It’s nearly
impossible to express the feelings that I have and the many memories that race
through my mind when I hear the words “twenty
years”, thinking back on all that has transpired since the launch
of evogear.com in 2001. Many seasons have come and gone for all of us that are
a part of the evo community. We’ve seen countless families emerge with evo
origins (including my own). We’ve lost friends and loved ones. We’ve had the
very best of times at events, at work, travelling together and outside in
inspiring places. We’ve navigated some dark chapters, only hours from
bankruptcy, near‐miraculously making our way to the other side. And we’ve experienced extraordinary comebacks
together, having had to dig deep, leaning into our Core
Values and survival instincts.
Now, twenty years later, we are six hundred team
members strong and counting. We have tens of thousands of volunteer hours under
our belts and have impacted many thousands of children’s lives, as well as
other causes that we care about. We’ve built what are the beginnings of a
diverse ecosystem business, made possible by our strong, web and store retail
foundation. From evoTrip to All Together Skatepark…The Journeyman Lodge in
Whistler…to Campus Salt Lake…evo Hotel to evoRentals, the early pieces of the
puzzle are in place as we set our sights on the future.