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Is Ninthward still in business?

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DubR
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The reason I am asking is due to the fact that I won a 3rd Rail Jam stop in February of 2011 and was supposed to receive a setup and have yet to see it. It's been over a year now and I have not gotten anything from them. I have been in contact with them but seem to be giving me the runaround keep telling me how they have changed factory locations, etc...this was a few weeks back. Now, I am getting no response from them. I think it is pretty wack of them, especially since I won the last stop of the year last season and there are kids that won at earlier stops so have been waiting since 2010 basically to receive their ninthwards, as promised. Bad for the company image Ninthward. Really f'd up of Ninthward!
Mar 4 2012 3:53PM
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dmc12380
Posts: 3545 - Karma: 792
all you pussies freaking out, chill. I was sarcastic on my first comment, but no one recognized it so i kept going with it. Im about to graduate with a BS in Business Admin. and finance in 2 months, i hope i know how businesses operate.
Mar 5 2012 1:00PM
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Jibberino
Posts: 2089 - Karma: 1,346
You might want to look into getting your tuition back, because you obviously don't know how a business is run. And don't try to save your ass by claiming sarcasm, that's just sad.
Mar 5 2012 1:26PM
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nickyp
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Ninthward have the worst customer service of any company I've dealt with.

Last year when they were looking for EU distributers, I offered to put them in contact with some people I know in the business, and they roundly told me where to go.

If they have gone out of business, then I completely understand why.
Mar 5 2012 1:42PM
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nickyp
Posts: 5673 - Karma: 215
ON3P managed to do it. A few years down the line, and they have a solid team, a fantastic marketing plan, and a lot of happy customers.

Ninthward had some of the biggest names in skiing on its team, and for the last few years has been particularly poor in its operation.
Mar 5 2012 1:46PM
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blindside
Posts: 5619 - Karma: 1,201
5 seconds late haha
Mar 5 2012 1:55PM
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Balto
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i thought it was one of their grandma's?
Mar 5 2012 1:55PM
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cobra_commander
Posts: 16909 - Karma: 4,684
Just like last night.

Oh well....
Mar 5 2012 1:59PM
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DubR
Posts: 1854 - Karma: 108
Your sarcasm blows, and so does whatever school you are fixing to get a degree at because the business ethics you have been taught suck. I have been at the top of management at the age of 20 running business with annual incomes in the millions. I chose to go back to school instead to earn a degree with a double minor including business marketing and do things I still wanted to do including skiing. I love this sport with a passion and to see stupid shit like this going on in the industry royally pisses me off. Taking advantage of people never knowing their background is the wrong in itself. 9thward is Pathetic in handling the situation. I don't care what kind of degree you have. Your comments were nowhere near sarcasm. They were plain ignorant in there own mindset.
Mar 5 2012 2:18PM
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maximiliaan
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reminds me of:
Mar 5 2012 2:21PM
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DubR
Posts: 1854 - Karma: 108
Yeah def reminds me of that...not. You're a moron. It's more the fact of the matter of the situation. A company can't back themselves. I'll start throwing up gang signs maybe ill have a better chance in getting a response...
Mar 5 2012 2:33PM
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hablablaha
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So what the story behind ninthward? I remember they had some heavy names in their lineup a while back. Who do they have now? And who started the business?
Mar 5 2012 2:42PM
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marsh.
Posts: 1173 - Karma: 1,403
/claim
Mar 5 2012 2:49PM
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joshua
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Well according to a lot of NS posts someone in the owners family has a lot of money and is paying the bills for the company. Somehow they signed on a bunch of big names, but eventually a bunch of riders stopped gettting paid or just left the team,now even henrick (their biggest name for a long time) has left.

Legacy of horrible customer service, they were even banned from NS back in the day because they didn't pay for advertising. (Apparently that matter has been resolved though.)
Mar 5 2012 2:50PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
LOLOLOL 9THWARD
Mar 5 2012 2:56PM
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DubR
Posts: 1854 - Karma: 108
I thought it was odd as well when I talked to the contact at 9thward that was running the company...he said on the phone that he was working at a ski shop in mammoth or something. Odd. That doesn't make sense considering that he should be in a office maybe? Just goes to show the setup of the company...
Mar 5 2012 5:58PM
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Blindsurfer
Posts: 2252 - Karma: 2,792
theyre sulking away somewhere after losing harlaut
Mar 5 2012 6:24PM
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james6345789
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Haha what a fucking joke. You were wrong and are afraid to admit it. "lolz guize i was just like trolling calm down. I have a degree, I said it on the internet so it's true"

