{"id":2121,"date":"2012-04-17T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2012-04-17T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T13:43:30","slug":"after-hours-west-point-products-ray-loisel-the-whole-world-is-his-board-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/after-hours\/2012\/04\/after-hours-west-point-products-ray-loisel-the-whole-world-is-his-board-room\/","title":{"rendered":"After Hours: West Point Products\u2019 Ray Loisel \u2013 The World is his \u201cBoard\u201d Room"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ray Loisel<\/p><\/div>\n

In the movie XXX<\/em>, extreme sports enthusiast Xander Cage snarls that he likes \u201canything fast enough to do something stupid in.\u201d That\u2019s not exactly Ray Loisel\u2019s philosophy, but the senior vice president of managed print services for West Point Products and Clover Technologies Group does have some extreme hobbies.<\/p>\n

The 46-year-oldArizonaresident has been snowboarding for more than 20 years and is an avid car collector (Porsches and BMWs are his favorites). The car collecting is a particular weak spot for Loisel. \u201cIt\u2019s my one bad vice,\u201d he explains. \u201cI don\u2019t play a lot of golf. I don\u2019t spend a lot of money on other things. I like cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, his life outside his hobbies is relatively tame.West Pointmarkets consumables for printers and other office devices. He\u2019s been with the company about a year and a half. Previously, he ran thePhoenix, Ariz.-based company LMI Solutions, a manufacturer and distributor of premium replacement toner cartridges. He\u2019s also a husband and father of four kids, aged 6 to 15. The family, not surprisingly, is his number one priority, and most of his down-time is spent with them. \u201cFour kids is a lot,\u201d he points out. \u201cI just get to the hobbies as I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Snowboarding in particular had to take a backseat this season, as Loisel was sidelined by a tear in his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in December. On Christmas Eve day, he was teaching his 10-year-old daughter how to board and, as she was getting off the lift, she stumbled and grabbed his knee. \u201cI walked on it for about a month until I realized something was wrong,\u201d says Loisel. The injury required surgery and he was off the board for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Even before his ACL tear, Loisel says he\u2019s always considered boarding the less accessible of his two hobbies as he often has to travel a bit for access to boarding territory. However, he doesn\u2019t have to go as far as you might think. \u201cMost people think that Arizona isn\u2019t snow country,\u201d he says laughing. ButFlagstaff\u2013 two hours away from where he lives \u2013 has mountains and is an ideal spot for snow sport enthusiasts like him.<\/p>\n

The family even has a cabin there. Before snowboarding, Loisel was an avid skier. But when boarding started to emerge as a sport, he decided to mix things up a little. \u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019ll try that. It looks like fun.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Though this past season was short for him, Loisel says he\u2019s sure he\u2019ll be back in fighting shape by winter. \u201cOh, yeah, for sure \u2013 I\u2019ll definitely be out there again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the movie XXX, extreme sports enthusiast Xander Cage snarls that he likes \u201canything fast enough to do something stupid in.\u201d That\u2019s not exactly Ray Loisel\u2019s philosophy, but the senior vice president of managed print services for West Point Products and Clover Technologies Group does have some extreme hobbies. The 46-year-oldArizonaresident has been snowboarding for more than 20 years and is an avid car collector (Porsches and BMWs are his favorites). The car collecting is a particular weak spot for Loisel. \u201cIt\u2019s my one bad vice,\u201d he explains. \u201cI don\u2019t play a lot of golf. I don\u2019t spend a lot of money on other things. I like cars.\u201d Indeed, his life outside his hobbies is relatively tame.West Pointmarkets consumables for printers and other office devices. He\u2019s been with the company about a year and a half. Previously, he ran thePhoenix, Ariz.-based company LMI Solutions, a manufacturer and distributor of premium replacement toner cartridges. He\u2019s also a husband and father of four kids, aged 6 to 15. The family, not surprisingly, is his number one priority, and most of his down-time is spent with them. \u201cFour kids is a lot,\u201d he points out. \u201cI just get to the hobbies as I can.\u201d Snowboarding in particular had to take a backseat this season, as Loisel was sidelined by a tear in his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in December. On Christmas Eve day, he was teaching his 10-year-old daughter how to board and, as she was getting off the lift, she stumbled and grabbed his knee. \u201cI walked on it for about a month until I realized something was wrong,\u201d says Loisel. The injury required surgery and he was off the board for the rest of the season. Even before his ACL tear, Loisel says he\u2019s always considered boarding the less accessible of his two hobbies as he often has to travel a bit for access to boarding territory. However, he doesn\u2019t have to go as far as you might think. \u201cMost people think that Arizona isn\u2019t snow country,\u201d he says laughing. ButFlagstaff\u2013 two hours away from where he lives \u2013 has mountains and is an ideal spot for snow sport enthusiasts like him. The family even has a cabin there. Before snowboarding, Loisel was an avid skier. But when boarding started to emerge as a sport, he decided to mix things up a little. \u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019ll try that. It looks like fun.\u2019\u201d Though this past season was short for him, Loisel says he\u2019s sure he\u2019ll be back in fighting shape by winter. \u201cOh, yeah, for sure \u2013 I\u2019ll definitely be out there again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[77],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}