DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,268

RIDE SNOWBOARD MFG.
CORONA, CALIFORNIA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 30, 2000, and filed
on behalf of workers at Ride Snowboard Mfg., Corona, California.
The workers produced snowboards.
This investigation revealed that company imports have
increased.
Layoffs have occurred, and production will decline to zero
with the closing of the subject firm in December 2000.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with snowboards produced at Ride Snowboard
Mfg., Corona, California, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ride Snowboard Mfg., Corona, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 18, 1999, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of December, 2000.


/s/ Linda G. Poole


LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance