Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
For those that haven't seen the other thread (Pay It Forward), if you donate $18 or more to Rachel's Team in Training page, Sanuk will send you a coupon for 70% off any one product.
anyone planning on buying a pair please read the pay it forward post- you can save 70%! by making a donation of $20 (or more) to Rachel's fundraising cause
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Rachel is awesome, I really hope to see her at brunch next year! How awesome!
Just thinking about it - hundreds of Inforooers wearing CarpeDMs and sharing hugs w/Rachel and/or other Sanuk folks during brunch - has me choked up! I'll bring Kleenex 'cause there will be tears of bittersweet joy.
Post by pondo ROCKS on Jul 2, 2010 21:07:54 GMT -5
I so agree with that statement Katy Mae. I tell people that I work with how wonderful my inforoo "family" is. I do not always agree with everyone but I do enjoy the lively banter, the comments and the community of the board. I truly want to Seize The Day everyday now.
Providing an outlet and a voice for music lovers to unite under the common theme of music for all. Join The Pondo Army to show your allegiance to musical freedom! Fighting for no censorship of the arts & music education in schools, The Pondo Army will triumph! The Pondo Army Movement
Follow me on twitter@Pondoknowsbest
I had just made a donation to support Rachel when the link came in on Facebook. I've never bawled my eyes out while smiling...it's a strange but sweet feeling. Wow. What a company!
This year was my first Bonnaroo and I read this forum front to back. I never got to meet anyone from the forum but I felt like I knew so many of you just from the posts. I purchased sanuks for roo based on Matt's suggestion. I loved them and wore them throughout the festival. I actually only wore them until sunday night when I had become dehydrated, overheated, and began to seize. I was airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital on sunday night with the sanuks still on my feet. I'm lucky to be alive and will give to this cause because seeing my own life almost pass before me as well as a fellow inforooster's makes me believe that I have to do this. And yes i will get a pair of those sanuks in his memory, probably khaki.
Sanuk to Release “Carpe DM” in Honor of Matt Sloan by on July 2nd, 2010 No Comments Bonnaroo is one heck of a four day music festival. The main attractions of the festival are the multiple stages of live music of all kinds, craftsmen and artisans selling unique products, food, and much more. The event itself is world famous, but it’s all the happening behind the scenes that caught Sanuk’s attention.
(via: Bonnaroo.com)
Bonnaroo attracts a special type of human- one passionate about experiencing and sharing the joys of the human experience. Thousands from all reaches of the country flock to the festival because of what it represents. If you’ve ever witnessed its wonder firsthand, you know it is certainly a beautiful sight to behold. In order to make the festival more enjoyable for all, the Bonnaroo has a message board forum for attendees and fans.
The site, Inforoo.com, was established so anyone could learn important tips and valuable insight on the weekend. One of the threads on the forum was “Best Shoes?” to attend Bonnaroo. The forum started over 2 years ago and has flourished ever since. Hundreds of people bought Sanuks based on the recommendation of CarpeDM01 aka Matt Slaon and his promotion of how tailored to the Bonnaroo experience they were.
Discussing topics on the Inforoo forum has become more than just an exchange of information. It’s about creating a place for compassionate, like-minded individuals. It has become a place where strong relationships are forged, fueled and cherished. Thanks in part to Matt Sloan.
Sloan. 2008.
Here is just one of Matt’s replies: “Sanuks…trust me, I’ve tried everything else, and a good pair of ’sidewalk surfers’ is absolutely the way to go. You dont want the flops, but the canvas ’shoe’ style. They’re light, uber comfy, well vented (so you dont get swamp foot), dry out quick if they get wet, wont give you blisters, but also wont randomly fall off your foot either. And best of all, you dont have to be seen wearing Crocs in public! ”
This year, at Bonnaroo tragedy struck as the festival lost one of it’s greatest champions. Sunday, June 13, Matt Sloan lost his life at the festival he loved. Matt collapsed from heat exhaustion during the event. He was given CPR and rushed to the hospital but it was too late. Although Matt was not officially affiliated with Sanuk, he truly stood by, advocated and spread us to everyone he could.
Upon Matt’s passing, the inboxes here at Sanuk were flooded with touching sentiments like these:
“This one person has touched so many lives of people that he only met through a Internet forum, let alone all the people that were lucky enough to meet him in person”. – Alessia T
“He will be a void in what has been our family for years. Inforoo was not just a message board, it was full of kind and helpful people, and Matt epitomized that.” – Sean H
“I have never met this man before. We have never talked, yet he sold me your shoe…He turned a lot of people on to your product. He was honest about your product. He was your best salesman, free..And best of all, ‘you don’t have to be seen wearing Crocs in public!’ was the line that got me.” – SCROG
“This week I am wearing Sanuks all week in honor of Matt.” – John O
Matt’s passing has touched countless individuals across the country- including us. Here at Sanuk, we cherish our loyal followers and advocates all over the world. It’s these relationships that help fuel what we do. This is why, this fall, in honor of Matt, Sanuk will be releasing a Sidewalk Surfer in his honor. The model will be appropriately named “Carpe DM” – an homage to Matt’s online forum handle through which he helped hundreds of people bring comfort to their lives.
