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The corporation Girl Powder began in 2002 in Lake Tahoe as a non-profit venture. Girl Powder sought to find a safe alternative to hitchhiking for female snowboarders. Girl Powder’s founder and CEO Joel Lackovich began the venture by creating an online ride share message board in 2003. This venture utilized the internet boom in the Silicon Valley CA, creating an on-line, interactive message board. This message created an alternative to the traditional written message board, allowing for a more interactive, transitive means of ridesharing. .

The message-board gained popularity particularly in the South Lake Tahoe, CA and Nevada, where Girl Powder hosted a series of concerts between 2004 and 2008. Girl Powder has historically teamed with non-profit, female oriented ventures such as the San, Francisco, CA based, National Breast Cancer Foundation and Girls on Skiis. Girl Powder's mission and purpose continues to be to empower women and broaden awareness of female snow sports through fashionable clothing, online community and monthly events. .

History
In 2002, Girl Powder began as a means of creating rideshares for female snowboarders in Lake Tahoe, California. The original online message board offered a solution for local riders to carpool rather than hitchhiking to local ski resorts such as Heavenly, Kirkwood, and Sierra-at-Tahoe. Girl Powder began it’s profit making ventures selling t-shirts to expand awareness of it’s ride-share program at one of Sierra-at-Tahoe’s staple events, a fundraiser for Boarding for Breast Cancer.

In 2004, Girl Powder became Girl Powder Inc., based out of California with the intention of developing within the winter sports industry. Since 2004, Girl Powder has maintained a grass roots presence.

Annual Events
Each year Girl Powder sponsors a variety of mountain events. From an annual all female ski and snowboard competition dubbed 'Queen of the Park,' based in Lake Tahoe to a Breast cancer awareness fundraiser at the annual Whistler Ski and Snowboard Festival.

Girl Powder Team
The Girl Powder team formed in 2008 as a means of extending the Girl Powder mission. Each year Girl Powder sponsors 6 youth female ski and snowboarders. Previously selected by United States Ski and Snowboard Association recommendations, the team expanded in 2010. Returning to a habit of utilizing social media, Girl Powder used Facebook's Wildfire application, nominating a new team member from the most voted for Facebook nominee. Through team sponsorship, events, and the utilization Girl Powder hopes to continue to reach out to the female snowboard community.

Current Girl Powder Team Riders
Maddie Baker Maddie Bowman Julianne Brackett Madison Hodges Angela Mercieri Neev Zaiet

Past Girl Powder Team Riders
Kimberly Achelis Heidi Adamson Callie Agrem (first GP sponsored rider) Summer Anderson Kalyn Ann Benaroya Laurie Ann Currier Katie Dill Kate Jones Alison “Midi” Papworth Mandy Schelldorf Nicki Jean Slechta Stacey Stenton Helena Stevenson Britt White Cierra Xavier