade, winning Agency of the

Year three times and bringing home a

Rep of the Year two times. The agency

serves retailers in Colorado, Utah, Ida-

ho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico

and Nebraska. “They continue to find

ways to innovate within their agency

and to explore ways to further align

with the Smartwool brand while pro-

viding world-class service to our cus-

tomers,” said Dane Howell, Smartwool

vice president of sales and marketing,

upon announcing the awards.

Working for the

Waypoint Out-

door

agency, Straight is relatively new

to Smartwool, focusing on specialty

and independent accounts throughout

the northwest region for the brand.

“Matt has excelled in all facets of the

award criteria,” said Jody Carlson,

Smartwool director of sales. “He con-

tinues to ask what more he can do to

partner with our brand and help de-

velop new business. It is his dedication

to success that we want to recognize.”

Following its return to the U.S. mar-

ket more than a year ago, Italy-based

Garmont

is re-entering the Canadian

market, as well. The company has hired

Stephen Bergeron

as general man-

ager of Canadian operations. Bergeron

is responsible for building a team of

Canadian sales representatives and

supporting retailers for Garmont. Prior

to Garmont, he worked in sales, retail

and marketing capacities for Trango

World, La Sportiva, Kayland and Ice-

bug. So far, he has appointed sales

teams in Alberta, British Columbia, On-

tario and Quebec.

Darin Riedel

will

represent Garmont in Alberta and Brit-

ish Columbia,

Bill Dee

will support On-

tario,

Adam Merkosky

will represent

Alberta and the Northwest Territories

and Bergeron will manage the Quebec/

Maritimes territory.

Leading Edge Sports

, based in

Woodinville, Wash., has partnered

with

to represent

Madshus,

Tubbs Snowshoes

and

Atlas

Snowshoes

products in Washington,

Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho. Formed

19 years ago, Leading Edge Sports

has received multiple agency and in-

dividual awards with long-time clients

such as Swix, Bison Designs and Pivot

Cycles, among others. Leading Edge

Sports can be reached at

dane@swix- sport.com

or 425-418-9620.

Klean Kanteen

has added

Elliott

Nolan

and

Mike Felix to its sales

team. Nola

n joins as outdoor chan

nel manager, while Felix of

Midcoast

Outdoor Sales

takes over sales in

the Southern Midwest territory. Previ-

ously, Nolan was the North American

sales manager for Alite Designs and has

worked for outdoor brands including The

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