Byline: Paul Grondahl
Power saws shriek in their ears, sawdust clings to their hair and the acrid scent of epoxy fills their nostrils, but being a worker at the Apocalypse Snowboards factory here has its perks.
When the snow flies and a new prototype board is ready to be tested, it's off to Hunter Mountain for an afternoon of -- ahem -- research and development on the slopes.
"One of the reasons we work here is because we love to snowboard," says Alan Johnson, marketing and sales manager. "Everyone looks forward to testing day. We live to use the product."
Besides such pleasurable interludes and the mystique of working on a product so …
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