Norse Skis - A Shameless Plug

Eh who are you and what is your relationship to this company?

I will give them props for not just makeing petite skis!

Who is takeing over at faction?

anders_aI will give them props for not just makeing petite skis!

Who is takeing over at faction?

Some clown, I’m sure. I got laid off in August and tried to not pay attention to who they ended up replacing me with.

And yeah, Patrik was a colleague at Faction and was the ski designer/ shaper. And the 110 Freeride is the shit

Rotten_TrumpkinsEh who are you and what is your relationship to this company?

Helping Patrik (Norse founder) bring the brand stateside. We were coworkers at Faction together

skidemon22Helping Patrik (Norse founder) bring the brand stateside. We were coworkers at Faction together

Cool. I've ridden faction skis before and like them. How will they be different in terms of manufacturing process and durability? As I'm sure you're well aware while they're great skis, there's a boatload of folks here who've had questionable durability issues with their factions. I would attribute that to mass production but I could see others pointing to design as the weakness. Any comments?

Rotten_TrumpkinsCool. I've ridden faction skis before and like them. How will they be different in terms of manufacturing process and durability? As I'm sure you're well aware while they're great skis, there's a boatload of folks here who've had questionable durability issues with their factions. I would attribute that to mass production but I could see others pointing to design as the weakness. Any comments?

Norse is manufacturing in Poland, shit is dummy high quality

animatorNorse is manufacturing in Poland, shit is dummy high quality

Did he ever make a pair on his own?

Rotten_TrumpkinsCool. I've ridden faction skis before and like them. How will they be different in terms of manufacturing process and durability? As I'm sure you're well aware while they're great skis, there's a boatload of folks here who've had questionable durability issues with their factions. I would attribute that to mass production but I could see others pointing to design as the weakness. Any comments?

Faction's biggest pitfall re: durability was Sporten. Most independent brands of this size (Faction, Black Crowes, 4FRNT, Armada pre-acquisition) don't make their own skis directly, they use manufacturing partners (Elan, Amer, Loxee, Sporten, Fisher. Head, Nobile). It is very easy to control the quality when you're making less than 1000 units, but with Faction, making 24-30k units a year, quality assurance goes down slightly. And if you're talking about their most popular SKUs (CT 2.0 and 3.0) the sample size out in the world is going to be inherently larger. Before the move to Fisher last year, Sporten had made the CT series for 6+ years. So I would say that it isn't so much mass production or design that always ruins quality or durability, but also who you have building it. Many factors in the equation...

And remember, negative reviews always outweigh the lack of positive reviews. Which is to say that most people that have a good experience with a product or service are usually not very vocal about it, because why bother, right? When shit goes wrong, humans love to complain about it. I am not excusing poor manufacturing or quality assurance, but it's a thought to be considered.

TLDR: while we are using a manufacturing partner, we are making so few units that QC is easy to monitor, and Patrik is obsessive about quality.

soo where in sweden/norway can we get them?

anders_asoo where in sweden/norway can we get them?

Im not sure which shops in Scandi have brought them in. The EU site is norseskis.eu

You can also check the Norse Skis IG, and DM them to see which shops have them :)

I really dig the designs. Can you elaborate on the original objectives behind these two ski designs?

Also, are they made to go switch at all, or do they just have tail rocker?

FruitBootProI really dig the designs. Can you elaborate on the original objectives behind these two ski designs?

Also, are they made to go switch at all, or do they just have tail rocker?

They are not twin tips. They do have very pronounced tail rocker. But they aren’t CT 3.0s haha

Objective here was to design lightweight ‘super’ skis that can go down hill with competence. We want to one up the Salomon QSTs and Atomic Backlands of the world