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Bev and chris Sanders (43 and 37, respectively) weresnowboarders when snowboarding wasn't cool. But AvalancheSnowboards Inc., the snowboard manufacturing company the couplefounded in 1982, quickly picked up speed and had sales of about $5million last year.
"We started making snowboards for our own use," saysBev, a former ski instructor. "People would follow me back tothe car and ask me about snowboards, and I'd end up sellingone. At the time, we were the only people at the ski resorts whohad them."
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