How many skis do pro skiers get?

Joss had something like 8 pairs of skis just for sochi. I can't find the photo, maybe its on his twitter or something.
 
topic:jps2.0 said:
How many skis do pro skiers get from their sponsors, I am talking guys like bobby Brown, joss, etc?
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For comp pros like this they get as many as they need. Probably have 3+ pair mounted at a time because its worth more for their sponsors to always have them on a pair in good condition than the skis are worth retail. A. so they can compete and not be limited by damaged equipment, and 2. so that they are always repping the company in the best way possible and D. because Atomic loves puppies too.
 
I only got one set of skis. Then again I'm only sponsored by Target. And I guess I'm not sponsored by target at much as I just work there. And I guess I also have been riding the same skis for 3 seasons. So in my expert opinion pros at my level get .333333 sets of skis per season. O also they were one season old when my sponsor hooked it up

Hope this helps!
 
13461902:Craig114 said:
I only got one set of skis. Then again I'm only sponsored by Target. And I guess I'm not sponsored by target at much as I just work there. And I guess I also have been riding the same skis for 3 seasons. So in my expert opinion pros at my level get .333333 sets of skis per season. O also they were one season old when my sponsor hooked it up

Hope this helps!
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This made me laugh so hard hahaha!
 
13461925:TheBigApple said:
I'd guess 10 to 20 a season.
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Unless they were testing new prototypes etc that would be a lot of skis. Most of te bigger slope riders will probably ride no more then 5-6 a season. this may increase if riders have bad luck and damage somthing or if they ride a couple of different skis rather then just one main ski. In general though unless it the bigger comps like x or the olympics they won't have a huge stash of skis at their disposal. I have actualy had riders brought into the shop mid comp to grab new skis or boots as they broke somthing and did not have a replacment on hand.
 
13461931:tomPietrowski said:
Unless they were testing new prototypes etc that would be a lot of skis. Most of te bigger slope riders will probably ride no more then 5-6 a season. this may increase if riders have bad luck and damage somthing or if they ride a couple of different skis rather then just one main ski. In general though unless it the bigger comps like x or the olympics they won't have a huge stash of skis at their disposal. I have actualy had riders brought into the shop mid comp to grab new skis or boots as they broke somthing and did not have a replacment on hand.
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this brings up an interesting question, if, say, margetts walked into your shop during wsi and needed a new pair of pipe sticks asap, would he get them for free?
 
13461980:gapersarefriends said:
this brings up an interesting question, if, say, margetts walked into your shop during wsi and needed a new pair of pipe sticks asap, would he get them for free?
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No. Even with brand shops like the salomon shop here in whistler, salomon athletes have to pay. the shop is not run by salomon so they can't just take stock which belongs to te shop. What can happen is stock is taken and then replaced but this is not ideal as you have to quite often chase up the replacments. What I have done in the past is lend my personal gear to athletes. It's better for the shop and also good for me in the long run as you normally get somthing back as a thank you.
 
Harlaut went through 2 pairs of aldentes 1 season ago. His father told me that in the lift, but I believe that he had more pairs laying around.
 
I know Russ only goes through a pair per season down under.

Source: I talked to the guy who mounts Russ's skis down in Jindy and he said he only goes through a pair. But then again, there's like 2 comps down under
 
i remember some local kids that were going through 8+ pairs of salmons back in the 1080 foil days

then a few years later when the suspects came out... same thing
 
Well Bobby Brown gave away 2 pairs of skis to some campers at Momentum for free when I was there because their skis broke.
 
13462314:S.J.W said:
Also, Karl uses one pair of Kartels 98's for urban and one for park per season.
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I heard he snapped a pair, but don't take my word for it, I just heard that.
 
I would guess two or three of each type they want and if they are running out they ask for more. I just don't see from a companies standpoint the advantage of giving them a ton of skis upfront. My guess is it would be more of a give them what they need, not what they want.
 
Hi guys,

I'd say this very depends on the riders, what they ride and how many models they usually ski during the season. So guys are using 1 or 2 models when others needs 5.

Also, one rider will get new skis during the year depending on breakages but above all to test prototypes or when getting we replace their gear by next season ones.

Obviously a guy like Tim McChesney who spends a good chunk of his winter hitting the streets we'll go through many pairs than the ones shredding pow all season long.

So yeah, to answer the thread questions, let's say it goes from 4 to 10 pairs of skis.

Hope this helps a bit!
 
Pretty sure I remember a Mike Hornbeck interview where he said he'd uses around two a year for urban/park and has one pair of pow skis for bigger mountain stuff
 
13462379:Faction said:
Hi guys,

I'd say this very depends on the riders, what they ride and how many models they usually ski during the season. So guys are using 1 or 2 models when others needs 5.

Also, one rider will get new skis during the year depending on breakages but above all to test prototypes or when getting we replace their gear by next season ones.

Obviously a guy like Tim McChesney who spends a good chunk of his winter hitting the streets we'll go through many pairs than the ones shredding pow all season long.

So yeah, to answer the thread questions, let's say it goes from 4 to 10 pairs of skis.

Hope this helps a bit!
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I woukd say this is correct. It varies between riders and brands and models that the rider uses. If they shred pow, it is likely they will go through less whereas putting some work on a pair of urban skis or park skis may cause them to go through more a year
 
13462519:Swandog7 said:
I woukd say this is correct. It varies between riders and brands and models that the rider uses. If they shred pow, it is likely they will go through less whereas putting some work on a pair of urban skis or park skis may cause them to go through more a year
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Thank you for the clarification!
 
13463280:split.view said:
If this is true, that's really impressive on ON3P's part.
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" The first board I broke this year was a surf board in May. My park ski setup was 1 pair of Kartel 106's, and 2 pairs of Kartel 98's (1 for urban, 1 for park). The urban pair saw hell in the streets of Bosnia, but since our edges and bases are so thick we were able to grind them til they were like new again. We had to import snow into everything we hit in Bosnia, so the skis were getting thrashed. If you see TGR's new film Almost Ablaze, I think you'll be in disbelief to know that I was riding that exact same ski at Hood this summer."

Taken from https://www.newschoolers.com/news/read/The-Karl-Fostvedt-A
 
13461984:.lencon said:
Didn't bobby brown and Gus kenworthy each go through a few pairs just at Big Air at x games?
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Yeah I was at the x games and had a credential pass /claim and there was a pile of extra skis at the bottom
 
13461985:tomPietrowski said:
No. Even with brand shops like the salomon shop here in whistler, salomon athletes have to pay. the shop is not run by salomon so they can't just take stock which belongs to te shop. What can happen is stock is taken and then replaced but this is not ideal as you have to quite often chase up the replacments. What I have done in the past is lend my personal gear to athletes. It's better for the shop and also good for me in the long run as you normally get somthing back as a thank you.
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Anyone ever heard of an expense report?!? haha

The athletes just expense the purchase of sponsors gear- its standard practice across all of business.
 
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