User:Danielerikekker

Daniel E. Ekker is a “Serial Entrepreneur” who was born in Duluth Minnesota at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1977. He is one of 5 children born from Ellis and Patricia Ekker. He is well known as the “Co-Creator” of The Lucid Notion Snowboard Company, but has made a living running “Drawn Short Brand Management”, a company that provides logistics and branding support to start-up firms in the Snowboarding, Skateboarding, Brewing, and Licensed Beverage industries.

History
Daniel was born in Duluth MN in 1977. He is the middle child of 5 kids and grew to prominence through his involvement as the manager of the famed “ Underground Snowboard Shop”.

It was by way of this venture that Daniel met Chad Otterstrom and Michael Aguirre. Chad was a team rider for the “Sodian Concepts” Snowboard Company (known later as “Kingpin Snowboards”) and Michael Aguirre was the father of Olympian Mason Aguirre.

In 1998, Daniel left Duluth to work for snowboard Industry Veteran Perry Gladstone on his Limited Snowboard Company. The Limited Snowboards venture was short lived, and Daniel soon left Colorado to work for Ken Greengard on his Joyride Snowboard Company. Much like Limited… Joyride also went out of business, so Daniel teamed up with Ryan Peterson (Hoveland Snowskates) and created “The Lucid Notion Snowboard Company”.

For 5 years, Ekker and Peterson ran The Lucid Notion Snowboard Company before abandoning the project due to creative differences.

WI-ME Snowboards
In 2011, Jeff Lavin approached Ekker to help Jeff run his newly created WI-ME Snowboard Company. Daniel agreed, and the current version of WI-ME is in place.

Drawn Short Brand Management
Drawn Short Brand Management was created when Daniel left College at The Metropolitan State College of Denver. It has been a creative outlet for his friends to use his expertise in giving their companies a leg up in the competitive environments they compete in.

As of September 2017 Drawn Short has created (or contributed to) the following brands:

Aberration Snowboards Affinity Snowboards Forty Four Liquor Hong Kong Premium Snowboards Hello Snowboards Lucid Notion Snowboards Meridiam Spirits Rustica Brewing Company Synario Clothing Superior Eyeware Two Doors Vodka Two Doors Gin The Usual Suspects Brewing Company Volume Snowboards Yeux Eyewear