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Freds Freeride...do you really need to support?

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acc
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Contrary to what I have always said before there is no need to support Freds Freeride unless you want to buy products from a man that lies and shows no respect for his employees or team riders. Oh yeah and the shop had good prices back in October but jacked everything back up.

Just a heads-up...Lahoots, Ken Jones, and all the other freeride shops around New England deserve your money and support more than Haskell Thayer owner of Freds Freeride does.

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Dec 2 2003 3:49PM
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DynastarriderGP
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The store has a pretty good selection and the prices are mediocre, I met the owner and it doesn't seem like he knows about half the things he was talking about.
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Dec 2 2003 3:51PM
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dilla_says_go
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sounds like somebody got fired. i think thayer is a pretty cool guy, and he always is super nice to me when i go in. sure his stuff might be expensive, but keep in mind he's trying to run his own business by marketing to a small demographic of skiers in a very competitive area.
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Dec 2 2003 3:52PM
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BrodyLeven
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you used the word demographic wrong, i think.


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Dec 2 2003 3:57PM
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haha no, his use of demographic was perfect.
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Dec 2 2003 4:01PM
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its possible i did. after an hour of calc homework my brain is fuckin' pudding.
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'honesty is the best policy. just tell your boss his daughter is one fine piece of ace and she wants your boneware and you feel its only proper that you take her cherry. but not to worry, you'll lube it up and ease it in. like a gentleman.' ~ 221

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Dec 2 2003 4:02PM
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Yea, support First Run Ski shop, your local connection for Dynastar, Salomon, Rossi, Fischer, K2, and now 4FRNT. Free Demos on Dec 14 for anyone who would like to attend.
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Dec 2 2003 4:06PM
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dilla_says_go
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wheres first run ski shop?
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-Steve

'honesty is the best policy. just tell your boss his daughter is one fine piece of ace and she wants your boneware and you feel its only proper that you take her cherry. but not to worry, you'll lube it up and ease it in. like a gentleman.' ~ 221

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Dec 2 2003 4:15PM
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acc
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stratton village...and they are pretty damn cool.
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Dec 2 2003 4:23PM
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221
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his name is Haskel and his shop is called Fred's. thats reason enough not to shop there.

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Dec 2 2003 4:26PM
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h3ofilms
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its sad how Freds has gone downhill. I no longer work there/ride for them/have them as a sponsor.

The entire freds team was gotten rid of. The owner decided to sell the team gear at half off, then when he was in a bad mood, ask them to pay for the second half after he already sold it to them at a set price.

Armadas are selling for 575 and 675 respectively, which is about the highest you will pay ANYWHERE

its an ok shop, im not trying to badmouth it. Just beware, you will pay the highest prices for anything in the place, and sometmes if u get a tune there, u will come in the next morning and it wont even be done

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Dec 2 2003 4:29PM
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its sad how Freds has gone downhill. I no longer work there/ride for them/have them as a sponsor.

The entire freds team was gotten rid of. The owner decided to sell the team gear at half off, then when he was in a bad mood, ask them to pay for the second half after he already sold it to them at a set price.

Armadas are selling for 575 and 675 respectively, which is about the highest you will pay ANYWHERE

its an ok shop, im not trying to badmouth it. Just beware, you will pay the highest prices for anything in the place, and sometmes if u get a tune there, u will come in the next morning and it wont even be done

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Dec 2 2003 4:31PM
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Haskell's wife is like a thousand years old.


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Dec 2 2003 4:58PM
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ouch teddie, thats harsh. Vicky is a really nice woman

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Dec 2 2003 5:21PM
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dilla_says_go
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wow thats pretty cheap on haskells part. im thinkin ill take my money elsewhere...
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Dec 2 2003 5:28PM
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Dec 2 2003 5:28PM
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haha


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Dec 2 2003 5:36PM
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werent you sponsored by freds shop soxripper? or was that someone else on thsi site

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Dec 2 2003 5:40PM
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ok so i wanna know the reason behind this change of heart....?


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Dec 2 2003 5:47PM
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you must've visited Country Ski and Sport in hanson and quincy, Mass. best place on earth.
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Dec 2 2003 5:50PM
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h3ofilms
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Soxripper was one of five team members. Recently, the owner decided to try to get the team to pay for the 2nd half of what he sold them.

Meaning if he sold u skis at a TEAM rate of 250, two weeks later he got in a bad mood and wanted the other half of the money for the skis, even though he already sold them at a certian rate

he did away with the freds team basically

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Dec 2 2003 5:54PM
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this fred guy sounds like a fag.


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Dec 2 2003 5:57PM
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acc
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and fired the only employee he had that he trusted and that actually put effort into working at the shop because said employee didn't tell his wife (the true owner of the shop) how to run the shop while the owner was taking a lil vaca to watch a nascar race in florida during the first real weekend (snow wise and busy wise) at killy.

now the employee is not being paid hours owed or being paid for copies of his movie that were sold through the shop at $18...a percentage of that he is owed. and the owner is claiming he never sold any copies he gave them away. that is not true. he would never give something of value away for free, not even to his own wife.

his wife is kickass by the way teddy. she is old but awesome. the weekend you're talking about seeing her is when haskell went away and she was pissy she had to stay in the shop all weekend
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Dec 2 2003 6:05PM
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haskells always been nice to me... but prices have gone up...


