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4Frnt-most rider friendly company

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C-Burg
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4frnt is the most rider friendly company today. The college discount that they are giving to students and their customer service being badass and a sick line up of riders, they know how to run a ski company. Next time I buy skis it is going to be from 4Frnt. Anyone else agree.

Oct 11 2007 10:31PM
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ilikemuffins
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you're funny..
Oct 11 2007 10:35PM
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fouldsys
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i heared they are terrible with warantees. but i have a pair myself. looking forward to riding them
Oct 11 2007 10:45PM
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Trashpuppet
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yea dude 4frnt is the shit... there so cool about everything.. they've hooked me up time and time again...

def buy some 4frnts
Oct 11 2007 10:49PM
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garrett.
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first hand experience with that, tis a true story
Oct 11 2007 10:50PM
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ATLskier
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I have vct's but i haven't ridden them yet.  4frnt is pretty legit though.
Oct 11 2007 11:14PM
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St.Steezy
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lol. warranty
Oct 11 2007 11:57PM
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.jon
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i agree, they sent me a free t shirt, 07 08 catalog before most people knew what the skis even looked like, and a shiload-o-stickers just because i dropped them an email
Oct 12 2007 12:02AM
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skier_boy26
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i heard there was dissension between some 4frnt riders and 4frnt because 4frnt wasn't too kind/understanding/helpful to their riders :O
Oct 12 2007 12:20AM
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secks.
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they dropped t wall they suck :(.
Oct 12 2007 12:28AM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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whats the college discount?
Oct 12 2007 12:43AM
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loganimlach
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i second that. i my ski delammed and snapped and they sent me one new one with my other old one.
Oct 12 2007 12:49AM
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VTtreeskier
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Yah im gonna pick the msp's up soon, they were so chill at the boulder freeride expo for CU
Oct 12 2007 1:01AM
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TWoods
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hahaha
Oct 12 2007 1:05AM
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kyle_w
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well i had a problem where the die cut letters fell out of the bottom of my original stls and they wouldnt replace them. other than that i love the skis, ive had 4 pairs
Oct 12 2007 1:29AM
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SHastatahoe
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College Discount?
Oct 12 2007 2:27AM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/news/news_id/1631/
Oct 12 2007 2:36AM
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Jeff_Lo
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i've always found that there product quality has really lacked, and that there warranty process is the most annoying to deal with. i wasn not stoked on the outcome of having to pay to warranty my skis.  they never even returned my originals and then when i hassled them they told me i had to pay 200 to have my skis warrantied.  i had to call the company multiple times to actaully get my skis and remind them.  it was clearly a ski deffect to. but w/e they make a semi decent ski and i'm down w/ all there riders and its cool that they help out students.  i just havent been to praticularily fond of there customer service or anyone i've dealt w/ at 4frnt.
Oct 12 2007 3:02AM
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SHastatahoe
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35% motha fucka.
Oct 12 2007 3:10AM
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dave44
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Not to mention they supported CR during his recovery, too, and they've picked him up now
Oct 12 2007 3:23AM
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yellav
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college discount is so ill!!! yay 4frnt!!!!
Oct 12 2007 11:32AM
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lechef
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yay for breaking ski in less than 1 weeks, yay for ski warrantied until u bring them out of the shop, YAY!
Oct 12 2007 11:52AM
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stinkypoodangle
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you definately haven't dealt with 4frnt then, shitty skis, shitty customer service. end of story.
Oct 12 2007 2:28PM
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.jon
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yep, and a $25 signing bonus
how much do the twins pay you?
Oct 12 2007 4:41PM
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rileyCL
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I have heard/experienced so many shitty things with 4frnt. Like my MSPs breaking the first day i got them for no reason.They pretty much suck dick. Matt Sterbenz is a deutsche bag to boot.
Oct 12 2007 8:16PM
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VT_Roots
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Way to turn a positive post into classic NS hate.     
Oct 12 2007 8:26PM
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A_T_K
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i love my vct's, but im kinda regretting not goin fatter...they still shred though and they held up pretty well after i thrashed them in switzerland
Oct 12 2007 9:15PM
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abek
