BUCK PHOTO SHOOT

With our Creative Director running the show, the Buck Knives photo shoot went pretty smooth this week.

LEGO STAR WARS GOES LIVE

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga is live!

SMARTWOOL SITE ENHANCEMENTS

SmartWool's quirky, energetic, fresh and fun brand always yields an enthused and entertained Summit design team. It’s been two years since we redesigned their site, however, we’ve been throwing in lots of extra love and attention lately to address some key visual and architectural elements on the homepage, key product pages and shopping cart to offer both a dramatically improved user experience as well as increased support for SmartWool’s ecommerce model.

FIELD TRIP TO THE ROSEY AWARDS

The Summit gang headed to Portland this week to attend Portland Advertising Federation's annual Rosey Awards, celebrating "world class" work in communication arts. Summit had a handful of entries up for awards...We went home smiling. Curious? Here's a recent press release highlighting our wins.

ROLLIN DOWN OAK STREET...FOR REAL?

This was sitting outside our office this morning. What is this doing in HR?! It is a McLaren F1. Yeah, it's the world's most expensive and powerful driving machine.

IT'S A BIRD... IT'S THE SUMMIT PLANE...

I came across this neat shot of Craig's Piper Malibu Jetprop this morning. It immediately won the pilot a few style points in my book despite his comment about looking a little "light in the loafers" in that floral print shirt.
This sparked my curiosity concerning the "best of" and "worst of" Craig's flights so I grabbed the Head Hauncho/Grand Master Pilot himself for the quick inside scoop.

Best Moments?
-Definitely the most memorable and rewarding flights so far have been the many trips for Angel Flight, an incredible organization that arranges free transportation for sick folks (mostly children) to and from various healthcare institutions.
Other highs:
-Flying Russ, Lance and a couple guys from local outdoor company Shockles to Salt Lake in August 2006. Beautiful day. Great photos. Down in the morning and back the same night.
- Picking up Amy's daughter in Nanaimo, BC in August 2006.
-Solo trip to APDF conference in Memphis, TN in September 2007. There was a lighting storm a safe distance away over western Kansas. Lightning was coming so rapidly it was like Machine Gun fire. Never seen anything like it!
-Solo trip to see Swiss Army Brands in Shelton, CT in summer 2003 (in the Piston Malibu that I had prior to this airplane). It was my first cross country trip.

Worst Moments?
Oh, boy!
-Last year in spring Amy and I were flying into Burbank for a meeting. There was mixed weather so we were flying an instrument approach with the Autopilot on. I was flying an ILS approach that uses ground-based equipment to present steady descending approach to the runway. As we intercepted the glide slope and the autopilot locked on, the plane began to climb rather rapidly instead of descend. It was a wiring issue after some new equipment had been installed. I disconnected the autopilot and hand flew the approach without incident. No big deal really.
- Perhaps it was the time that Amy, Eddie, Lucas and I were visiting Lucas Entertainment for the first time. We were vectored for the approach into Oakland at an altitude that was way too high (in the clouds again). We tried to dive down to the ILS glide slope but couldn't quite get there. Had to "go missed" as they say in the business when the approach isn't going well and you don't see the ground. We came around for another lap without incident...again, no big deal of course."

-Kate

Halloween Carving Competition 2007

The seeds were flying throughout the Summit floor on Halloween. Note: I think this movie was made by a first grader.