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Mtb brands as ski brands

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ZenyattaKick
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I used to be pretty informed on mountain bike brands. Not anymore, could someone explain mtb brands in ski brand terms for me?
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the "big three" are specialized, trek and giant (not on the cutting edge but sell a lot of bikes to more people.) For skiing probably atomic, volkl, rossignol. Could make an argument for Nordica, or Solomon in there too. For whatever reason find it easier to make comparisons ski to bike models than brand to brand. Bike brands cant really get away with a vishnu/ jet marketing strategy/ public image cuz most of em are selling more than one kind of bike.
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I'm not that smart, maybe @tomPietrowski could say a better thing. As a brand manager and rider/ skier.
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Non_State_Actor
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YT = DPS
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armchair_skier
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GT = revision
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CatdickBojangles
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Mongoose = Line
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Biffbarf
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Non_State_ActorYT = DPS


Yt? Not even. Maybe yeti
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hb_laz
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commencal=commencal

on a serious note, has anyone ever tried their skis? I'm very curious, they look good.
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flavourtown
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hb_lazcommencal=commencal

on a serious note, has anyone ever tried their skis? I'm very curious, they look good.

Pretty atrocious durability from what I've seen
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partyandBS
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evil = on3p
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Biffbarf
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partyandBSevil = on3p


Idk I'd say transition
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Thegenericskier
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Scott = Scott
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snorman
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BiffbarfIdk I'd say transition


I''d say a boujee overpriced ski brand that likes to spontaneously explode in a million pieces. I used to work at shop that carried evil, saw a few too many broken steerer tubes for not any good reason
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Biffbarf
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snormanI''d say a boujee overpriced ski brand that likes to spontaneously explode in a million pieces. I used to work at shop that carried evil, saw a few too many broken steerer tubes for not any good reason


That's why i say on3p = transition. Evil is just try hard edginess transition seems bomber
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hb_laz
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armada=specialized
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HumanGenius
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On3P = transition/knolly (Universally loved and premium priced)
Black Crows = yeti/santa cruz (good product but overpriced for what it is and people glaze the brands too much)
Line/Salomon/Nordica/Atomic = Trek/specialized (biggest players in the game often filling rental fleets)
K2 = Giant (big manufacturer for other brands)
Armada/Line = YT/Canyon/Commencal (legit brands that can be great value but has a past defined by questionable quality/durability)
DPS/J-skis = Ibis (people love them and people love to hate them)

Brands that imo are one-dimensional compared to specific bikes:
vishnu mounted w/ P18s = any brand clapped out dirt jumper with a lowered orange kashima fox 36
Fischer = an XC race bike idc about
jet = homemade BMX frame

**This post was edited on Mar 11th 2025 at 1:44:49pm
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