Outdoor Industry Association sizes its economic footprint at $646 billion, employing 6.1 million people

By: Rachel Koning Beals

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The U.S. economy could be even stronger if the contributions of snowboarders — and fishermen and trail guides and mountain-bikers and scores more professions that make recreation their business — are factored into the Gross Domestic Product calculus.

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