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Julien Regnier

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Jamestown
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Gone from Armada? I searchabarred and couldn't find anything. I heard it from Dano today when I spoke with him, but he said it hadn't been "officially announced". Then, I checked Armada's website, and he was gone.

Anybody know who he went to? Why he left?
Aug 18 2009 6:43PM
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lineskier10
Posts: 11339 - Karma: 796
he is more than a fuckin thug by a long shot, he is one of the creators of our fucking sport and he shreds shit anywhere he wants, you little fuckers dont even realize how much of an influence he was on this sport, he is like bill fucking russel to the celtics, he made them, i dont know what other analogies i can use but he was shredding everything before all you little fuckers were a dirty thought in your daddy's head, basically, where is the outrage for this bullshit that should be coming from NS? FUCK ARMADA for this bullshit
Aug 25 2009 1:15AM
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polka.yardSAIL
Posts: 459 - Karma: 8
this makes me want to lower armada's karma...
Aug 25 2009 1:21AM
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Calb3rt
Posts: 6005 - Karma: 2,203
+vibes julien, not so + vibes for armada....
Aug 25 2009 1:48AM
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skiingonskis
Posts: 2076 - Karma: 262
bad form armada..
Aug 25 2009 1:57AM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
That fucking sucks.
Aug 25 2009 2:08AM
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Armanzoid
Posts: 2453 - Karma: 26
Someone sticky this...
Aug 25 2009 11:56AM
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Kornn101
Posts: 3534 - Karma: 25
THIS. obviously.
Aug 25 2009 1:58PM
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K.C.Deane
Posts: 1730 - Karma: 315
Julien also works with We Ski which is a French ski mag.  Editor possibly... but I know he does that as well.
Aug 25 2009 2:56PM
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barberdude
Posts: 520 - Karma: 140
I don't understand ski sponsorships, Brad Holmes has been sponsored by Elan forever and Armada can't keep Julien on the team. Armada still sells a ski named after him. Julien and JP seemed to set the standard for Armada. His skiing from recent years is still worthy of a sponsorship. His pillow lines and style is just as relevant today as it ever has been.
Aug 25 2009 6:18PM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
sense he is looking for a new sponsor, why not on3p?! haha that would get the word out about them for sure
Aug 25 2009 6:23PM
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silex
Posts: 526 - Karma: 63
this
Aug 25 2009 7:25PM
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PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
i just hit up ccrewsoldier.

PopsicleStand --> CCREWSOLDIER$
tanner we are all wondering about julien. we wanted to hear the whole story, or whatever you are allowed to discuss. I understand its a business and all, but we were basically wondering whats up? If julien was let go the way he claims, i think it was pretty bad form. Maybe someone on the business side was responsible, but either way, it seems like this is not the rider owned company we thought we knew.

Regardless, we all respect your opinion, so I was wondering if you had one on this case...
Aug 25 2009 9:25PM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
ease off there dick a little bit
Aug 25 2009 9:49PM
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AwR
Posts: 5147 - Karma: 1,880
This (Regnier being let go) seems like the exact opposite of what Armada originally stood for.  They (including Julien) made armada for riders and not making money.  I have always been a huge supporter of Armada, but that is a little low. 
Aug 25 2009 9:59PM
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Jamestown
Posts: 4002 - Karma: 51
I'm sure we'll get a legitimate response soon enough, hopefully some sort of press release.
Aug 26 2009 12:54AM
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Tross
Posts: 951 - Karma: 117
To my threads
Aug 26 2009 4:10PM
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evanstp
Posts: 280 - Karma: 247
Atomic makes armada...
Aug 26 2009 4:28PM
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*SURFACE
Posts: 1248 - Karma: 5,944
Poor form !!

Julien is timeless!
Aug 26 2009 6:59PM
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lineskier10
Posts: 11339 - Karma: 796
i doubt it, methinks they would have already done it by now
Aug 26 2009 7:48PM
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PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
well tanner has not read my PM yet

Aug 26 2009 8:13PM
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J.D.
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No money for a move like that, you have to understand On3p is a small company. It's just the people making them and the people skiing them because they're great skis.

