Designed in USA, marketed in the USA but made in China because from K2's or any other companies stand point, if you can sell enough units to make up the costs of outsorceing the manufacturing (finding a manufacture, shipper, paying duties, ect) then it is worth it to them to turn a greater profit. It does not mean that the skis are worse than they would be if make in the USA, because they are still made to the specs that the US engineerssaeag (yeah i cant spell) make, just cheeper to make ($1.00 on the hour vs $8.00 on the hour) Its what makes the US so great, we can profit from other peoples hardships.
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