Black Diamond to manufacture Apparel

Yesterday's press release stated that Black Diamond is reportedly getting ready to manufacture an apparel line to compliment it hard goods line. If Black Diamond can bring the solid design process it uses for creating such quality skis, boots and climbing gear then we can't wait to see what it comes up with.

(Salt Lake City, Utah) - Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd. a leading global climbing and freeride ski brand, announces the hiring of Tim Bantle as Director of Apparel. Bantle comes to Black Diamond with a wealth of technical apparel expertise as the former Business Unit Director - Technical Outerwear and Equipment at Patagonia.

“We are extremely excited to have Tim join our team at Black Diamond,” states Peter Metcalf, Black Diamond CEO. “His diverse work experience is built upon passion as an athlete and end-user which gives him exactly the sort of sports intimacy that is essential at BD. He is the ideal candidate to head up our apparel team.”

Bantle joins Black Diamond as the next step of his 10-year tour de force in the outdoor industry, serving as an outdoor educator with Trails Wilderness School of Jackson, Wyoming, before starting a 7-year-career at Patagonia, where his career progressed quickly and steadily from Sales Representative to Product Line Manager, and onto Business Unit Director ,where he led the team responsible for all technical outerwear.

Graduating Summa Cum Laude from St. Louis University in 2001, Bantle was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received his B.A. in Philosophy. He is a native of the mid-west.