In this photo taken on Jan. 29, 2010, during the SIA's annual snow show at the convention center in Denver, Smokin Snowbards creative director Joe Fontaine waits for customers in their booth at the snow show. While ski and snowboard makers showed off their latest models at SnowSports Industries America's annual Snow Show this year, inventors with big ideas were trying to get retailers to bite.
(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)