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Bobby Brown off Salomon

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BriaGKIHovs/?hl=en

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Dec 18 2018 5:55PM
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-eREKTion-
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$1100 park skis. Kinda lame that he's going as un-core as possible. Solly park team officially rip.
Dec 18 2018 6:10PM
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CalumSKI
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stop
this thread almost made me drop my crosson
Dec 18 2018 6:18PM
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SuspiciousFish
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-eREKTion-$1100 park skis. Kinda lame that he's going as un-core as possible. Solly park team officially rip.


I agree, this company looks like that kind of 'boutique' ski maker that only rich old guys buy. If your 55 and want some cool carbon fiber skis to take tree skiing 6 times a year this is a good fit. Being 19 and taking $1200 skis and sliding them down a piece of metal seems pretty silly.

Holy shit their All Mountain ski is $1800...
Dec 18 2018 6:28PM
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Nickc88
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Remember KF skis
Dec 18 2018 6:54PM
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laws
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the new DPS :(
Dec 18 2018 6:56PM
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GayWolf420
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yiikes at those park ski prices and ski prices overall.....but it sounds like the perfect skis for rich seattle bros that go to sun valley to ski.
Dec 18 2018 7:06PM
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lil.Boye
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at that price those skis better lip blind2 for me
Dec 18 2018 7:11PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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I mean I'd have to imagine he's going to develop a lower cost ski with them.
Dec 18 2018 10:15PM
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hemlockjibber8
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Bobby Brown still skis?
Dec 18 2018 10:32PM
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a_pla5tic_bagI mean I'd have to imagine he's going to develop a lower cost ski with them.


Honestly I fucking doubt it. The little glimpse of their factory makes that shit look brand fucking new. Crazy high tech looking press, brand new Reichmann robot, and signing a triple A skier like Bobby; these dudes aren't making a price point anything in the foreseeable future.
Dec 18 2018 10:48PM
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Legend27
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Seems like good marketing to me. No-one knew who these guys were until Bobby signed with them and now everyone is talking about them. People will buy into the hype.
Dec 18 2018 10:58PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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a_pla5tic_bagI mean I'd have to imagine he's going to develop a lower cost ski with them.


Don't worry, you're not their target market, in fact 99% of skiers aren't.. that 1% tho...
Dec 18 2018 11:00PM
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TRVP_ANGELDon't worry, you're not their target market, in fact 99% of skiers aren't.. that 1% tho...


Do they want a park ski, though?
Dec 18 2018 11:06PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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-eREKTion-Do they want a park ski, though?


Let the kid that drives daddy's lambo and makes 5 mil more than you last year decide
Dec 18 2018 11:08PM
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DrZoidberg
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Well I hope he's cashing in. Does that company even sell any volume of skis though? I mean I guess you don't have to sell many at that price.
Dec 18 2018 11:14PM
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RudyGarmisch
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DrZoidbergWell I hope he's cashing in. Does that company even sell any volume of skis though? I mean I guess you don't have to sell many at that price.


You actually do tho to turn a profit. Luckily most ski startups like that dont have to.
Dec 18 2018 11:46PM
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McNoche
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DeebieSkeebiesyiikes at those park ski prices and ski prices overall.....but it sounds like the perfect skis for rich seattle bros that go to sun valley to ski.


Park is dead douche bag. Nobody cares.
Dec 18 2018 11:54PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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CalumSKIstop
this thread almost made me drop my crosson


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/918379/Are-You-Going-To-Finish-That-Croissant-
Dec 19 2018 12:31AM
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50Kal
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hemlockjibber8Bobby Brown still skis?


Yeah and hes still better than 99% of the people on this site.
Dec 19 2018 5:44AM
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freeskibum82
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Love their About us page
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Crosson is not here to sell you flashy graphics and marketing gimmicks. We want our equipment to speak for itself all the while keeping aesthetics simple and elegant.

A shot at jskis maybe? lol
The referenced post has been removed.


that IS their price point. This is similar to Stockli, dps, Kastle, hell even black crows. They are going after that demographic. As Bobby gets older he has been skiing more mountain than park and its a perfect transition for him and Salomon with the pending Chinese acquisition he probably left at the correct time.

Everyone gave Apple shit for the $1000 phone but look how many people have them and the other manufacturers are following. Keep in mind that even Line has a $950 ski. Head Kore skis are expensive and even an RTM84 with a system binding will run you $1150. The days of the quality $399 ski is gone. That gets you an entry level cap ski (ie the bdog, honey badger, punx 5, etc...) Even binding manufacturers have increased their prices. Just take the Pivot for instance.

End of the day, their price is in line with their demographic. Those people ski 5 to 10 times a year and will keep that ski for 10 years. ammortize that out and its pretty cheap. Skiers like you guys who want a new ski every year will continue to look for the $399 ski on sale, end of season off Evo...

