Immersion Research 2008

Recycling Day at IR

rloughney — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:32 +0000

Recycling day is an exciting day at IR for many reasons. There is the obvious reason of constantly trying to reduce our impact on the environment, but mainly, we are excited to free up the space that our recycling bins take up. As you can see in the picture, we place 125 cubic foot cardboard gaylords on palettes and line them up throughout our facility, and being that our pickup is every four weeks, we end up with about 6 full containers here. With that much recycling going on, we don’t even fill up our dumpster in two weeks.
We use a company called Jasar Recycling out of eastern Ohio (www.jasarrecycling.com) to pick up our goods. Pickup is free as their revenue is generated on the back end. They take almost everything and are currently working on ways to recycle styrofoam. They recycle unwanted mail, old packing lists, bottles, cans, shrink wrap, overthruster scraps etc. One of the coolest things that they do is recycle shrink wrap by melting it down and making it into little pellets and sell them to a company that makes hula hoops. They are used as fill to make the rattling noise!
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Ways you can help us reduce our footprint:
-when sending back garments for repair, don’t use extra packaging. Skirts don’t need to be protected by styrofoam peanuts!
-send us boxes that we can reuse. Exception: the box you send to us has been re-used lots and is fit to be recycled
-have us email you order confirmations and invoices as opposed to mailing them
-email us our invoices and order confirmations
-recycle our packaging and packing slips and reuse our boxes.
-support our efforts by checking out our ever increasing line of goods made from sustainable materials: Enviroskin Products, Thin Skin Products, Basec T’s, Arbolito Pants and Shorts and See Change Jacket.

Cheat Fest Video

dfusilli — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:47:06 +0000

Hey Yinz! Dave Fusilli here. Checking in with a video from the Cheat fest last weekend in West Virginia. We spent a couple days on the Big Sandy with some good friends and put together this little video. Enjoy.

New addition at IR

kweld — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:42:22 +0000

Please welcome Asher Daniel Weld, son of John and Kara. Born Friday, May 2nd at 11:01 pm. He weighed in at a mighty 9 lbs 4 oz. and was 21″tall. Mom and baby (and Dad of course) are doing great, and big brother Aidan is super stoked to have a little playmate.

The name….we just liked it, and middle name is named after our dear friend Daniel DeLaVergne.

What do you think of the name Asher? Please leave us a comment.

Pink is Punk?

John Weld — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:42:05 +0000

Here’s Miles Saunders from the UK in a custom union suit. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

IR Customer Service TV Episode 5- pre-stretching skirts and comp necks

John Weld — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:30:21 +0000

Two of the most common fit-related questions we get at IR are in regards to our rand-style spray skirts, and our all-neoprene Comp Jacket neck gasket. Both of these products are very tight when brand new, and require a little pre-stretching for a comfortable fit. This quick video shows the technique.

Spencer’s Product Video Clinics are now up

John Weld — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:48:05 +0000

IR “SuperRep” Spencer Cooke has done a series of product video clinics on our most popular items- they are now posted on the accompanying product page. Here’s one example on the Comp and Comp LX jackets:

IR announces a new dealer service

rloughney — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:17:46 +0000

On the IR dealer page, we will be publishing a calendar that lists all the upcoming events at our retail locations. You can check it out on the dealer page or you can click here.
The first event is the Wilderness Voyageurs Gear Swap in Ohiopyle, PA. It is on Saturday, April 19th from 12-4. Bring down all of your gear collecting dust in the closet and garage and find it a new home. Then go paddling and to the Pub.
If you have an event you’d like posted, please let me know.

IR Customer Service TV 4- the SBD Skirt

John Weld — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:49:42 +0000

We have a new kind of skirt out this year- the SBD- and you put the skirt on a bit differently than you would a normal spray skirt. Here’s a quick video to show you the technique:

Jersey Paddler (-ing) and the Statue of Liberty

rloughney — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:23:18 +0000

This past weekend saw the travelling circus that is the early spring paddling season land in central New Jersey. After a very successful Paddlesports show, I headed up to the Big Apple with Justin McGiver, an IR tech rep, and his girlfriend Jen, whose car had broken down in Jersey.
We crashed on the Upper West Side at a freind’s apartment overlooking the Hudson. We stopped off at Paragon Sports, an amazing sporting goods store right in midtown Manhattan, 18th and Broadway. That place is awesome.
It was a rainy and windy day, so Jen, Justin and I headed to the Natural History Museum as our next appointment wasn’t until 4:30. The museum was awesome, and afterwards we headed downtown to Pier 66.
At Pier 66 Eric Stiller runs a paddling school, boat storage and general fun place for paddlers to hang out (Manhattan Kayak Company). Word of caution: bring your workout clothes, this dude is fit and will have your heart rate up with his dryland paddling workouts in about 30 seconds!
We then headed over to Hoboken to stay with a good buddy, Andy Griffiths, of Buzzlemani fame and now sales rep for Zico (www.zico.com).
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The highlight of the trip was defintely our paddle from Liberty State Park out and around the Statue of Liberty.
It was a warmish morning, but with plenty of wind, clouds, tides, currents, waves and boats (big ones). As we were rounding the front of the statue, we even caught a few surfs on some rolling 3 foot waves. You can catch a glimpse of the water conditions in the middle pic.
Our guides on this day were Alex and Bill from Campmor. Big thanks to those guys for setting us up with boats and paddles.
The view from of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Statue were awesome! If you live in that area, get a boat and get out there!

Young Guns Productions and Source- coming soon

John Weld — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:47:27 +0000

As you may have heard, YGP’s latest movie -Source- is coming out in just a few weeks. Check out their website, and check back here for exclusive footage in the next few days.