Bev Sanders

Who is Bev Sanders?

Bev Sanders is a snowboarder, surfer, and founder of Manifesta Safaris, a women's travel and adventure company based in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA. The company’s holdings includes Las Olas Surf Safaris, the first surf camp for women, and Jennifer's Journey, a women's travel website.

Born Beverly Farrell near Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1953, Sanders became a ski instructor at the age of 16 at Mohawk Mountain Ski Area in Shelburne, MA.

In 1982, Sanders co-founded Avalanche Snowboards with her husband, Chris Sanders, in Lake Tahoe, CA. She inspired "Sanders Design 148", a snowboard designed for women. The design won Snowboard Magazine's award for best free-riding board and initiated higher standards for female-specific snowboard equipment. Avalanche Snowboards was sold in 1994 to businessman Robert Edwards. Sanders stayed on as director of marketing until 1996.

From 1982–1988, Sanders campaigned for the acceptance of snowboards at U.S. ski resorts.

In 1995, Transworld Snowboarding recognized Sanders' contributions to women in the sport, honoring her as a Pioneer Woman of Snowboarding.