As for Tanner, I'm sure he is focussing on his recovery right now and not on this. His job is skiing, Armada has other people who deal with the business stuff.
Aug 26 2009 8:38PM
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PopsicleStand
Posts: 6890 - Karma: 147
Yeah, i agree that Tanner's main job right now is to get healthy. However, he has a stake in the company, is THE face of the company, and is certainly a pundit of the sport. Really, there would be no better person than to hear from about this than him. That being said though, he hit me back up last night and i got the answer I was expecting: no comment. While that is dissatisfying, I imagine it is as much as he can give up. I still hope eventually something comes out where this is explained a little more.

CCREWSOLDIER$ --> PopsicleStand
not allowed to discuss but just know im super bummed and i think we lost the creator of freeskiing and it really does make me bummed out.
Aug 27 2009 10:00AM
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Legoman
Posts: 533 - Karma: 13
I figured something like this might happen I mean I have great respect for Julien but I guess eventually him, JP, Anthony and Tanner will have to retire but you would think seen as they own a share in the company then they would be ambassadors or something and still get all their shit free just maybe not the crazy travel budgets their used to as there not gonna be out there with movie segments etc and the likes of Casabon Hornbeck etc will carry it on.

I'm not usually that bothered by whos on a team or whatever but Armada is different and its really hypocritical of them to handel things like this, its 50/50 with the products being good but the other half of wanting to buy their shit is because of the ethics behind their business.

Makes me think twice about buying their stuff, might as well support Rossi who seem to be having a rough time but make quality stuff.
Aug 27 2009 11:03AM
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 429
its sad to watch propaganda and think of all these guys progressing the sport at the time....the inovaters and now theve been pushed out of the spotlight or cant really continue because of injuries
Aug 27 2009 12:50PM
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kiwi_as
Posts: 421 - Karma: 189
fuck armada, i'm ashamed to own a pair now. what a lame way to end it with julien. i hope line picks him up
Aug 27 2009 3:45PM
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Kevski
Posts: 7056 - Karma: 2,785
Fuck that's just a piss off. I want to hear more because that's just not rad. It doesn't seem like something that armada would do. What company drops a pioneer of the sport who helped design one of the best most innovative skis out there right now without an explanation.

If this is true (which I'm not counting on) I really want to know Armada's side. They must have a reason beyond julien getting a little older and skiing the backcountry more and filming less. This is too big a deal to not have a reason for.
Aug 27 2009 3:54PM
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Twinjibber77
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Aug 27 2009 3:55PM
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Medalen
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Hoping for a press release or something.

Best of luck to Julien!
Aug 27 2009 5:19PM
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EMK
Posts: 1632 - Karma: 669
He's looking for a sponsor... ; )
Aug 27 2009 5:20PM
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hey_dude_its_me
Posts: 1403 - Karma: 32
whoa, no caps...
Aug 27 2009 8:07PM
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tbayskier
Posts: 1138 - Karma: 1,642
well this seems  a little rediculous.  what is armada doing?  i would like to hear their  side
Aug 27 2009 8:10PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
this news is hurty :(
Aug 27 2009 8:36PM
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Tross
Posts: 951 - Karma: 117
Very interested to see where Julien will go.
Aug 28 2009 11:18AM
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fatherb
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 173
yeah i cant wait to find out. i think someone should jump on the chance, Julien would bring alot publicity (in the skiing world) to a company after what happened.
Aug 28 2009 12:06PM
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.Emerson.
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obviously  PopsicleStand tampered with the message to make it appear as though tanner typed without caps
Aug 28 2009 2:55PM
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Gharf
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what i dont get is why you guys were not shocked last year when rossignol did the same shit with all their team.

it was the exact same shit they just fired them.
Hatveit, Houle, Spriggs...

from what Houle told me (the other guys i don't know) it was even worse than julien since they told him mid october that they would not renew his contract.

shit happens. it sucks.

Luckily Jf and Julien are super talented guys and julien will hopefully find a new sponsor (Jf is now on Volk).


Aug 28 2009 4:40PM
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canuck
Posts: 1124 - Karma: 137
Come on Armada. If this is true this pissse me of on so many levels. What's the deal? Julien is still the man.
Aug 28 2009 10:46PM
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jasontheredhead
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i really hope that there is an actual reason for this, he was one of the starters for this company and def didnt deserve this
Aug 29 2009 2:16AM
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factory81
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Financially speaking,

Last year Quiksilver used to own Dynastar, Lange, and Rossi, and finally in late 2008 Quiksilver dropped them. Quiksilver has a market cap of around a quarter of a million dollars currently and has about....or almost 1 billion dollars in debt.