and OP, I'm totally on your side. But like somebody said, they did you a favor by not giving you their crappy skis.
Mar 5 2012 6:36PM
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CrotchKiller
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haha ya dude you got him there, he was really claiming hard
Mar 5 2012 7:08PM
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northeast
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Ninthward has a long history of not doing the shit they're supposed to do. ask Corey Vanular.
Mar 5 2012 7:10PM
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EmperorKuzco
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Ask Tom Warnick, Charlie Owens also to name a few. I don't even think they were given last years ski models last year, if not any skis at all.
Mar 5 2012 10:50PM
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FullStack
Posts: 288 - Karma: 274
that's crap. contact em and tell em to get ur shit together
Mar 5 2012 10:58PM
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Tdevil
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Naw aw
Mar 5 2012 11:23PM
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DubR
Posts: 1854 - Karma: 108
Ha...wasn't like that. Just giving the reason behind why I was trying to get them.
Mar 6 2012 12:30AM
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ChillTeenDad420
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sorry man, the ninthward dudes are on a little to much blow and henny, you're never gonna see that setup. 9 FER LYFE
Mar 6 2012 1:27AM
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CrotchKiller
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ya i was backing you up man haha
Mar 6 2012 11:28AM
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FapMasterFLEX
Posts: 608 - Karma: 333
this is what happens when you let fake black people run a ski company
Mar 6 2012 11:32AM
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emopoppins
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say whatever you want but every pair of ninthwards i have owned has been well worth the investment. best ski's i've ever skied on for park and for pow. and good job making a call out thread that would have absolutely no effect other than show you emailed someone 3 times and gave up.

shane@ninthward.com
campbell@ninthward.com

you'll get your shit eventually, just quit acting 14.
Mar 17 2012 2:56AM
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LIL-WAT
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After a year i would be getting pissed of aswell, there's no excuse for that. If they didn't have ski's ready to give they shouldn't have put some up.
Mar 17 2012 5:00AM
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so_gangk
Posts: 530 - Karma: 94
they have absolutley no skis i tryed to buy a set for the nz ski season but they themselves cant even get any of the 11-12 stock they have just changed factory from elan in slovenia to a some new factory in canada. cut shane some slack hes allways been helpful to those with stoke for his product
Mar 17 2012 5:16AM
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james6345789
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IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR
Mar 17 2012 10:49AM
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[evan]
Posts: 5628 - Karma: 117
Are you fucking retarded?

It's March 2012 ans the company cant even get their own 2012 skis? Jesus....
Mar 17 2012 11:08AM
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montanan
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 1,346
i cannot speak for the skis or the lack of customer service. i do not ride Ninthwards, but i always liked the vibe of the company cause it was truly different than any other ski company in the world. i used to love their team, and love there old edits. maybe its just cause im old and i grew up as rory silva as my idol haha, but ya i hope they get there team together n product out. i for one think it wold be a shame to c them simply disappear. but like i said i have not dealt with them and cant speak bout that side of things.
Mar 17 2012 11:25AM
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montanan
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rory silva Wski 106, still one of my fav seggys
Mar 17 2012 11:27AM
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ThaLetterM.
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shit happens when you do a lot of drugs.
Mar 17 2012 12:49PM
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so_gangk
Posts: 530 - Karma: 94
not a word of a lie i was told that the only ski they had was an rds no park skis at all are available
Mar 17 2012 2:07PM
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dmc12380
Posts: 3545 - Karma: 792
hahaaahaha.

internet anonymity is the best
Mar 17 2012 4:59PM
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Crocodile
Posts: 281 - Karma: 11
I love how retarded you are
Mar 17 2012 7:11PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
Ah yes. This is why I still go on NS.
Mar 17 2012 7:27PM
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juanborlando
Posts: 3598 - Karma: 2,539
yes
Mar 17 2012 9:03PM
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.ZT.
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Ninthward is the First Drop of 2012. Remember all the first dump hate threads? The FD tattoos? LOL, both companies are jokes.
Mar 17 2012 9:28PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
The only thing I will give them is their diecuts look sick. That is all.
Mar 17 2012 9:35PM
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jerm
Posts: 947 - Karma: 1,061
that would suck to have both those companies as your main sponsors...
Mar 18 2012 12:18AM
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CassiusClay
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creepiest segment ever... and still solid
Mar 18 2012 2:31AM
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ForeverYung
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Haha they do look sick
Mar 18 2012 8:59AM
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.ZT.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA +K
Mar 18 2012 9:29AM
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montanan
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solid as fuck . W ski 106 was a game changer. imagine a ski movie now a days with someone shredding and creeping out to marilyn manson . ha rory was the man, and still is in my book.
Mar 18 2012 10:11AM
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