Hey everyone, welcome back to Episode 375 of The Outdoor Biz Podcast. I have a fun conversation for you today with Allon Cohne from Noble Biomaterials. Allon and I wander all over Outdoor history from his early days at Kirkwood Ski Resort in California to his current role with Noble Biomaterials.
How did you get into the outdoors?
It was pretty easy. I grew up in Utah, so, in the eighties and nineties in Utah, the access there was pretty easy. I remember taking, the public transportation bus to Alta and, you could get there pretty easily right after high school, even before you had driver's licenses.
After high school, you can head up to the hills and, and get some runs in. Then on the weekends you can head down to the desert, get some rides in. So it was just kind of, a natural kind of background, I think, cultural environment growing up in Salt Lake.
How did you get into the Outdoor Industry?
I was fortunate actually to get into the outdoor industry after college. It was just kind of a natural fit for me. Something I could speak to, something I had passionate about. So when I had the opportunity to jump in I did. When I graduated college I thought it would be a really cool thing to be a National Geographic journalist or photojournalist and I was writing for the school paper. I was on the sports beat. Just kind of crafting the writing skills and then you graduate college and you're like, okay, well National Geographic's not calling me. What do I do? I gotta pay the bills. So I moved back to Utah, took a job with Deer Valley, doing guest services so I could get a ski pass. and just doing kind of some, career stuff, whatever I could really to pay rent.
Tell us about Noble. What do you guys do?
We make silver yarn, so that silver antimicrobial yarn may be the reason why you fall in will love with that Lululemon garment or your Athleta, you're Mack Weldon. There are so many different brands that you're like, man, I really love this fabric. And you can't put your finger on it. It's like a go-to piece. And whether you're in ski or outdoor or anything, you're like that. I love that piece. Right. And some
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