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i would get your facts straight before you start saying things.  tom decided to go with another company.  there was no "dropping"
Oct 12 2007 11:07PM
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Jwalk
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 I was thinking about maybe getting TNKs, STLs, or MSPs for my next skis.
Oct 13 2007 12:06AM
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VTtreeskier
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Just got this years msp at 181 for 35% with their college discount, sweet deal
Oct 16 2007 3:47PM
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VTtreeskier
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35% off sry
Oct 16 2007 3:48PM
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Colt45er
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they make some cool shit for sure, but my XL t-shirt doesn't fit me anymore because it shrunk to my belly button, not cool.
Oct 16 2007 4:43PM
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jfoley019
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^ I hear ya on that, I own a bunch of hoodies from them, they seem to hold up well. My MSP's from last year have been abused and have held up very nicely. Out east it seems like no one rides 4frnt which I dig.  I find them very rider friendly
Oct 16 2007 5:02PM
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.SteezusChrist.
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ok, in terms of warrenty, 4frnt has been really really good to me about it.  last year, i dropped some good dough on msp's.  loved the ski.  anyways, towards the end of the season, the topsheet started coming up a little and chipping.  send back the skis, and get an email in like 2 days from 4frnt saying taht they are sorry bout the topsheet, and i will get brand new skis.  i got the skis a week later and they were really appologetic, and sent me some free stuff.  real cool company tho
Oct 16 2007 5:04PM
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ericman
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i heard from osmeone they have good warrenties and from someone else bad ones
Oct 16 2007 5:15PM
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jhackbeez
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actually they didnt, he dropped them
Oct 16 2007 7:41PM
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ScrappyJoeYoung
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yea they def seem like a really chill, and all for skiing company. I mean look they picked up cr when cr was recovering,
Oct 16 2007 8:20PM
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VTtreeskier
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Yah for sure, all the reps iv talked to from the company are real helpful and chill
Oct 16 2007 8:42PM
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chickenwang
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bluehouse has already topped them in my opinion even with how small they are, customer wise at least.
Oct 16 2007 8:47PM
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jfoley019
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another reason why 4frnt is a rad company, so I order a hoodie yesterday. Matt from 4frnt called me today and told me that they are out of stock, so he told me to either pick a new hoodie or get a refund. What other company calls you and tells you that they are out of stock on a item. Props to 4frnt.
Oct 17 2007 4:46PM
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HermioneGranger
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how much???
Oct 17 2007 5:00PM
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HermioneGranger
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how much???
Oct 17 2007 5:01PM
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jfoley019
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um how much for what?
Oct 17 2007 5:48PM
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rileyCL
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WOW, HAHAHAHAHA. 4Frnt, no, sterbenz cool, no
Oct 18 2007 12:38AM
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Carter23
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yeah... its rough that the owner of the company actually answers the phone when you call their number... try getting that anywhere else. not gonna happen. Sterbenz is all about the freeride community as he is part of it as well.  4FRNT makes the best skis with the best customer service imaginable.  If you are a skier, support the brand that is made of skiers and knows skiers. Not the company that mainly makes tennis rackets and hiking boots. 
Oct 18 2007 12:50AM
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snowboardersrule
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so if 4front's warranty sucks, who has good warranty service/policy? i think warranteeing anything is a huge pain. 
Oct 18 2007 10:56AM
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eLevate
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4frnt isnt good to their riders at all, so i wouldnt really call it the most rider friendly company.

Oct 18 2007 12:41PM
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Tex.
Posts: 1106 - Karma: 124

just so you know... just because "matt" answers the phone at 4frnt doesn't mean that its matt sterbenz.. their current intern's name is also matt and that's probably who most everyone talks to.


and if the whole tennis racket thing was torwards head, you need to get your facts straight, head makes a better quality ski and warranties shit better then 4frnt ever has

Oct 18 2007 2:46PM
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lechef
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We all know that skis arent warrantied for rails,park and other stuff. We all know that you dont buy a pair of ski for the warranty. But when you break 1 ski in 2 piece in less than 1 weeks, while going down  a slope....  you just paid 500$ for new ski and you cant ski because you just broke it and you sold your other skis, that what happened to me.  Plus, the only thing they have to tell you when you call them is asking you 200$ to get only 1 other ski.      I prefer supporting a non-core company  and have a good product beside suporting core company that make shiitty quality product and have a poor warranty system.   just my 2cent

Oct 18 2007 5:07PM
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