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Dec 2 2003 6:05PM
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Matty.
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i think that freds freeride is pretty cool because in the freeze it showed it and it had a rail and a qp

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Dec 2 2003 7:02PM
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so you got fired?



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Dec 2 2003 7:12PM
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h3ofilms
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basically all the employees were fired for no reason..oh well, more time to ski

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Dec 2 2003 7:14PM
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acc
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anthony made that whole qp himself last winter...and now he is fired...is that cool?
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Dec 2 2003 7:14PM
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^ haha its dolomite (her icon)

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Dec 2 2003 7:35PM
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Haskell has always been cool towards me and it seemed like he had a tight connection with anthony, max, and corey. Last year he helped out when I didn't have enough $ for goggles so he gave me a discount. This year when I bought pants from him, I asked if he could give me a deal and he was rude about it and said,' this isn't a garage sale man' I mean granted that he is trying to make money but it seems like after his article in Freeze he either got cocky or money hungry.


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Dec 2 2003 7:36PM
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EaStCoaSt11
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aww poor amanda and anthony... it doesnt help that fred's is out of killy- almolst the worst resport in the east for newschool. sorry it worked out shitty for you guys :(




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Dec 2 2003 7:43PM
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jksl
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lahout's is the ONLY shop you should but stuff at

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Dec 2 2003 7:52PM
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jksl
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lahout's is the ONLY shop you should buy stuff at

=J. KIESEL=

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Dec 2 2003 7:53PM
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acc
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lahouts is cool...i've only been in there once. seems like a chill place though.
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Dec 3 2003 8:23AM
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reeski
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i have been there a couple of times once to rent skis when I broke my K2's. That dude had some funny stories about surfin he seemed like a cool dude.


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Dec 3 2003 10:04AM
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DynastarriderGP
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Is the owner the guy who's pretty big and has long hair?
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What's alike between Michel Jockson and Burger King?

They're both trying to put 40 year old meat in between 10 year old buns

What's alike between Michel Jackson and Wal-Mart?

They both have boys pants half off.
Dec 3 2003 10:09AM
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phUnk
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Don't support shops that shit on their own team & employees.

When shops learn that their actions have repercussions, they'll be less likely to screw people over.
Dec 3 2003 11:24AM
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dpoiii
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what a homo..watch how he'll want everyone back once his store goes downhill

maybe the h3o kid could tell his sponsors like line or whoever that he is a douche and they will cut ties


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Dec 3 2003 11:49AM
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switchskier88
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the guy your talin about at lahoots is jhonny mac but hes not the owner, there a good shop to support, and ken jones in manchester, i say that cause my friend runs the freeski stuff
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Dec 3 2003 12:15PM
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h3ofilms
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haskel has a tendency to be nice to your face, then after u walk out, he talks shit about kids..especially if they dont buy...or he makes fun of what they bought or that they really cant ski probably

he kisses ass till he makes a sale

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Dec 3 2003 12:58PM
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manus
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^sounds like a lot of shops.

Dec 3 2003 1:16PM
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h3ofilms
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true, but when a shop is supposed to be a core newschool shop, theres no need to make fun of the kids once they leave

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Dec 3 2003 1:19PM
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drama in vermont...oh no
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Dec 3 2003 1:26PM
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^ way to go mark!


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Dec 3 2003 1:45PM
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Justo8484
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i never liked the guy. i asked him which movie was better, stereotype or salad days, he said salad says was the best movie he ever saw, i never saw either, so i followed his advice and got salad days. biggest waste of $20 ever in my life! that and he really doesnt know his stuff all that well
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Dec 3 2003 2:13PM
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Dec 3 2003 2:17PM
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h3ofilms
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and adam newhard adds his touch, hahaha

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Dec 3 2003 2:23PM
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CTripper
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that's infortunate, but it's a little funny. when you were sponsered, it was always fred's this and fred's that. then they take away your hookup, and it's fred's sucks this and fred's sucks that. if you're going to support something, support it all the time, not when it's convenient.
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Dec 3 2003 2:30PM
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mikeski
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^good point. I dont think u gave a shit about kids being made fun of when u worked there. But i cant blame u cause i would probably do the same thing.
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Dec 3 2003 2:44PM
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acc
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#1 i didn't work there. #2 i left not lost. #3 if he didn't start acting & treating people like this recently there would be no problem with the shop. just listen to the others that have posted in this thread. things have changed recently. the shop was great before
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Dec 3 2003 2:48PM
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Gee CTtripper, that was an intelligent comment. Let me see if it applies to other situations:

Should JP and JF still rep Salomon? Maybe you'd like it if Philou did too? Oh no, wait, maybe Turpin should still rep LINE.

No one reps an EX-sponsor or employee, especially if their sponsorship/employment ended on bad terms. Now stop being a fucknut. You all know you should be buying your stuff from Dstructure and Corbetts anyways.



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