Fischer skis declares bankrupcy

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can anyone verify this? My dad works in the industry and heard from some people who heard from some people yadayada. but anyone know if they actually went bankrupt? i would hope not but i heard this happened on friday?
 
^yea because like every racer at my mountain had like four pair of fischers for racing at like 5-6 hundred a pop i highly doubt they went bankrupt
 
how could they lose money with they're hugely popular and awesome jibskate?

oh wait. nevermind.

but really fisher is almost as big as volkl in the racing market, i kinda doubt they would fail that hard.
 
they are just as big in the family skis section too. i just dont see this being real, not that i care, i have never used their skis and i dont see myself ever wanting too.
 
yea thats what i was thinking it seemed like they were doing pretty well especially with racing and all so i dont know what was up
 
I would find that a little hard to believe, but anything in the ski world is possible. I don't feature myself as an industry outsider, but I've been working in various ski shops for the past 6 years, and currently have been working for the biggest fischer dealer in N. America for the past 3.

Although Fischer is nowhere near the leader in the freeride, and recreational market, they are very well represented in the Race side of things. Which in and of itself is a small market compared to the rest of things.

I do know a top engineer has gone to Kastle for the revival of the once lost brand. I think his name is wolfgang , funny-ass guy. Also Kastle were some of the best skis i tested at the on snow demos last year.

It would be interesting to find a definite answer, I like Fischer as a company because of innovative materials they use, and new technologies they are willing to try. Anyone see the new race skis with the tips milled out so there is a hole in the tip, as well as a slight swallow tail. (it's supposed to reduce swing weight and soften up the tip a bit torsionally and stay beefy underfoot.) I think it would transfer to freeride alright for ease of spins, but you would risk getting caught up on a rail with the hole there. Kastle is doing close to the same thing, but puting a thin sheet of material so the hole isn't exposed. (among the other ideas it looks like wolfgang has came up with and put into Kastle is K's version of the flowflex plate, anyone familiar with the tech behind fischers FF will enjoy the kastle version.)
 
i doubt it, fischer and atomic are the only two brands in racing really, and fischer owns tyrolia too
 
it´s head that owns tyrolia, not fischer! Thats bullshit, and yeah, over here in Austria it was already in the media that they are having problems with some financial stuff.
 
very true, but I would think that a company as big as fisher would be smarter about business. But anything could happen.
 
no volkl is easily the biggest racing brand. followed probably by rossignol, then probably fischer. and then there is elan, head and atomic ect.
but yea i really doubt fischer went out of business.
 
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