cuseo - It's what I personally want to happen on here. It just makes for so much more interesting time spent on the site. Hell, it's what skiing needs is some intelligent conversation that gets past all the hype.
An artical on vashion island written by someone from K2 is definatly progaganda. Its designed to make you feel a connection with the "unbelieveable people that make your skis" so that you will buy K2. Subconcious advertisment in an artical. I havent read it yet so maybe they are bashing on vashion island and the people working there. but i doubt it, K2 wouldn't let that happen, even if it were a terrible shit hole (I am not caliming that it is, I know nothing of vashon island, if i wanted to learn about it, I would from an unbiased source).
And the issue that many of your bring up to jibthis that if you dont like it dont get one is avoiding the point jibthis is trying to make. For those of you how do pick up the catalouge and blow off everything jibthis said, you are an innocent victum to K2's propagand, and I believe that is Jibthis's problem, I know that it is mine.