After 42 years, Concept2 employee celebrates retirement by making eighth trip to the Olympics [Video]

EIGHT ROWERS OUR REGION ARE ON TEAM U-S- A’S OLYMPIC ROSTER THIS SUMMER. BUT THEY’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES MAKING THEIR WAY TO PARIS…. N-B-C FIVES NOAH CIERZAN VISITED MORRISVILLE TO TALK WITH THE GLOVE TROTTER IN CHARGE OF OUTFITTING THE BEST ROWERS IN THE WORLD. <NATS OF GRINDING MEAL> TO BE THE BEST…. ATHLETES MUST USE THE BEST THAT’S WHAT CONCEPT TWO HAS PROVIDED TO ROWERS SINCE 19-76 WHEN THE company FIRST CREATED A LIGHTWEIGHT OAR USING COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN A VERMONT BARN <DICK DREISSIGACKER/CO- FOUNDER, CONCEPT2, “WE THINK OF THE OARS AND THE ROWING MACHINES TOO ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS AS OUR CHILDREN KIND OF THING”> NOBODY EMBODIES THAT MISSION QUITE LIKE BOB BEEMAN <BOB BEEMAN/42 YEARS WITH CONCEPT2, “CONCEPT2 HAS MADE ITS MARK ON ME. LITERALLY, I HAVE A CONCEPT2 TATTOO I’VE HAD FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.”> THE MORRISVILLE NATIVE JOINED THE COMPANY WHEN HE WAS 17. …