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Nike to make skis?

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RichardCranium
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I was at the SIA trade show about two weeks ago and I stopped by the nike booth. They had sketches for prototype skis that they are planning to release in the 08'-09' season. they looked so sick. They had sidewall construction and some sort of experimental non-crackable metal for the edges. i am of course 100% for the production of a product like this. What are your thoughts on the issue.
Feb 6 2007 1:17AM
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BFFset.
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wow.... you saw it not cracking?! what did it look like.... metal?
Feb 6 2007 5:37PM
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xcjamie
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nike skis would be so ill
Feb 6 2007 5:41PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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are you kidding? Since when are people who use nike stuff posers in basketball, golf, baseball, football?
Feb 6 2007 5:54PM
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r.w
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it may seem a bit out there but try to cheer up. you are the kind of people bringing thios site down.
Feb 6 2007 5:59PM
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t_rob
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dude tennis raquets were a terrible example, head, fischer, and volkl make them.

i'm against nike skis becasue they are not a ski company. They are a fucking track shoe company. but we also have to look at it the other way, k2 is involved in inline skates, and than there is my tennis example above. It could be possible that we don't want to see the demise of our sport because of a product whos roots are foreign.
Feb 6 2007 6:10PM
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bobtheskier05
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only good thing if they do make good skis but they make good other stuff
Feb 6 2007 6:15PM
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Canuker
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lacrosse is pimp! they make sick lacrosse cleats. but i personally rock warrior speed burn mids.

anyway if nike made some i would check them out, but i have a no sweat shop polissy when it comes to sports equiptment, so i might have to see where there made but the idea sounds super dope!
Feb 6 2007 6:20PM
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weezyfeezy
Posts: 72 - Karma: 28
Adidas owned salomon for a period of time (or maybe they still do, idk).

No one was complaining when the 1080's and pocket rockets spawned mainstream freestyle skiing.
Feb 6 2007 6:28PM
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skimanskimanskim
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your a moron
Feb 6 2007 6:43PM
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tSki
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i kinda hope they dont make skis, i like skiing where it is and i feel liek nike would comercialize it to much
Feb 6 2007 6:46PM
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LetItGrow
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i know that nike was trying to buy out a certain core ski company that starts with an 'N'. I would say the name, but i'd hate to have this whole thread deleted because of my carelessness. long story short, the 'N' word didn't sell out.
Feb 6 2007 6:50PM
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LINE169
Posts: 267 - Karma: 12
just since you have created this thread in favour of nike
all i gotta say is....
FUCK YOU BITCH
Feb 6 2007 6:51PM
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hollygrove
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ohhh-ohhhh
Feb 6 2007 6:53PM
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rodenski5
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I'm trying to picture a group of core "fuck nike" golfers with long hair and baggy clothes...or some disgruntled b-ballers speaking out against what nike has done to the soul of basketball.
Feb 6 2007 7:05PM
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DaysToCome
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mmmm ya if i bought those even if they were sick id feel like I was betraying my skiing bretheren and those who came before me. i mean nike skis? whats next adidas? reebok? Ford??
Feb 6 2007 7:23PM
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shishkababy
Posts: 114 - Karma: 112
why wouldnt you believe it, nike makes everything.
shit, i wouldnt be surprised to see nike.... lawnmowers, mattresses, tvs, computers, guns, bikes, water and oxygen.... and the list goes on and on.

(just look around, in a few years everything in your room could be covered in swishes imagine that)
Feb 6 2007 8:19PM
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Travapple.
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i hate nike now, they should just stay in their area of the sporting world, and out of ours. i mean snowboard companise making skis is ok. but nike? are you kidding? i would never ski on nikes.

Feb 6 2007 9:23PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
Posts: 2804 - Karma: -5
I love nike and all but idk if id like them that much for skiing. It seems like nike is all about fitness and their stuff should be sold at like a sports authority or dick's sporting goods and not so much a true ski shop. I just feel their skis would end up on the shelves at tj maxx along with those snowboards. They just dont have that skiing feel ya know?
Feb 6 2007 9:26PM
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finnafuckyobitch
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nike making twin tips would be awsome because they have so much money to invest and could advertise twin tips so much more than armada or other ski companies
Feb 6 2007 9:31PM
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skitoggrob
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My dads friends recently moved from the BRINE lacrosse program to go work for the NEW nike lacrosse department, NIKE wants to be a jack of all trades
Feb 6 2007 9:37PM
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Mykel
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Adidas is Reebok.
http://www.adidas-group.com/en/home/welcome.asp

And how is Nike a poser company? They were one of the first sneaker companies. They're an original.

