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Most un-legit ski company

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martin.
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what company do you think is the LEAST core.

im gonna have to go with Elan
Jun 14 2008 12:37AM
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Ryanvdonk
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that's why they changed factories...on another note, surface stayed in that factory, hmmm....
Jun 16 2008 2:58AM
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Manlenium
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Thats what im saying. The level of water resistance and warmth is not there.
Jun 16 2008 5:04AM
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wlm
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techno..
Jun 16 2008 9:44AM
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EMK
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to me the least core company would mean the one whitch cares least about skiing and only about profits.

elan is owned and ran by skiiers, not that i would ride them but that does put them leaps and bounds ahead of a lot of companys.
some exampes are; of rossi, dynastar, coreupt and roxy owned by a surf company, also salomon and atomic who are owned by a company that stated off by making cigerettes or even k2, line and volkl who are owned by a kitchen goods company.
the most unlegit compay is a different matter and i have no idea who it might be.

Jun 16 2008 12:48PM
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Jordan.j
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fire fly.  or world industres and yes they make twins
Jun 16 2008 3:43PM
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[~_~]
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Surface changed factories too; they are made in California.
Jun 16 2008 4:44PM
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JER-Z
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palmer
Jun 16 2008 5:52PM
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MLB
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I call bullshit......i have a Burton AK 2L jacket, and pants with gore tex this past winter....FUCKING SHIT in every way shape and form( looked like a jean jacket i guess). Not water proof, not wind proof, not durable, not warm. Serious. It came with a soft shell hoodie that was shit too. All my Oakley shit was a million times better. The gore tex did fuck all.  By the end of the season everything was wrecked.
Jun 16 2008 6:03PM
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danedegruyter
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truth
Jun 16 2008 6:08PM
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artfullydodged
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well it appears that they are basically the same skis as dynastar, not designing your own ski is pretty un-legit, which makes the name ironic, hence it is more un-legit, i hope they can prove me wrong 
Jun 16 2008 6:10PM
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McSlay
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I have to agree with mattykappy this past season i got some ronin(burton) 3l pants that were supposed to be 20,000/20,000 yet they where among the least water proof pants i've ever had. From now on when i by from burton i'm not expecting it to be water proof
Jun 16 2008 6:16PM
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iggyskier
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Your calling bullshit on personal experience? haha ok.  Yours may be different, but I have owned a lot of shit and a lot of goretex, both the normal stuff and the XCR stuff, and the burton jacket is the best one I have ever owned, including a bonfire, oakley, sessions, quicksilver, and north face jacket that I have had these last few years which were all gore-tex, plus other oakleys, spyders, and fate jackets. 

Sucks that you got a jacket that didn't work out, but I am completely stoked on mine.




Jun 16 2008 6:54PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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slander!
Jun 16 2008 8:39PM
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van_ski
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im pretty sure ther made in the atomic factory not elan
Jun 16 2008 9:18PM
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gordie.
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dont make skis and their suits are rad
Jun 16 2008 11:42PM
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connoroh
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hart may not make amazing park skis, but their mogul skis are unmatched.
Jun 16 2008 11:45PM
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slottyboom
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hahahha
4shure!
Jun 16 2008 11:49PM
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VT_Roots
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Elan produces some of the most quality skis on the market.  Just because their niche is racing and Euro steeze, don't hate.  It's hard to be a core ski brand when you sell "narrow-ass snowboards" though.
Jun 17 2008 1:04AM
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dowalibeast
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Jun 17 2008 1:17AM
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Klick_2_klaim
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Im not sure... i know they were... but were isnt now.

either way. Armada is so uncore and so unlegit.
Jun 17 2008 2:04PM
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keystoneandbone
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Word more people need to know this,
Jun 17 2008 2:08PM
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Anders_F
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this ones beats all trust me!!!

