Salomon: the facts

For whatever reason, Salomon has been bitched out non-stop on this website. Before I begin, let me start by saying that I have absolutely no affiliation with Salomon. But here are the facts:
1) freeskiing might not exist without Salomon. Thanks to their marketing team, newschool skiing, the twintip, and the entire lifestyle was spread across the world.
2) on that note, why don't we take a look at the list of people whose careers were launched by Salomon: JP Auclair, JF Cusson, Mike Douglas, Vincent Dorion, Philou Poirier, CR Johnson, and more recently, the Olenick brothers, The Dumont, Charles Gagnier...
3) Let's take a look at their current team: Peter Olenick and Simon Dumont, arguably the two most publicized skiers during the last calendar year. These two guys have pound for pound had more coverage than anyone else in print and film recently. Charles Gagnier: need I say more.
4) Salomon supports the sport at the grass root levels: without their assistance, events such as Progression Ski Camps, the all women's freeski clinics, would not exist. Likewise, it is Salomon that has funded the skicross world tour, along with several regional events utilized to promote the sport.
5) bitch all you want about the quality of the skis, but the 1080 is far and away the best selling twintip of all time, while the initiation of the Pocket Rocket project has changed the ways in which all manufacturers construct their skis, whether recreational all mountain boards or pro level backcountry twins.
So before you bitch out this company, wrap your brain around all of this info.
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