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candide pro model

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b19119
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they only made 1000 pairs..right?
and 200 in america?
did salomon know that candide was gonna leave the salomon? is that why they produced so small amount?









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Nov 10 2004 3:18PM
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tandan83
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where'd you hear that only 1000 pairs were being made? i hadn't heard this so im just curious. how many pairs of skis does a company normally make?





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Nov 10 2004 3:24PM
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b19119
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someone told me they only made 1000 pairs...and
i'm 100% sure they have 200 pairs in US









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Nov 10 2004 3:35PM
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tandan83
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im surprised they have so few pairs in the us





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Nov 10 2004 3:37PM
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Flowsion
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nope, its about 200 total in the US. The salomon rep was tellin me only 90 candides and 110 CRs were comin to the US.


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Nov 10 2004 4:21PM
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i saw a pair in clagary alberta, so there is at least one pair in canada

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Nov 10 2004 5:03PM
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ifsa_alum
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To answer your original question, the Candide and CR come from the LAB group. These folks are the skunkworks for Salomon who produce limited high-end products to their athlete's specifications. Candide and CR's ski have slightly modified dimensions, less tip and tail, denser PU foam, and race base material.

Releasing them in fixed numbers to the public creates an artificial demand and desirability for a "limited edition" 1080 that's more than a simple repackaging of the standard model (e.g. the Cusson and Dorion models from 3 years ago).

Also, it may be safe to say, with the demise of Freeze, that the newschooler market isn't as large as we'd like to think, hence 200 pairs is enough.
Nov 11 2004 3:06PM
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Carter23
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cr labs.. so glad i ended up with those instead of the candide's now that he's gone
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Nov 11 2004 4:24PM
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rodeo270
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they have way more cr promodel skis in the US because he's an american skiier so they want to promote him in the US and they want to promote candide in europe so all his promodels are going there. rossignol is stoked, bummer for solomon, i guess that simon and peter will just make more money
Nov 11 2004 4:29PM
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b19119
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to ifsa

what you said doesn't make sense at all.
You are talking about the demand and supply issure here..i understand that demand will go up..but the thing is candide model is not really more expensive than other skis..such as aramada or 4frnt.









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Nov 11 2004 7:23PM
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NickMartini
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i saw a few candides




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Nov 11 2004 7:30PM
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aclsarescary
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i saw the candides...they have a pretty cool top sheet, the CRs are pretty ugly.
Nov 11 2004 9:07PM
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skogenjake
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hey fag. the freesking market is strong look at how many members are on NS and all of the independent companys popping up. think before you spit out all of that bullshit next time...

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Nov 11 2004 9:11PM
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ifsa_alum
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To b19119 - I get your point. I've always regarded the CR and Candide to be Salomon's response to the boutique manufacturer's offerings in terms of performance and price. Time will tell.

Skogenjake - don't take it personally. I think the NS market is consistent, it's just not GROWING at any substantial rate. Yes, there are more brands popping up which is great for consumer choice. But are they not competing for the same skiers?
Nov 12 2004 7:54AM
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Jackpot
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There's a pair in Halifax NS as well.


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Nov 12 2004 8:02AM
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nothanks
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i positive there were 200 in the us and pretty sure about the 1000, close to the same figures with the cr pro because there LAB skis, meaning, there made in the race lab, not by a machine..


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Nov 12 2004 8:34AM
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b19119
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ifsa, no they are NOT competing for same skiers.

If they were, why would they just jump in to the market? It's growing slow but it is growing.
That's the important thing...I think..









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Nov 12 2004 10:16AM
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ifsa_alum
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^ If they were, why would they just jump in to the market?

They believe they offer a better product that is more suited to the direction the sport is going. Durability seem to be the key motivator. Perfectly understandable given how technical and enormous rails and jumps have become.
Nov 12 2004 1:33PM
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punk_rider
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many pairs in france. i'm not sure about the 1000 stuff. nevermind it's 1080 with another decoration

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Nov 12 2004 1:52PM
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ztragnoB
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^^^ did you even read the other posts? it said that the skis are slightly different with a smaller tip or tail or denser foam.




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Nov 12 2004 2:23PM
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punk_rider
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^^ yeah i know, something like 1 mm on tip and tail. but truly, are we (most of us) good enough to see a difference?

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Nov 12 2004 2:28PM
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Pipe_Munky
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there's about 4-5 pairs of both candides and cr's at corbetts ski shop in oakville ontario





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Nov 12 2004 2:31PM
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b19119
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ifsa...
you are totally wrong dude.....
if they wanted to offer higher quality products, that means they need to invest more and shit. They would just go to snowboard or skateboard market instead of skiing....which is much smaller thatn other markets...but..they came to newschool skiing market...cus the market is getting bigger and they see potential from it









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Being out there skiing every day, good or bad, just playing around with friends, with no contests or filming- that is the real spirit of skiing for me. that is why i started skiing, and if i lose those moments that is what will make me stop skiing.
Nov 12 2004 3:48PM
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