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Holden Outerwear ends its license agreement with Earth Products

Holden Outerwear is proud to announce the end of its license agreement with Earth Products.

Sole-owners Scott Zergebel and Mike LeBlanc are moving all operations to Portland, Oregon, USA where the design and marketing have been carried out since Holdenʼs inception in 2001.

“We are extremely excited to take the same passion we have had for the design and marketing at Holden to the sales and distribution aspect of the business. We feel we make the best outerwear on the planet and intend to now handle the business side as enthusiastically.”

Holden wants to thank all lovers and the people we love, and we'd like to leave you with a quote:

"After I shut the door and started back to the living room, he yelled something at me, but I couldn't exactly hear him. I'm pretty sure he yelled "Good luck!" at me. I hope not. I hope to hell not. I'd never yell "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it." --Holden C.

My Holden...

Oldster Jacket rocks my socks off!

how is this going to affect shipping?

with Holden having shipping issues the past two season with Planet Earth (and further up, K2) money behind them, I wonder the effects on shipping, quality control, etc now under independent ownership. Holden is one of the "core" companies pushing snowboarding right now back into the right direction, and I don't know if this move bodes well for them. Thoughts?

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hard to say, sometimes the red tape and beauracracy that comes with a giant company like k2/jardin is worse than doing it yourself, and they may have been dealing with a giant distributer that was more interested in getting toasters to target than outerwear to Surface USA

Effect

Holden's release from this licensing agreement should give back the brand's entrepreneurial work ethic. So as far as shipping goes, instead of having warehouse employees preparing shipping from 9-5, shipping will now be handled until it gets done everyday. Shoot I bet Mikey LeBlanc will get in there as well. Blood, sweat, and tears are back in action.