Sessions (clothing company)
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Scotts Valley, California
Scotts Valley is a small city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about thirty miles south of downtown San Jose and six miles north of Monterey Bay, in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 11,580...
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History
In 1983, Sessions was founded in Sunnyvale, CaliforniaSunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...
by Joel Gomez, a skater from Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the US. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz had a total population of 59,946...
, as a retail store and clothing line that bridged skateboarding, snowboarding, and music. Sessions started a mail order business and ran an in-house record label between 1985 and 1997. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the mail-order catalog was often included as a circular with Alternative Press
Alternative Press (music magazine)
Alternative Press is an American music magazine based in Cleveland, Ohio. It generally provides readers with band interviews, photos, information on upcoming releases, and music charts. It was founded in 1985 by Mike Shea, who is the current president....
, SPIN
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
, and other American music magazines, coinciding with the rise and acceptance of underground college and alternative rock by mainstream media.
Today, Sessions is dedicated to snowboarding and action skiing apparel that includes snowboard jackets, snowboard pants, gloves, hats and shirts. Sessions sells its clothing through retailers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. It created an interesting snowboarding jacket
Snowboarding jacket
A snowboarding jacket is a piece of clothing worn by athletes and people who are into the sport of snowboarding. And since it can be quite chilly up in the snow-covered slopes, and more especially so as one rushes down the slants, a protective gear should be worn.- Elements of a Snowboarding Jacket...
for the 2009 snow season true to its music roots with a Metallica snowboarding jacket complete with Skull Candy amplifier and speakers built right into the jacket.
Sessions was pivotal in helping to create and in supporting the Tim Brauch Memorial Fund. Tim Brauch worked for Sessions when his life was cut short. Sessions and the Tim Brauch Fund are proud to have been the backbone of the fundraising effort for the past 5 years with the annual Tim Brauch Memorial Contest, as well as many community based fundraisers held to benefit the park in Tim's name. In the past 2 years alone, Sessions, the Tim Brauch Memorial Fund, and private donations have raised over $485,000 for the Scotts Valley skatepark with the help of sponsorships and donations from countless friends throughout the skateboard industry.
Daniel Claus
Daniel Claus
Christian Daniel Claus was a commissioner of Indian affairs and a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution.He was born September 13, 1727 at Bönnigheim, Württemberg the son of Adam Frederic Claus and his wife Anna Dorothea. He arrived in America in 1749...
, an artist connected with a Sessions store in Chicago, put together a movie and small magazine/catalog called “Eight Ball” for Sessions. Pro skater/artist John Grigley who was riding for Vision at the time drew designs for T-shirts as did Van Franco.
Sessions signed Corey Duffel
Corey Duffel
Corey Duffel is a skater from Walnut Creek, California. He was born on April 11, 1984 as William Corey Duffel to Steve and Sharon. He is known for his fast-paced skating style, skating big gaps, rails, stairs, riding big wall ride gaps, and any large obstacles like the freeway gap in Cataclysmic...
on to their PRO team. Sessions signed Tara Dakides
Tara Dakides
Tara Dakides, born August 20, 1975, is an American snowboarder and co-owner of O-matic Snowboards. She was born in Mission Viejo, California. She has snowboarded since she was 18 years old. She now resides in Mammoth Lakes, California.-Career:...
to their 2009 pro team.