CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FOR SARA MEMBERS
THIS IS A PRIVATE WEBSITE FOR THE USE OF SKI AREA MEMBER'S BUYERS SHOWING SARA PROGRAM OFFERS
If you work for a ski area as a rental or accessory buyer or manager, please contact us from your ski area email address to receive information on the program and how you can take advantage of our special supplier offers at: joe@saraprogram.com
THE SARA PROGRAM IS A NON-PROFIT COOPERATIVE
REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS' PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS
OF THESE PARTICIPATING ASSOCIATIONS:
- the Midwest Ski Areas Association
- the Pacific Northwest Ski Areas Association
- the Idaho Ski Areas Association
- the Southeast Ski Areas Association
- the Pennsylvania Ski Areas Association
- Ski Areas of New York
- the Ski Maine Association
- the Ski New Hampshire Association
- and our combined 245 member ski areas across the United States
Scroll down for a very helpful presentation PDF on the non-profit SARA Program
Information About The SARA Program
Rental and Accessory Buyers from participating association Ski Area Members, and from individual ski area SARA members:
please email the SARA Program at: joe@saraprogram.com for information on how to view the offers from our suppliers.
Take a look at the PDF presentation about the SARA Program! See the download link below.
About the SARA Program (pdf)
DownloadThe Ski Area Rental and Accessories Program (SARA Program) was formed to help member ski areas:
- Obtain rental ski and snowboard equipment that is more durable under rental conditions than the rental skis that began to be offered when shaped skis first came to market. We have been successful, and we continue to work closely with a group of suppliers that are committed to producing rental gear and accessories that works for us!
- Offer pricing to all buyers that is consistently about as good a price as the biggest group rental buyers receive when they place fleet orders.
- Support our regional and state associations efforts to grow the sport with additional funding and better rental products that help new skiers and riders have better experiences.
...and to help make working with ski area rental and accessory buyers easier for our suppliers!
Working with our suppliers, the SARA Program has successfully reduced the rental equipment durability issues significantly. The rental ski and snowboard equipment market offers much more durable equipment that has far fewer issues than when cap ski construction was first introduced along with shaped skis.
The Ski Area Rentals and Accessories Program continues to monitor the durability of skis, snowboards, bindings, boots, helmets and ski poles through its Equipment Test Program. The equipment is placed in their rental shops and they try to rent it as frequently as possible. The rental equipment is tracked and monitored by the test rental shops in order to determine: Durability, Rental Efficiencies, and Customer Satisfaction.
Your ski area's state or regional association benefits from SARA, just as your ski area does, when you participate in this program. The associations use their funding to support the various ski and snowboard programs that they develop.
Individual ski areas (not part of one of the above associations) may also participate, please contact us for details and fees at: joe@saraprogram.com.
Plan to attend a rep show in your area. See the schedule at https://www.usrepsassociation.com for details:
RENTAL AND ACCESSORY SUPPLIERS: we value your participation.
Please contact us at: joe@saraprogram.com Thank you.
Click below for a series of photos of "system" rental shops. Beginning at the entrance to the shop, we lead you through the rental process.
And even further down this page you will find information on the SARA Program and our partner associations.
System Rentals (pdf)
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