stefan
11-22-2008, 09:22 PM
DaleBoots: Utah product thriving after 40 years
by Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune
Born in the basement of Mel Dalebout's house in Olympus Cove, the company and its innovative ski boots have been around for 40 years. Along the way, they battled the boot-making heavyweights of the world, in the market and in the courts. And they persevered.
Mel persevered, actually. Because that's the kind of guy he is. An innovator who never quits innovating. An old Ute football player who played through pain, just as his legendary coach, Ike Armstrong, would have expected, and never gave up.
And now, at 81, as he remembers those gridiron days with the aid of his new artificial knee and transitions out of ownership of his company, Dalebout's customized-for-comfort, high-performance ski boots are in sporting good stores in eight European countries, including its primary office in the Austrian city of Kitzb
by Mike Gorrell
The Salt Lake Tribune
Born in the basement of Mel Dalebout's house in Olympus Cove, the company and its innovative ski boots have been around for 40 years. Along the way, they battled the boot-making heavyweights of the world, in the market and in the courts. And they persevered.
Mel persevered, actually. Because that's the kind of guy he is. An innovator who never quits innovating. An old Ute football player who played through pain, just as his legendary coach, Ike Armstrong, would have expected, and never gave up.
And now, at 81, as he remembers those gridiron days with the aid of his new artificial knee and transitions out of ownership of his company, Dalebout's customized-for-comfort, high-performance ski boots are in sporting good stores in eight European countries, including its primary office in the Austrian city of Kitzb