Guess who is making Skis in China?

Yes, K2 really really does own a lot of stuff. A lot. Most don't realize that almost all of their money in sporting is going there.

I look at all my sporting equipment, Rawlings, Shakespears, so much, K2. It's rough.

And no, Volkl prices will not drop.
 
you guys are not giving china credit they build so much shit over there and most of it works. im sure the skis are stioll built to the same standards
 
For the record, this year's Gotamas are the only Volkl skis being made in China....this of course will probably mean, however, that the other skis will soon be made there.
 
Elan, wow, does Elan produce atomic products too? Are they all made somewhere together?

Option snowboards are sweet and so are 4frnts so that sounds like a deal.
 
Ok here is the real information....

Armada moved all there product for this years skis to Atomic. Last year they were only making ANT's and JP vs Julian's in Atomics factories, the rest were still in Elan.

4Frnt has moved all production out of Canada to Elans Factory.
 
Armada in the E.U., 4frnt in Canada (could be wrong on this one) and Ninthward in the U S of A.

Support the Ninthward, because unlike companies like Line who want more money for less quality by moving to China, Ninthward sacrifices that to bring you a sick product that is made by Americans for Americans. Not by the Chinese who could give a fuck about skiing and skiers or anything besides their dollar-a-day paycheck. You can say there are high standards in China but I do not want skis from a ski factory sweatshop. My clothes I could care less where they are made, but not my skis.
 
4frnt and Armada are produced in the same factory, i would love to know which skis are made better with better materials and more time.
 
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From my experience since K2 has switched to China their skis have gone down the shitter. I have owned both the Seth Pistols and the Public Enemies and they both have terrible craftsmanship. I ripped out both heelpieces on my Pistols and my Enemies have been falling apart since I got them. Sure China allows companies to make cheaper priced products but at the same time it seems that quality suffers as a result. Hopefully Vlokl skis maintain the quality they are known for even though they are now being made in K2 factories in China. I do not want to make claims about all of K2's chinese made skis but from my experience it has not been a good thing in craftsmanship terms.
 
The fact that the invader was built in China has nothing to do with its reliability or durability. What affects that is the design and materials used to build the ski. Line didnt do enough R&D on the product and rushed it into production without testing it fully. Manufacturing plants in China simply follow instructions given to them. They dont chose how the ski is made and what goes into it.

As for your comment about prefering skis to be designed by pro riders, I personnaly prefer to have a ski designed by engineers who actually know about flex patterns, product durability and quality control...if anything, if you look closely at the finishing on 4frnt and Armada skis in the past, a little sloppy.

K2 makes really good skis, doesnt matter if you're in China or on Vachon Island....wood and epoxy resin remain wood and epoxy resin.
 
K2 has got to have their hands in some dirty little inline skating busineses too....
 
thank you. line used to be known for there quality and they produced one bad line of skis, the invader, and sudenly all of there skis are shit. i bet this years invader will have very little problem, much like the chronics and other skis in the past. im sick of someone posting a picture of line skis and someone commenting how they will delame and fall apart.
 
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