egirl.skiheard directly from them that j lev promised the runge crew funding and never delivered.
fuck J skis
Not really sure if I should speak on this but this is borderline slander so I'll just give a little context:
I think it has more to do with the state of the company because I know for a fact they were paying people in the past, this season specifically a lot of riders either got dropped or left because J couldn't pay them this year. Idk anything on the runge's side so I'm not talking about them, moreso other people. Definitely checks out if you've ever tracked their inventory in early November, they still have a ton of last years skis on the site, which I've never seen before.
I agree that breaking promises is shitty but with how many people they've lost I wouldn't be surprised if they genuinely can't pencil an extra couple bands for them. They definitely used to be generous with sending skis to people too, that I can personally attest to lol