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Yeahhh I know the homies Lucas and Ian and they are both full-time students so time is spread very thin but idk I ran a business in college it's hard but doable. Sad to throw away something that actually was having success ....
If anything though and if it was actually having success idk why they wouldn't sell it if anything! but maybe the financials were not quite the success we think cause even though you sell out skis does not necessarily mean doing great financially.
Not easy to build a new ski company. Idk if anyone remembers Elipog Skis they weren't really freestyle oriented. The guys were amazing and wanted to make it big but there was a disconnect between the business side and manufacturing side. It's tough to see Misfit struggle like this but hopefully not the end of their story
JuviticusNot easy to build a new ski company. Idk if anyone remembers Elipog Skis they weren't really freestyle oriented. The guys were amazing and wanted to make it big but there was a disconnect between the business side and manufacturing side. It's tough to see Misfit struggle like this but hopefully not the end of their story
Seems real weird to invest so much for years then out of nowhere just be like nah too busy with classes. LOL. Makes no sense at all they had to have been losing money.
And there's no way they come back after classes end and "restart" the company.
ChunderfaceSeems real weird to invest so much for years then out of nowhere just be like nah too busy with classes. LOL. Makes no sense at all they had to have been losing money.
And there's no way they come back after classes end and "restart" the company.
Really sucks I love indie ski brands.
Yeah this makes no sense to me they were just getting popular and could be turning a profit
To fill everyone in on our decision. Yes we had 2 sell out production seasons, Misfit has existed for 3 seasons total now. Year 1 was prototyping and hand building skis for homies, years 2 and 3 we found our factory and did 60 pairs of the 106 and then this past season did 170 pairs total of the 106 and 96. (Pretty impressive scaling for a indie ski start up)
Now here we are between seasons getting ready to prep for another production run. A little insight on our lives atm, Myself (Ian), am about to start a Masters program and would really benefit from some more time for school and more time to work to be able to afford rent/food/life etc. and I know Lukas is picking up more of a school load here in the fall to try to finish up his undergraduate and while needing to work more than he has previously to also just afford rent/food/life etc.
Our factory was gracious enough to let us do such low order quantities but where quickly wanting us to up our numbers. And while yes Misfit has been a huge "success" there really has been no profit yet. So it just really boils down to making the decision that we would be stretched too thin to basically double our Misfit work load through bumping up to ~300 pairs, without the prospect of much profit again at the end of the season, all while having more school load than previous and more regular work load than previous. We had to put things on pause pretty much out of necessity, because to make Misfit work and become what it can be, it needs full attention.
SKIIIIANTo fill everyone in on our decision. Yes we had 2 sell out production seasons, Misfit has existed for 3 seasons total now. Year 1 was prototyping and hand building skis for homies, years 2 and 3 we found our factory and did 60 pairs of the 106 and then this past season did 170 pairs total of the 106 and 96. (Pretty impressive scaling for a indie ski start up)
Now here we are between seasons getting ready to prep for another production run. A little insight on our lives atm, Myself (Ian), am about to start a Masters program and would really benefit from some more time for school and more time to work to be able to afford rent/food/life etc. and I know Lukas is picking up more of a school load here in the fall to try to finish up his undergraduate and while needing to work more than he has previously to also just afford rent/food/life etc.
Our factory was gracious enough to let us do such low order quantities but where quickly wanting us to up our numbers. And while yes Misfit has been a huge "success" there really has been no profit yet. So it just really boils down to making the decision that we would be stretched too thin to basically double our Misfit work load through bumping up to ~300 pairs, without the prospect of much profit again at the end of the season, all while having more school load than previous and more regular work load than previous. We had to put things on pause pretty much out of necessity, because to make Misfit work and become what it can be, it needs full attention.
SKIIIIANTo fill everyone in on our decision. Yes we had 2 sell out production seasons, Misfit has existed for 3 seasons total now. Year 1 was prototyping and hand building skis for homies, years 2 and 3 we found our factory and did 60 pairs of the 106 and then this past season did 170 pairs total of the 106 and 96. (Pretty impressive scaling for a indie ski start up)
Now here we are between seasons getting ready to prep for another production run. A little insight on our lives atm, Myself (Ian), am about to start a Masters program and would really benefit from some more time for school and more time to work to be able to afford rent/food/life etc. and I know Lukas is picking up more of a school load here in the fall to try to finish up his undergraduate and while needing to work more than he has previously to also just afford rent/food/life etc.
Our factory was gracious enough to let us do such low order quantities but where quickly wanting us to up our numbers. And while yes Misfit has been a huge "success" there really has been no profit yet. So it just really boils down to making the decision that we would be stretched too thin to basically double our Misfit work load through bumping up to ~300 pairs, without the prospect of much profit again at the end of the season, all while having more school load than previous and more regular work load than previous. We had to put things on pause pretty much out of necessity, because to make Misfit work and become what it can be, it needs full attention.
SKIIIIANTo fill everyone in on our decision. Yes we had 2 sell out production seasons, Misfit has existed for 3 seasons total now. Year 1 was prototyping and hand building skis for homies, years 2 and 3 we found our factory and did 60 pairs of the 106 and then this past season did 170 pairs total of the 106 and 96. (Pretty impressive scaling for a indie ski start up)
Now here we are between seasons getting ready to prep for another production run. A little insight on our lives atm, Myself (Ian), am about to start a Masters program and would really benefit from some more time for school and more time to work to be able to afford rent/food/life etc. and I know Lukas is picking up more of a school load here in the fall to try to finish up his undergraduate and while needing to work more than he has previously to also just afford rent/food/life etc.
Our factory was gracious enough to let us do such low order quantities but where quickly wanting us to up our numbers. And while yes Misfit has been a huge "success" there really has been no profit yet. So it just really boils down to making the decision that we would be stretched too thin to basically double our Misfit work load through bumping up to ~300 pairs, without the prospect of much profit again at the end of the season, all while having more school load than previous and more regular work load than previous. We had to put things on pause pretty much out of necessity, because to make Misfit work and become what it can be, it needs full attention.