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Dec 19 2018 7:23AM
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Park_Ranger
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-eREKTion-Kinda lame that he's going as un-core as possible. Solly park team officially rip.


I mean, it’s Golden boy Bobby Brown we are talking about here... if anyone were to go as “un-core as possible”, it would be him.
Dec 19 2018 8:45AM
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CalumSKI
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Park_RangerI mean, it’s Golden boy Bobby Brown we are talking about here... if anyone were to go as “un-core as possible”, it would be him.


once he grew his beard i thought he was mad core lmao
Dec 19 2018 9:01AM
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Park_Ranger
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CalumSKIonce he grew his beard i thought he was mad core lmao


#BobCulture
Dec 19 2018 9:10AM
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skiguy04
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We are not hipster - I think some of you are not really aware of wat sport this is....

Y’all are acting like skateboarders - asking for hand me down skateboards, smoking tossed out cigarette butts and thrift store shopping
Dec 19 2018 10:07AM
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Park_Ranger
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skiguy04Y’all are acting like skateboarders - asking for hand me down skateboards, smoking tossed out cigarette butts and thrift store shopping


Uhhh maybe you haven’t heard, but it’s called the fucking New Wave... bro. Either get wit it or get fucking lost.
Dec 19 2018 10:11AM
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trevorschu
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Millie Bobby Brown out here wildin'
Dec 19 2018 10:22AM
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CalumSKI
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Legend87Seems like good marketing to me. No-one knew who these guys were until Bobby signed with them and now everyone is talking about them. People will buy into the hype.


If they can afford the hype , that is
Dec 19 2018 10:59AM
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gapersarefriends
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TRVP_ANGELDon't worry, you're not their target market, in fact 99% of skiers aren't.. that 1% tho...


Seems like a nice issue of Sell to the rich and live like the masses, or sell to the masses and live like the rich.

Over under of 2.5 years for Croissant Skis to shut doors?
Dec 19 2018 11:11AM
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JmckR
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God that is the cringiest ski-related website I've ever come across.

100% guaranteed it's been designed and copy-written by an outsourced marketing team where most employees have probably never even skied before.
Using generic statements and buzz-words like...
'We strive to over deliver in every aspect of our business'
'We relentlessly invent and progress to separate ourselves from the competition'


I can tell this as I used to work in a marketing company and some of our clients were so fucking weird it was unbelievable. My favourite example was an oil-field project management company based in fuckin Saudi Arabia or something.
Dec 19 2018 11:58AM
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Park_Ranger
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gapersarefriendsunder of 2.5 years for Croissant Skis to shut doors?


Under for sure
Dec 19 2018 12:12PM
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Park_Ranger
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I bet Bobby wanted to join a legit freeskiing company that knows what he is into and knows where to support him. My guess though is that he wanted some unreal amount of money in a contract, and all the companies said if we had that money to shell out on an athlete, it wouldn’t be you. Bob has a lot of great history and is still a solid skier, but he has fallen off the comp scene and will never progress over the current guys that are running that scene. All he really does these days is lap Breckenridge and do dub 10s into pow while his brother follows him and then they both scream and look like models together. Not surprised he is with some obscure company that no one has heard of... they probably saw how many IG followers he has and jumped at the opportunity to pay him, when in reality they don’t know anything about our sport.
Dec 19 2018 12:15PM
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Knapzach
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Seems like the overpriced unnecessary gucci of ski brands
Dec 19 2018 12:32PM
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GANDALF
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Skis for dentists and doctors!
Dec 19 2018 12:43PM
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artrud
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TheMailManGod that is the cringiest ski-related website I've ever come across.

100% guaranteed it's been designed and copy-written by an outsourced marketing team where most employees have probably never even skied before.
Using generic statements and buzz-words like...
'We strive to over deliver in every aspect of our business'
'We relentlessly invent and progress to separate ourselves from the competition'


I can tell this as I used to work in a marketing company and some of our clients were so fucking weird it was unbelievable. My favourite example was an oil-field project management company based in fuckin Saudi Arabia or something.


lol good call out, I hadnt looked at the website. Wouldn't be surprised if they lifted the copy from a high-end car ad.

Challenge Everything. Compromise Nothing.
Performance meets Luxury

Despite all that, as he states in his IG post I wonder what BB envisions for his "next chapter of skiing and equipment" and what Salomon couldn't or wouldn't offer him.
Dec 19 2018 4:32PM
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OregonDead
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Also that is not an advertisement for a park ski. More like a pow/big mtn ski that someone would use to film big BC jumps or enter the FWT
Dec 19 2018 5:58PM
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DrZoidberg
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RudyGarmischYou actually do tho to turn a profit. Luckily most ski startups like that dont have to.


I figured this company seems to have money from elsewhere? Or their stuff is so expensive they can sell a few less pairs or whatever and be fine. But you guys had to basically pay for an entire factory and probably lot of other stuff by selling skis.
Dec 19 2018 6:07PM
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