At tentree, we're focused on more than just planting trees. We want to help change lives. Not only does reforestation revitalize dry arid soil and provide a substantial oxygen supply, but it directly benefits locals living in the area by providing wood for fuel, food, and fodder for livestock, as well as permanent and seasonal employment. Set Product as New from Date Price Low to High Price High to LowHang on for a minute...we're trying to find some more stories you might like. What do you get when you take a business, engineering and art major and put them together? Obviously an entirely customizable skateboard business, specifically longboards. Tabor Luther, Andy Leon and Ty Doeing, Naperville residents and first-year College of DuPage students, took their passion for longboarding and morphed it into a side project fueled with passion called BIG Boards Co. The three students loved longboarding, but they couldn’t find the perfect board to fit their unique wants or the perfect ride.

To solve this problem, they created their own boards, which gave them the ability to customize every aspect from artwork to wheels. The company offers different alterations and combinations on everything they offer. This includes getting a completely bare board to customize yourself, no wheels, no trucks, and it’s at an affordable college student price. “Our friend made one board, and we saw that and thought ‘hey, we could do this,’ and picked up momentum and got super excited about it,” said Luther. we all do, and this would be a nice way to make boards for ourselves, especially a way to get out of paying for the way too expensive boards.” After making their own longboards, they decided to see if anybody else was tired of the basic galaxy, rasta-colored boards that filled Zumiez and other skate shops. “Our friend did it because he couldn’t find any designs that were already pre-made on any longboards, so he’s just like ‘I just want to make my own cause there’s nothing out there I like,’ so we had the idea ‘Oh, let’s be the only longboarding business out there that has 100 percent customized to whatever you want,’” said Leon.

“You want a lion with your name across it? We can do that!” “It’s a creative, innovative, fun alternative to boards that are already on the market,” added Luther. Together, the three students work in Doeing’s garage, titling themselves: “Boys in Garage,” which transfers to their company name: BIG Boards Co. The only thing not made themselves? The wheels and trucks. The team also includes Jack Rothmund, their artist. The only limitation the boys have for artwork is imagination, and “it just needs to fit on the board.” For each board, the team takes huge pieces of lumber and presses them together with specific cuts and designs, all based on the request of the buyer. “We designed our own push-presses to make smaller boards, the design and also the cut for totally different riding styles,” said Leon. “You can pick a painting with a different shape and different size all the way down to the color of the wheels, the bearings [and] the trucks.”

The team agrees the greatest part about their business besides customization is the unbeatable price. “You can get a really nice board that feels the same way in riding for $300-400 when we can give you a board that you want completely 110 percent everything customized for just over $100,” said Leon. wyoming backpack night haze“We’re not trying to rob your pockets. l4d2 backpackWe understand where everyone else is coming from, and we want to make good quality boards.”batman 16 inch backpack with padded chest plate As the students go to class and work their day jobs at Lifetime Fitness and Costco, they will always have the love for their side project. topo daypack ballistic

As of now, the team is unsure if the side-passion will transform into their main focus or a large enough business. “We went into it thinking we’re not going to get rich, just make a couple bucks off of something we love doing to make people happy,” said Leon. “We love it, and other people say that they’ve loved it, so it’s worked out. omybag backpackIt’s a cool experience getting to work with your best friends.”zondervan backpack bibleEditors Note: We’ve added to this “top 1o” as we’ve discovered new brands breaking into the one-piece market. It keeps you warm, snow-free, and looking rad: your one and only, the one piece snow suit has continued to evolve in style and tech since it debuted in the 1960s. All of the romper tosser, neon suit, and one piece patterns have kept skiers and snowboarders gleaming with stoke throughout the decades—seriously, when is there ever a photo of someone frowning while wearing one?!