More money into the sport means more ... everything good. Maybe a little bad, but nothing underground ever last. Oh and in case you didn't notice ... New School Skiing isn't underground anymore. Maybe that discussion had substance 10 years ago, but it no longer does. The sport still will be limited to people with access to snow and hills. And maybe if it was more popular, Bridger Bowl would finally get a fucking park so I can participate in it.
Feb 6 2007 9:49PM
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tha_CF
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they wud make snowboards before skis.
Feb 6 2007 9:51PM
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skitoggrob
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idk....skiing i think is now a bigger market..they would prob release at the same time
Feb 6 2007 9:52PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
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Lacrosse is more down Nikes alley. Can any of you actually imagine nike skis though? They would be so generic looking like those Quechua skis at Decathlons. They would look all techy and not that much research would go into them.
Feb 6 2007 9:53PM
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Mykel
Posts: 1560 - Karma: 84
Nike had a prototype snowboard several years back. And I also forgot to point out in my previous post that it is Adidas-Salomon ... so yeah Adidas does make skis.
Feb 6 2007 9:56PM
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tha_CF
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idk, while skiing has grown, snowboarding is still much more popular then skiing
Feb 6 2007 9:56PM
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skitoggrob
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not that much research, hmmm...do you know how much money nike inc. has?

 ALOT more than armada, line and surafce..ill tell ya that much..deff has potential

not saying there first ski will be gods gift..best ski on the market

but this could be good
Feb 6 2007 9:57PM
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MadSteezin
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i call bullshit on this one.
Feb 6 2007 9:57PM
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skitoggrob
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time will tell...WHEN is the NS SIA report being issued?
Feb 6 2007 10:00PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
Posts: 2804 - Karma: -5
thats what i meant. I meant that at first their skis would be crap just to test the waters. but think about what the topsheet would look like. They would be all techy and stuff and not steezy. They would have that wicked thick clear toplayer over them. And worst of all, they would have the swoosh logo all over htem. It just doenst feel like skiing.
Feb 6 2007 10:15PM
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Calb3rt
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i would never ride a pair of nike sticks.
Feb 6 2007 10:20PM
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MLB
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skis? naw....if they made boots....now those i would buy. Nike ski boots made like Air Force ones.....soo sick.
Feb 6 2007 10:26PM
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freezed
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not true...Amer-Salomon
Feb 6 2007 10:28PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
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Actually maybe if nike buys a smaller company like 4frnt or something then theyll be sick. Maybe make a new subcompany like jordan or something. I just cant think of seeing skis with swooshes on them.
Feb 6 2007 10:30PM
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skitoggrob
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i dont/like your sig
Feb 6 2007 10:40PM
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ThaLetterM.
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god damn you are such a cynical asswipe
Feb 6 2007 10:48PM
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-dva-
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guaranteed half you kids that are shouting "fuck nike" left and right rock air force ones with your tall tees and pants around your ass. so shut up and stop trying to be so "core." while i don't agree with nike's corporate policies (specifically where and how they get their labor), i am 100% confident that with the money they have, their R&D could dramatically change the standard in ski manufacturing. whether it is more resistant edges or some other technology none of us could ever dream up, i don't see how you can argue that nike would be bad for skiing.
Feb 6 2007 10:59PM
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timoski
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nike eats babies
Feb 7 2007 12:47AM
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ski_cartel
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tell me more about this miracle metal that every ski company have been looking for for years.  Your so full of shit, untill I see some pics im going to continue with the thought that you are a total idiot.
Feb 7 2007 12:51AM
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estaked
Posts: 7388 - Karma: 79
nike would be a baller company if they even would make skis. All you fags hate way too much, its all bout expanding this sport and getting more money and shit into it.
Feb 7 2007 12:57AM
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Holte
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it's odd that hundreds of people were at SIA and only one person thought it notable that Nike was making skis.
Feb 7 2007 1:05AM
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MadSteezin
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i know for real.
Feb 7 2007 1:21AM
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abasindork
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which is entirely why they should stay the crap away from our industry.
All we need is another Mcdonald's/WalMart to steal from the local!
Feb 7 2007 2:58AM
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CTD
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rome and a few other SB companies are using brass bronze edges, its supposed to result in smoother slides and less cracks. its still plenty hard, but much less brittle.
Feb 7 2007 12:05PM
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bondi011
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I am not a fan of Nike making skis just because of the fact that from my personal experience nike does not make quality products. I have tried their running shoes, and soccer cleats and they always fall apart or do not last as long as other companys that specialize in that sport. So I think that if nike makes skis in the future, they will have terrible durability.
Feb 7 2007 1:46PM
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Flo_Rida_2016
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i think you dont know what youre talking about. Nike rides on the fact that they make quality stuff. The thing i have against nike making skis is how stupid that name would sound. They would be the msot gaperish skis ever. I would only like it if they made a sick sub company or bought a smaller company and pumped money into it.
Feb 7 2007 2:05PM
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EastCoastM@TT
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if nike makes skis there gona sux
Feb 7 2007 2:53PM
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d-mold
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I like how every little kids here say they will not buy any skis that Nike might actually make.
But if Nike slaps a nice graphic on their skis, all the little boys and girls mentionned previously will be all over them...
Feb 7 2007 4:17PM
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Goobie
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they will probably use child labor on those too
Feb 7 2007 4:20PM
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