Houseboating Adventures - Issue 19 - (Page 34) www.airhead.com business: Kwik Tek. Airhead, Jet Logic, HullHugrs owner: Aaron Kramer job: Owner, inflatables/accessory manufacturer location: Colorado Springs, Colorado profile If you’ve ever ridden on a tube behind a boat chances are you’ve been on an Aaron Kramer designed Airhead brand towable. Learn the ropes with us in this PROfile interview with one of the nations largest on-the-water fun providers, and one of the nicest guys we know. HBA: Give me a brief bio on yourself Aaron starting with where you grew up and your exposure to boating and marine recreation as you grew up. AK: I grew up in Buffalo, New York from 1956 to 1973. I never had the chance to do any boating as a child, we were too poor. I worked as a caddy during high school and earned an Evans Scholarship, which took me to the University of Colorado, Boulder. After graduating college, I became a water ski enthusiast. I water skied almost every day during the summer months in the Boulder Reservoir. At that time, the only tubing going on was towing truck tires with a rope wrapped around it. I was invited on a houseboat trip to Lake Powell in 1979, I was hooked! I bought a time share )6B@" A05("%C&5AB9&@ on a 50 foot houseboat at Lake Powell and spent 2 weeks in late September / early October from 1980-88. Those memories will last forever. Skiing under the moonlight, rooftop parties, cliff jumping and a whole lot more. HBA: What is your education background? AK: I have a Bachelor degree from University of Colorado Boulder in Environmental Conservation. It took me 5 years to graduate because I snow skied 100 days / season and took classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only during Spring Semester. I wanted to be an avalanche forecaster for the Forest Service. I did a short internship with the Forest Service and realized that waking up at 5am to dig snow pits in a snow blizzard was not http://www.airhead.com
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