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Top 5 small ski companies

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aftrbang
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What are your top 5 ski companies based on ski performance, ski graphics and company itself?

1) Armada
2) Moment
3) Obsidian
4) Liberty
5) BlueHouse

Sep 30 2010 12:40PM
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Deviate
Posts: 273 - Karma: 240
armada small? surely you jest.
Sep 30 2010 12:44PM
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-Tristan-
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ON3P
Folsom
ON3P
ON3P
ON3P

In that order
Sep 30 2010 12:48PM
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wrenegade
Posts: 6631 - Karma: 41
in no particular order:

ON3P
Moment
DPS
Faction
PM Gear

I wouldn't consider Armada small.
Sep 30 2010 12:57PM
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aftrbang
Posts: 16 - Karma: 10

yeah I see what you mean relative to the other companies on the list but I still consider them small in terms of the big corps out there and the background of the company itself...plus, sick skis

Sep 30 2010 1:16PM
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clive_bixby
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umm..... surface x 5.
Sep 30 2010 1:26PM
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ferrariowner123
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amen, i would put pm gear above faction, in my opinion, but this works too.
Sep 30 2010 2:10PM
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powderhound100
Posts: 2510 - Karma: 144
ON3P
Praxis
Moment
DPS
PM gear
Sep 30 2010 2:12PM
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cubber
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threads for quiver consideration
Sep 30 2010 2:44PM
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bakedpow
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ON3P
bluehouse
Folsom
ON3P
moment
Sep 30 2010 3:00PM
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joshua
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Not sure if Surface still counts as small, but their line-up is sick and inexpensive.
Sep 30 2010 3:09PM
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.nasty
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Lokomotiv
Folsom
Wagner
Kingswood
on3p
Sep 30 2010 3:11PM
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Slopestyle10
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on3p
moment
kingswood
bluehouse
boone/liberty

Oct 3 2010 9:07PM
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Dragonite
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1. Surface
2. Icelantic
3. Faction
4. LibTec
5. ON3P
Oct 3 2010 10:15PM
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S.C
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SURFACE
Oct 3 2010 10:19PM
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T.DUDE
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this
Oct 3 2010 10:20PM
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dreadyboy
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no order
Surface, lib-tech, on3p, Prior, moment
Oct 3 2010 10:23PM
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Jaymon
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Salomon? I heard their skis are really durable...

but seriously

1. Faction
2.Moment
3. Surface
4.Faction
5.Faction
6.Faction
7. Faction
8.Faction
Oct 3 2010 10:23PM
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DUKES
Posts: 5150 - Karma: 691
liberty
faction
moment
surface
on3p
bluehouse
high society
slant

Oct 3 2010 10:29PM
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Sklar
Posts: 8864 - Karma: 31,612
i have only dealt with on3p, but from what i've heard

on3p
skilogik
dps
folsom
i've heard these are all real good, and i hear folsom is making a skiercross ski, which is of great interest to me
Oct 3 2010 10:38PM
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Session
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You do realize that Quicksilver owns Lib-tech right? I wouldn't call a company who's snowboards are in just about every shop "small".
Oct 3 2010 10:39PM
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HiTz
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Surface
Liberty
Moment
DPS
ON3P
Oct 3 2010 11:12PM
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babysteeze84
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In no particular order:
Armada
Boone
Icelantic
Coreupt
Surface

I still feel that Armada is a small brand considering that they function out of a dingy warehouse in Newport with a small, hardworking tight-nit group of guys and gals making quality products (I realize their skis aren't made in Newpt, but still) rather than a brand like Salomon or Rossignol. They compete nicely with the big brands but still are small in comparison. If they aren't on the list of small brands anymore, then take them out and add ON3P.
Oct 4 2010 12:27AM
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abc8tr8we98g
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+1 for Liberty and Moment...Own both and love them to death
Oct 4 2010 12:30AM
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_GaPeRstEEzE
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Salomon ofcourse derp
Oct 4 2010 1:49PM
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meeesh
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Cheers on the Slant! I'm working on getting a pair currently :)
Oct 4 2010 1:55PM
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wrenegade
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How many of these small ski companies actually make their own skis?

I know ON3P, Moment, PM Gear and DPS do.
I know Armada doesn't.

What about the rest?
Oct 4 2010 1:56PM
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Session
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I had the same thought. I don't count people who re-brand or just send off a design to a factory. A real small ski company designs, and presses their shit in-house.
Oct 4 2010 2:07PM
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hella.sick.skier
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the company may not be small but as for its role in the ski industry i would say they are pretty small
Oct 4 2010 2:12PM
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-ShredTheGnar-
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Obsidian skis suck baws.

my list would be

1. Surface
2. ON3P
3. Ninthward
4. PM Gear
5. Moment


in that order.
Oct 4 2010 2:22PM
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powderhound100
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praxis does.
Oct 4 2010 4:48PM
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Session
Posts: 5373 - Karma: 22,056

Quicksilver/mervin is a pretty decent sized player in the snowsports industry, their main focus is snowboarding obviously. Coke also bottles orange juice. That doesn't make them a small orange juice company.

Oct 4 2010 5:01PM
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babysteeze84
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Boone does. California home grown. :)
Oct 5 2010 6:53PM
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dirtylion27
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except didnt k2 buy the brand name? so technically they are run by a big corp
Oct 5 2010 7:01PM
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no_steeze
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ON3P
Moment
DPS
PM Gear
Oct 5 2010 7:22PM
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Balto
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on3p
iggy
praxis
dps
pm
Oct 5 2010 7:32PM
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Rockhound
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Surface
ON3P
Moment
Liberty
Amplid
Oct 6 2010 2:45AM
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SFBv420.0
Posts: 2539 - Karma: 3,124

Pm Gear

Moment

Praxis

on3p

DPS which are not made in house but manufactured in China fwiw

Oct 6 2010 10:00AM
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aftrbang
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hmm that's a good point. I thought k2 just uses the armada name for a specific run of snowboard boots but I may be wrong. anyone know?
Oct 6 2010 10:25AM
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N.Skinner
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333 skis
333 skis
333 skis
333 skis
222 skis
Oct 6 2010 10:46AM
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414.
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.
Oct 6 2010 10:56AM
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EARL
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RMU has by far the most durable ski for a little company. DOPE skis
Oct 6 2010 1:58PM
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Gnarmy
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Surface
Armada
moment
333
On3p
Oct 6 2010 2:09PM
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N.Skinner
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Disclaimer:


Hopefully no one actually takes that seriously.
Oct 6 2010 2:16PM
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howlongcanausern
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you guys are NOOOBS

the best ski companies are
dy lan
dy lan
dy lan
and dy lan

cuz i spit hot fie-ah
Oct 6 2010 2:48PM
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arandomname
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I'm hoping that 333 part is a joke.
Oct 6 2010 3:38PM
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aftrbang
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bump

anyone else?
Oct 27 2010 8:28PM
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arandomname
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I'll go.

ON3P
Moment
PM
Surface
Folsom (way expensive though)

Haven't skied any of these though haha.

Oct 27 2010 8:36PM
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Ducky.
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Prior
Folsom
ON3P
Faction
Moment
Oct 27 2010 8:46PM
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munpro
Posts: 581 - Karma: 556
Moment,
Liberty,
Icelantic,
On3p,
Coreupt.
Oct 27 2010 9:59PM
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Pipe_Munky
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Kastle
Movement
Faction
Liberty
4FRNT
Oct 28 2010 9:12AM
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