North American brand skis should be MADE IN NORTH AMERICA

hoodSlayer

hoodSlayer

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I am sick of seeing companies based in North America (primarily in the U.S) outsource the production of their skis to factories in Asia and Europe. I realize that the main reason for this outsourcing is to save money because it is uneconomical to make a medium amount of skis in your own factory (example: you either make so many types of skis and sell in so many regions that you can afford your own factory or you make a really limited amount on a local ski press) I think that the ski companies of North America should pool some funds for a ski-making facility in North America. I realize it would be extremely difficult to do this but still worth the effort so that skis could be made where the North American companies are.
 
F it. europeans know how to make skis. The factories in Europe have been making skis forever, and know what's up.... i'll keep rocking Euro made skis if they're good quality.
 
pretty much all ski companies but k2 are made in places like france and italy, not asia. the factories there have been around a long time and have a much higher quality standard at the factories there. it costs too much money to build a factory with teh same technology they have oversea's. its not economical.
 
and AUSTRIA is a pretty major one... but K2 and moment are the only true american companies i can think of... as long as skis are made in the US, Canada, or europe, il all set
 
China for the win all of you haters can go back to using your expensive inferior paid-labor-created garbage~
 
I'm not saying that Europeans are bad at making skis. I have a pair of Fischers and Atomics that are awsome but it would just be nice to see brands like K2, Line, Armada etc. made in the us or canada and not somewhere else
 
Despite what you may think China is making better shit than US these days.

Here is the equation=

USA= More exspensive materials (So they buy shittier materials) + More expensive labour= SHITTY product

China= Cheap labour + Cheap materials ( Buy more high quality)=GOOD product.

OR

USA= Buy good materials+ More expensive labour= Prices skyrocket

Tell me I'm wrong

 
most skis are made in france or austria, idk of any made in asia, and most of the smaller companies i.e. moment and high society(i think) are made in the us and a
 
Surely the point hereis not where they are made but the quality they are made to. The european factories have the expertise and produce good skis.The problems with european skis- like the rossignol scartch bc and fs that didn't ahve wood cores was a problem with them trying to cut costs and use cheaper materials.

The production of those skis wasn't the issue, rather the design and corner cutting before they went to production. Just because a ski is made in America doesn't mean it will be better made. Seems to me taht "outsourcing" has become a dirty word that people jump on to criticise as soon as they hear it.

Having said all that I'll be getting moment bibby's hand made in NV this year!
 
making skis in europe and making them in asia are very different things. europeans have been manufacturing skis since...ever.
 
if your skis last more than one season you are not skiing hard enough.. for one season it doesnt matter where they are made..
 
As long as they ski well I don't really care where they're made anymore. I was all about buying domestic when I got a bike last year and ended up buying a $2,400 frame--although it is probably built a little better, the difference between it and the work of an underpaid factory worker is probably negligible.
 
with the exception of some of their higher end skis, the majority of k2 skis are now manufactured in china.
 
yeah most skis are made in europe because thats where theyve always been made and i wouldnt have it any other way. my new surface skis were made in austria.
 
Almost every ski company is either produced in Italy, France, Germany, or Austria. K2 produces in China, and most of the other North American companies I know of such as Icelantic, Moment, Fatypus, and Never Summer Snowboards are made in the U.S. Being the owner of a ski pole company I can tell you now that its really hard to produce in N.A. There is not one company in North America that manufacturers ski poles in North America, there was one but they went under. We produce in Austria because they truely make a superior product. Coming from a business sense, it makes a lot of sense to outsource to countries such as China because they are cheap while producing in European companies you are dealing with the Euro and let me tell you, the exchange rate is horrible. It would be nice to support local manufacturers (and I can assure you I do), but there just aren't a lot of them.
 
oh yeah i forgot. it pissed me off when i got my public enemys 3 years ago and it had a made in china sticker.. but all K2s are super slid so it dosent even make a difference. i dont think all of them are made in china anyways.. but ive been wrong before
 
Sick of it all?

buy your own press, make your own skis, sell em, get big, then realize you cant afford to not outsource.

North america and most europe are not manufacturing based countries. It doesnt make sense.
 
it doesn't matter where skis are made. what matters is the quality control imposed within the factory. A chinese factory with high quality control will pump out quality skis and a european factory with poor quality control will pump out shitty skis and vice versa.
 
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