What I am trying to say here is, is anyone surprised when Dynastar, Lange, and Rossi get dropped from Quiksilver that they let go of all their sponsored skiers? Also to add insult to injury Rossi and Dynastar had something like 300 million of product left over from the 08-09 season and this was in Feb.


I bet Tanner needs better health insurance or has to pay a retarded rate for health insurance, and he needed dough to pay for top notch medical rehab.


The only facts in this statement are that you need to know the finances, and Armada isn't publicly traded. But you can go ahead and assume a lot.
Sep 4 2009 11:44AM
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Powdered_Donuts
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thought i was the only one who noticed lol

Sep 4 2009 12:20PM
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snocompton
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Thats ridiculous that armada would just end a contract with one of the key co-founders of the company.  Im suprised Tanner and JP wouldnt have something to say about this.  Guess theres no more jp v. julien ski.
Sep 4 2009 4:54PM
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nooks
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found this on forum on a swedish freeride-website. yes, most of it is in swedish, but around 12th post there´s an english-written letter from armada, to their retailers, i guess. conserning the ending of regnier´s contract.

http://www.freeride.se/forum/thread.php?t=56135

Sep 10 2009 11:21AM
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Matty_C
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To All My Partners at Armada,

I just wanted to give you all a heads up on the status with Julien Regnier as there have been some rumors circulating.

Julien's contract was up this summer and given the current economic situation, Hans and I were forced to make many tough decisions so that we can continue to be financial solid moving forward, and this was one of them.

We chose not to renew Julien's contract, and he is no longer on our team.

He was one of the founding members of the team, as were Boyd Easley and JF Cusson. It's always hard to say good bye to a founder and friend, but he still retains his shares and we wish him all the best. We unfortunately cannot keep every team member forever.

We value your feedback as reps and distributors and that was a large part of this decision, most of your surveys place Julien's relevance to the company and team lowest of all athletes on your rankings.

I hope this clears things up if any of you had questions.

On a positive note, the outerwear is being delivered to stores and the feedback is amazing. I am heading to NZ right now to shoot for the Dealer Catalog/ISPO/SIA with all of the new 2010/2011 outerwear, skis, poles, gloves, fleece, beanies and tees!

Regards,

OC

Still doesn't redeem Armada in my eyes.

Sep 10 2009 11:38AM
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nooks
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"We value your feedback as reps and distributors and that was a large part of this decision, most of your surveys place Julien's relevance to the company and team lowest of all athletes on your rankings."

i dont´t like the sound of that part. Team lowest of all athletes? sounds like a lot of bs

Sep 10 2009 11:44AM
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Tross
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Look at it this way - skiers get paid to sell skis. Otherwise, why are they part of a company?

Pro skiers' pay checks come out of the marketing budget. So if cutbacks are coming and you're not having as much influence on consumers as anyone else (which is your job) you might consider your job on the chopping block.

Julien is not the only person affected by this economy, nor is he the first athlete to be deemed not as relevant as he was. It's easier to be idealistic and sink your company's money than it is to make the hard decision to let someone go.

Julien may fit somewhere else, but the bottom line is that if Armada loses too much money and can't continue leading the way they have. If they were to go belly up, what was the point of starting the company in the first place?

They need to continue making profits to continue growing and expanding.

Personally, I think I'd rather have Armada around than Julien be on their team. Look at it that way.

There are surely some idealistic people, but think about the long term and big picture. Sucks for Julien, but it must have needed to be done.

That's my thought anyhow.

Also - I don't think that email was supposed to surface. Interesting to see the responses.
Sep 11 2009 10:14PM
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joshua
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how much do pro skiers like jp and julien actually get payed? Like how much does it cost to keep em on the team?
Sep 11 2009 10:33PM
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dametruite
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wow what a news finally I hear a word from chris o'connell, good to know he is alive I was a little worrie.

I'm happy now

julien


Sep 12 2009 6:34PM
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