http://www.asylumskis.com/index.html
Jun 17 2008 9:53PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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suicide skis?
Jun 17 2008 10:09PM
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cfox
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yea elan no pros on there team pretty ridiculous
Jun 17 2008 10:31PM
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Lastfrontier
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i never hear much about G3
Jun 18 2008 6:54PM
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TheQuailman
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Under Armor, Nike 6.0/Nike ACG, Palmer (yea, they make skis now, Anon (dropped skiing team), Burton (hates skiers)
Jun 18 2008 9:06PM
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Bobby_B
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UNDER ARMOUR IS WAS LEGIT, THEIR NEXT YEAR STUFFF IS SOOOO DOPE. LOOK OUT FOR UA.
Jun 18 2008 9:44PM
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dave44
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what??
Jun 18 2008 10:02PM
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Ben.
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Nike 6.0 isnt really a ski team. they just give them shoes and i think alotta athletes are on 6.0 not just skiers.
Jun 19 2008 1:44AM
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FUUUCK
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who is your outerwear sponsor?
Jun 19 2008 1:58AM
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artfullydodged
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is/was?

Jun 19 2008 1:59AM
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KABURGS
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Nike Nike Nike Nike.  They make f'in shoes for shits sake
Jun 19 2008 9:18AM
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coolhandluke
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thats because you stay on the groomers
Jun 19 2008 9:23AM
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KABURGS
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I'm with Bobby B on the UA train.  I know a few peeps in their Mountain group, they have people from Burton, Helly H, Redbull, Arcteryx making their stuff.  While UA might not be a total ski company the people behind the product makes that area of the company legit.  Has any one seen their freeski squad?  So legit; Hibbert, Dash, Hudak, Cooley, BBrown himself, the Brothers Dadali.....

Jun 19 2008 9:31AM
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Coalescent
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are you an idiot?! Lib Techs are some of the best skis i have ever ridden in my opinion
Jun 19 2008 9:34AM
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Bobby_B
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WAY*
Jun 19 2008 11:11AM
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keystoneandbone
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word^ they have skiers bikers skaters motorcrossers and some more people
Jun 19 2008 12:08PM
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readiculous
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Not an idiot. Like you, I'm just giving my opinion.
Jun 19 2008 12:10PM
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walcott
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DPS or Blackdiamond
Jun 19 2008 2:23PM
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keystoneandbone
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no idea what dps is  but black diamond is legit for telly skiing
Jun 19 2008 2:27PM
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coolhandluke
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thats because you stay on the groomers
Jun 19 2008 8:24PM
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rj.
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remember volant back in the day..when they were in something abut mckonkey haha wow i loved that movie
Jun 19 2008 8:42PM
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JTL
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Castle....
Jun 25 2008 11:09PM
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Twig
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actually i don't think anyone knows that coreupt is owned by quicksilver.. i think that was just assumed since candide switched to them.. in fact several statements have been made to the contrary.. also nobody knows there skis are altered dynastars.. they just have similar widths.. most park skis are in the same ballpark in terms of measurements.. at least give the product a chance before writing them off as un-legit..
Jun 26 2008 4:41AM
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J.D.
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Come on, it HAS to be Defi Skeez. This is a no-brainer.
Jun 26 2008 5:31AM
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molzen
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Pale skis no doubt... http://www.palesport.at/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=40

They make the WORST product ever...............
Jun 26 2008 7:16AM
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wintersway
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kniessel makes twintips, i remeber seeing them in my searches for twintips two years ago... so im sure theyre still around, but only in european areas probably
Jun 26 2008 11:45AM
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heFF
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the people that work for nordica...fuck them!!!
Jun 26 2008 11:48AM
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-Tristan-
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I hope this is a joke...

Heres my vote though,

http://www.carradanskis.com/mamba.html

$19 grand for a pair of skis makes me wanna puke, some dickhead is making a HUGE profit margin.
Jun 26 2008 11:59AM
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gregor
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Volant.
Stupidly overpriced bullshit for ignorant rich idiots.
Jun 26 2008 12:09PM
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