Ski Area Rental and
Accessories Buying Program -
for 2010-2011. The power of working together for better equipment, service and pricing.
Support the supplier companies that support ski area rentals with the best tested rental products and accessories and that participate in the program that rewards member areas with great products, great pricing and Association support.
Ski Area Members - click here to log into the Special Member Offers from these great suppliers
SARA-BP is a cooperative regional associations' program with 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 250 member ski areas across the USA
Your ski area's state or regional association benefits, just as your ski area does, when you participate in this program. We invite you to read how the program works, by clicking on the various SKI AREA page links shown at the left.
Individual ski areas (not part of one of the above associations) may also participate, please contact us for details at sara-program@usa.net.
RENTAL AND ACCESSORY SUPPLIERS: we value your assistance and participation. Please read the information in the section links shown at the left. Thank you.
The Ski Area Rental and Accessories Buying Program (SARA-BP) was formed to help member ski areas:
- Obtain rental ski and snowboard equipment that is much more durable under rental conditions than the rental skis that began to be offered when shaped skis first came to market.
- Offer pricing to all buyers that is consistently as good a price as the biggest group rental buyers receive when they place fleet orders.
- Support our regional and state associations.
... and to help make working with ski area rental and accessory buyers easier for our suppliers!
Please plan to attend a rep show in your area.
Working with our suppliers, SARA-BP 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 Buying Program continues to monitor the durability of skis, snowboards, bindings, boots and ski poles through its Equipment Test Program. Several ski areas accept current and/or new products to test. 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
- Customer Satisfaction
If your ski area is a member of one of the regional ski area associations listed above, you need a password to log in to view offers from our suppliers. Please E-mail or call your regional association office or E-mail sara-program@usa.net and ask for your user name and password.