Courtney is a designer, entrepreneur and lifelong creative whose career has spanned more than three decades. At the center of all of her work is the simple belief that design can improve the way we live. Growing up with learning disabilities Courtney discovered that her strength was in creativity. She studied ceramics and architecture at Bennington College where she developed a unique interdisciplinary approach that has shaped everything she has built since.

After graduating in 1990 Courtney headed west to Colorado settling in Telluride, where she immersed herself in mountain culture working as a ski lift operator and clothing designer. Later she moved to San Francisco founding a furniture design company, but her love of the mountains pulled her back to Colorado. Here she set up building custom homes, raising her family and launching a handcrafted ceramics business.

Her desire to design products that can protect what we love developed after her daughter suffered a massive stroke during a school trip. Months spent alongside her in pediatric neuro-intensive care gave Courtney a deep understanding of traumatic brain injury and the importance of protecting against it. Years later on a family trip to Italy the idea for Lowdown was sparked with her brother: how do we create helmets that offer the uncompromised protection and style.

Today, Courtney is focused on making helmets people genuinely want to wear. Lowdown has enabled her to bring together everything that has defined her career so far: creativity, resilience, entrepreneurship and a belief that great design has the power to change lives.

Steve is a lifelong skier and outdoor enthusiast, first clicking into skis at the age of three alongside his father in Connecticut. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell University, and then attended Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where he graduated with a Maters of International Affairs. When he finished he was drifting towards becoming a ski bum before opting for a move to Denver and a career in finance. This gave him access to the mountains and some of Americas best skiing, biking, hiking, fishing and camping.

His natural adventurous streak soon had him looking  beyond the mountains of Colorado. During the early 2000s he backpacked through Southeast Asia, sold wine in China, and worked with a green-energy start-up in Russia and Ukraine. Eventually landing in New York City where he spent the next two decades working in finance.

Steve has always held a desire to build something tangible and tap into his more creative and entrepreneurial side. This was the start of Lowdown alongside his sister. He believes that slope safety shouldn’t feel like an obligation and that more skiers and snowboarders should want to wear helmets.

Lowdown was created to make helmets people are genuinely excited to wear, with a look that is distinctive and stylish, but also deliver a high quality of protection.Today, he is married with a 13-year-old daughter whom he has had the pleasure of teaching to ski at the very same place where he learned with his dad 45 years ago.

Outside of work and being on the mountain, he plays in Lazer Goose, a band formed with a group of childhood friends.