Today, a handful of skiwear companies design higher-end functional one pieces—gnar enough for mountaineering—and one snowboarding brand has made it their bread and butter to create super fun, durable onesies. And this time of year, retro one pieces seem to find their way out of the closet and back onto the bumps. (Share your best Gaper Day photo with us on social media … @garagegrown). While the pool was way too big to choose from, here is our selection of the top 10 best one piece snow suits of all time. Not to be outdone by the past,  Shinesty carries on the tradition of the one piece ski suit with styles that may even rival those of yesteryear.  If you can’t dig one out of your parents closet to wear on “Gaper Day”, Shinesty is ready to provide you with styles like “Day-Glo-A-Palooza”, “The Vincent Van Snogh”, and the “Paul Revere” (pictured above.) Top dog American skier Suzy Chaffee revolutionized the sport of skiing—and she did so in seriously fun style.

At the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics, the American women’s ski team and then-captian Suzy wore a set of skintight silver ski suits, which were designed by Doug Burden, the top American skier in the 1956 World Championships. Post Olympics, Suzy was integral in popularizing freestyle skiing—dubbed the “hot dog” technique with amped up imagination versus solely speed—and, without an existing women’s category, she won the first three unofficial World Championships from 1971 to 1973. Oh yeah, she also became the first woman on the board of the Olympic Committee, helped to form the World Sports Foundation, and led the march in Washington for Title IX for equal opportunities in women’s sports. Now, that’s one powerful suit. Along with inventing ski ballet and her passion for political activism, Suzy also was known for her modeling career. In a commercial for Ford, her name was changed to Suzy “Chapstick,” which definitely gained attention and stuck. Thumbing thru the archives, we stumbled upon this advertising gem in January 1988 ski magazines.

Salomon really brightened up the slopes! We spotted this celebratory onesie for skiing on the aged cover of the winter 1991-1992 product catalogue from Degre 7—a French technical skiwear company. A sea-colored, puffy, belt-strapped snowsuit on a snowboarder with hardboots and a leash: What a classic. Two decades ago, Amy Wheeler was photographed ski-jumping in this Spyder romper stomper, as highlighted in the November 1993 issue of Skiing. For the books, Amy was 22-years-old in this shot. At the time, she was living in Vail and working as a ski model hitting jumps in next season’s outerwear. The caption of the photo is spectacular: “This Leopard can’t change its spots, because it has none. But it could change your vacation, because it is maximally warm and minimally dull.” Charging ahead with high-end women’s sports apparel, NILS has really hit the ball on ski fashion trends over the years. In this ad, they released a tie-dye-suit, year unconcluded (our guess is that it’s from the early 1990s.)

The one-piece is made out of Taslan nylon with Thermoloft insulation, which was likely to be pretty tech forward during its onesie reign! This is the most bomber one piece we’ve laid our hands on.  Swedish company Tobe Outerwear primarily makes the Vivid Mono Suit for snowmobilers but if you’re looking for a super durable, highly functional, and well thought out one piece this is it.  Not only is the Vivid suite ideal for snowmobiling but would also be an excellent choice for deep lift served powder days or a week of heli-skiing.  (Full review coming January 2017) Another shred-hard design, the Norwegian outdoor company Norrona created the Lofoten, a durable, streamlined one piece snow suit in vibrant electric blue or “mellow yellow,” made with two types of Gore-Tex: the waterproof-breathable Pro Shell for weather protection and Pro for durable flexibility. As a heads up, this suit is less about insulation and more about withstanding wind and water for backcountry and freeriding adventures.

Volcanic pink and firecracker—don’t let the make-you-dance colors of this romper suit fool you. Designed by the century old Swedish company, Haglofs, this high-tech one-piece is a lightweight Gore-Tex shell for shredding powder, with a helmet compatible hood, laminated fleece areas—in the back, knees, and neck—and a fog preventing face protection system. Check out the Vassi Suit for guys. Nowadays, Airblaster masters the 20th century snowboarding onesie—for men and women—with hip style, comfort, and technicality. (Also note: this spirit-driven company was founded in a basement.) Waterproof and fully seam taped, the colors are wildly wowing and the tailored design is super functional—it even includes a waist zipper for quick bathroom breaks. Couldn’t find that one-piece to wear for spring break?  No problem, GetOutfitted has your back..For less than the cost of your lunch you can rent a one piece ski suit.  They’ll ship it right to you and when you’re done just send it back.