{"id":7367,"date":"2018-01-03T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/?p=7367"},"modified":"2020-09-11T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T22:35:48","slug":"story-behind-first-ski-fight-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/story-behind-first-ski-fight-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind the First Ski to Fight Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NhDBH1DjN6s?rel=0\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meet two key players in the Powder7 \/ Protect Our Winters climate change ski collaboration:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Beabout<\/strong> &#8211; artist and 4-year Powder7 veteran,\u00a0shares her motivation and inspiration for the ski&#8217;s artwork.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Torrey Udall<\/strong> &#8211; \u00a0head of development and operations at <a href=\"https:\/\/protectourwinters.org\">Protect Our Winters<\/a>, explains the importance of outdoor enthusiasts and retailers in\u00a0taking action to fight climate change<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powder7.com\/Icelantic-Powder7-Nomad-105-Lite-Skis\/for-sale\">Limited Edition Powder7 \/ Protect Our Winters Icelantic Nomad 105 Lite<\/a> is available only at Powder7. $150 from every pair sold goes directly to Protect Our Winters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Meet two key players in the Powder7 \/ Protect Our Winters climate change ski collaboration: Sarah Beabout &#8211; artist and 4-year Powder7 veteran,\u00a0shares her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1046,1627],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Story Behind the First Ski to Fight Climate Change -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Powder7 and Protect Our Winters have teamed up to fight climate change. 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