Sessions is an apparel company that designs, develops, produces and markets action-sports based products primarily in the snowsports industry, in addition to young men's and women's clothing and related products under the "Sessions" brand. Sessions is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, United States. Joel Gomez, a skateboarder from Santa Cruz CA, began his retail career in 1983 by opening the country’s first Snowboard Shop in Sunnyvale, Ca selling his now famous Sessions star logo patches as well as Punk Rock t-shirts. In 1989, Sessions received an order of 300 pants from a customer in Japan after Terry Kidwell was photographed with a Sessions patch on his snowpants. This kickstarted Sessions outerwear production and the local shop to an internationally recognized brand. In 2009 Sessions partnered with Samsung to help with company financing and logistics. Their old warehouse visible from Highway 17 in Scotts Valley, USA was closed and moved to New Jersey.
History
Origins
In 1985, Sessions started an alternative rock musicmail order business. The Sessions music mail-order catalog was often included as a circular with Alternative Press, SPIN, and other American music magazines, coinciding with the rise and acceptance of underground college and alternative rock by mainstream media. Sessions was also the first action sports company to create a record label, Sessions Records. Sessions Records featured collectable 7" vinyl records. Some of Sessions Records best known artists include Fu Manchu, Gwar, AFI, Swinging Utters, Audioslave, No Use For A Name, Supersuckers and Foo Fighters. Sessions Records also released Snoisses Vol. 1, Snoisses Vol. 2, Steve Caballero Bandology Vol. 1 and more. Sessions Records was active between 1995 and 2005. Today, Sessions sells snowsports apparel that includes snowboard jackets, snowboard pants, layering, gloves, hats, shirts and related products. Sessions sells its clothing through retailers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Last year the Sessions brand was purchased by Leonian Singapore Pte. Ltd., a company that runs retail chains, sporting goods, apparel and golf driving ranges.
