Posts Tagged ‘sunglasses’

Shenanakinz featured in Skiing Mag’s 2011 Gear Guide

11.3.2010

Can you hear my excitement coming through the keyboard? A while back Skiing Mag asked us to send them a sample of our sunglasses. We did so gladly and they ended up featuring them in an online spread about Summertime Sunglasses. We were pretty stoked when that happened.

But then last weekend when I was in Steamboat, a friend of mine said congrats on getting in Skiing Mag. I thought they were referring to this fun little online slideshow and said thanks appreciatively. But then when a second person told me the same thing way more enthusiastically, I knew there was something going on. So I strolled over to Al’s Newstand in Fort Collins today and checked out the Skiing Mag 2011 Gear Guide and there I am!

Our Akinz Shenanakinz in Fluoro were featured in the sunglasses section on p. 100, right there next to names like Dragon, Oakley, and Smith. As you can imagine, I’m stoked. So go out and pick up a copy for yourself if you feel so inclined. Or better yet pick up a pair of Shenanakinz sunglasses from our shop, and we might just send you a little something extra since I’m in a great mood!

Akinz in Skiing Mag Gear guide

Me displaying my level of stoke. Yes, my eyes are almost popping out of my head.

Akinz Shenanakinz in Skiing Mag

There they are! Glowing in all their fluoro glory!

Selling Shenanakinz at the Fort Collins Block Party

05.26.2010

Old Town Square in Fort Collins was celebrating its 25th Anniversary, so the committee decided that they should Party Like it’s 1985! The party was a blast with 80′s cover bands, Coopersmith brewery beer, the Ghostbusters car and actors, and old General Lee.

Akinz was invited to come out and sell our Akinz Shenanakinz sunglasses in the crowd, so we dressed up like cigarette girls with an 80′s dress code.






Sunglasses at Night After Party Recap

04.19.2010

preparation for the mayhem

I’m just now getting the recap up from the Akinz Sunglasses at Night After Party because I have been recovering up until this point. The party was April 3rd at Amante in Steamboat Springs and was tunes were provided by local djs, DJ Theory and DJ Dicon.

The party started at 9 and the early party-goers started up the dance floor by 9:30 and it didn’t stop bumping until the party ended at 2:00am. Team skiiers Josh Satterfield and Brandon Krentz, being the youngun’s they are, avoided the mayhem that was the bar and dance floor area and started up their own hacky sack game by the entrance… enticing others tipsy and sober alike to join in.

I don’t think Amante knew what was coming their way, considering they had to make 2 separate beer runs to the local liquor store and still ran out of beer before midnight. Of course, after the beer was gone, the liquor was soon to follow. By the time we decided to stop taking cover at the door around 11:45 , they had already run out of vodka, and were on to rum and whiskey. At the end of the night, they only had 2 bottles of white wine left.

Overall, there were plenty of shenanigans for stories the next day and everybody was of course wearing the new Akinz Shenanakinz sunglasses which was a lovely sight to behold. I’ve heard reports of them being spotted all over Steamboat for the past couple weeks and there were quite a few Akinz sunglasses spottings at the Copper closing weekend.

Shannon Johnson of Shayboarder.com

Josh Satterfield

Akinz owner Suzanne with team skiers Brandon Krentz and Josh Satterfield

Check out all the photos from the party in our Facebook album.