If you would like to help to carry out Matt’s legacy, donations may be made to St. Andrew’s on-the-Sound, 101 Airlie Road, Wilmington, NC 28403. Please designate to ‘Matt’s Trees’. We here at Sanuk are looking forward to the release of Matt’s model. We hopes to do justice to such an influential, positive and compassionate figure who has made others better because he cared.
Click here to visit the forum where Matt made his mark. Click here to view the forum posting on Matt’s passing.
In the wake of such tragedy, its only right that everyone
This year was my first Bonnaroo and I read this forum front to back. I never got to meet anyone from the forum but I felt like I knew so many of you just from the posts. I purchased sanuks for roo based on Matt's suggestion. I loved them and wore them throughout the festival. I actually only wore them until sunday night when I had become dehydrated, overheated, and began to seize. I was airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital on sunday night with the sanuks still on my feet. I'm lucky to be alive and will give to this cause because seeing my own life almost pass before me as well as a fellow inforooster's makes me believe that I have to do this. And yes i will get a pair of those sanuks in his memory, probably khaki.
This year was my first Bonnaroo and I read this forum front to back. I never got to meet anyone from the forum but I felt like I knew so many of you just from the posts. I purchased sanuks for roo based on Matt's suggestion. I loved them and wore them throughout the festival. I actually only wore them until sunday night when I had become dehydrated, overheated, and began to seize. I was airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital on sunday night with the sanuks still on my feet. I'm lucky to be alive and will give to this cause because seeing my own life almost pass before me as well as a fellow inforooster's makes me believe that I have to do this. And yes i will get a pair of those sanuks in his memory, probably khaki.
Sorry you had to go through that man. Stick around
I haven't been very vocal about this, but I wanted to speak up and just say how incredibly amazing I think all of you are for making this happen and how awesome Sanuk is for making this happen. I'm quite proud to be even the slightest bit associated with such a classy group of people.
I just don't even know what to say. What an amazing community, and what an amazing person Matt was to have influenced such a broad range of people across the country to make so many selfless gestures. I rarely post, but I lurk quite a bit and I also have spread Matt's story and the ensuing details of Sanuk's generosity. I may never have the chance to return to Roo, but I will always smile and think of Matt when I slip on my sand CarpeDM's.
OK Guys, I want to give y'all an update on the tree planting at Bonnaroo grounds.
I spoke with a friend of mine who owns a plant nusery and he has agreed to donate a 10' Sugar Maple Tree to be planted out there. He says that this tree will provide a lot of shade once its mature, and I think that is appropriate. Lord knows we need more shade out there.
The problem is that we can't really plant it right now because the weather conditions are not right. It is too hot and too dry and there would have to be someone out there to water it regularly. I volunteered for this, but, I would really rather wait to this fall.
I emailed with Jeff yesterday about it and he said for me to contact him toward the later part of September to schedule a time when we can get out on the site for the planting.
So as of right now, we have a tree promised and it is looking like it is going to be sometime toward the beginning of October when we do the actual planting.
I will, of course, let everyone know when we will plant, and for those that can not make it, I will take pictures. Hopefully Rachel can get me a pair of CarpeDM's by then so we can hang them at the time of the tree planting.
chris.....
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I received an update from Judy, Matt's mom, via e-mail today. The release date for the Carpe DM Sanuk has been moved to October 24.
But what I really wanted to share with you all is the little something extra that Sanuk has done with this shoe. Rachel wrote to Matt's mom:
"I wanted to let you know that couple of days ago my design team (who was behind me 100% with the Carpe DM) proposed that we do something special with the shoe. Attached is a hang tag with a small tribute to Matt that would go with ever Carpe DM."
To see the hang tag prototype, copy and paste this link into your browser, it's in my google docs (since it was a PDF I couldn't figure a way to load it as an image, but you should still be able to see it this way):
I received an update from Judy, Matt's mom, via e-mail today. The release date for the Carpe DM Sanuk has been moved to October 24.
But what I really wanted to share with you all is the little something extra that Sanuk has done with this shoe. Rachel wrote to Matt's mom:
"I wanted to let you know that couple of days ago my design team (who was behind me 100% with the Carpe DM) proposed that we do something special with the shoe. Attached is a hang tag with a small tribute to Matt that would go with ever Carpe DM."
To see the hang tag prototype, copy and paste this link into your browser, it's in my google docs (since it was a PDF I couldn't figure a way to load it as an image, but you should still be able to see it this way):