eesa lux-layering was created to remove the shackles of the snowboard industries incredibly static first-layer offerings. Snowboard Layering Company Founded in Waterbury, VT Founded on 11.11.04, eesa is the brainchild of former Burton Snowboards Anon Optics category manager, Stephen Cleary, who together with global sales director Fran Frost, are creating the lifestyle performance category. eesa’s inaugural collection hit select specialty snowboard shops in the fall of 2006. eesa's first collection saw distribution in the US, Canada, Europe and Japan.