Vishnu going corporate

I’m very sad about this, some 12 year old that couldn’t hit rails asked me yesterday where he could buy Vishnus. Might have to find a new cool ski company. Vishnus are getting Saga-ified.
 
14509297:JITY said:
I’m very sad about this, some 12 year old that couldn’t hit rails asked me yesterday where he could buy Vishnus. Might have to find a new cool ski company. Vishnus are getting Saga-ified.
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I'm not sure if this is satirical, but gatekeeping is pretty lame, especially when it comes to skiing. I hope you told that 12-year-old where to buy Vishnus, I also hope you encouraged him to keep progressing in the park.
 
14509486:BradFiAusNzCoCa said:
Looks like L9 sports is carrying them now in store. That’s all
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Wild how two Utah-based companies joined forces together....

I think it's so funny hearing you kids say "ToO CoRpOraTe, not cool anymore " with your ass growing up in suburban USA
 
14509490:JITY said:
Nah I’m just protecting the core
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It doesn’t matter if more people outside of the target audience buy the skis, the money still goes to the right places.
 
14509542:CoolChillGuy420 said:
Wild how two Utah-based companies joined forces together....

I think it's so funny hearing you kids say "ToO CoRpOraTe, not cool anymore " with your ass growing up in suburban USA
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Homie I grew up in Vermont, and I never said it wasn’t cool, in fact it’s excellent for the brand as a whole.
 
14509574:bingingboulders said:
Homie I grew up in Vermont, and I never said it wasn’t cool, in fact it’s excellent for the brand as a whole.
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Ahh so you're yet another rich east coaster kid. Got it.
 
14509297:JITY said:
I’m very sad about this, some 12 year old that couldn’t hit rails asked me yesterday where he could buy Vishnus. Might have to find a new cool ski company. Vishnus are getting Saga-ified.
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If he's aware of vishnu's existence then he's probably somewhat tuned in to what's going on in skiing and has a desire to progress. IMO wets are a great ski for getting into park since they're super light and soft, making it easier for kids to learn how to swap and to butter. I hope the lil homie gets a pair and starts learning how to hit rails.
 
It's all a business move..as mentioned by emmett, v's catching attraction is good for business but it can be detrimental to the evangelist (basically a day 1 supporter, og, real 1). The less they feel attached and apart of a selective crew and identify less because it's mainstream

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I respect it as long as Emmett keeps doing what he’s doing for sure. This might mean more kids get free skis and or more event/project sponsoring.

Or he takes the typical eventually sell route, only time will tell. For the meantime, pretty fucking dope move I’d say.
 
This is the track of ski companies right? like ON3P used to be what Vishnu is today but then they became more mainstream, same with line and armada when they got bought out. I'm happy for Emmet and if people are so deadest on owning skis from only underground companies they can still buy jets or wait for the next company to come along
 
I think it’s good, I mean the store is only carrying the left over 189s, and I think emmet is a good homie with good intentions with the movement of this company. But if he sells it, or starts aiding to people not in the roots of skiing, then there will be an issue
 
Yall really reacting to them selling their skis at a ski store just the same as if like Jeff Bezos bought the brand lmao. Watch them do something absolutely fucking wild like sell their skis at a second ski store ?
 
14509584:isaacwrong said:
It's all a business move..as mentioned by emmett, v's catching attraction is good for business but it can be detrimental to the evangelist (basically a day 1 supporter, og, real 1). The less they feel attached and apart of a selective crew and identify less because it's mainstream

**This post was edited on Feb 12th 2023 at 9:36:16pm
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IMO the Vishnu day 1s should have went through that a minute ago, in like 2018-2020 when Vishnu really began to explode.

After somewhere around then, it was less longer a community even though they kept that image. That’s why so many kids started dick riding Vishnu: they wanted to feel part of that underground selective crew that wasn’t mainstream.

meanwhile, we have kids who bought vishnus in the last few years are in this thread bitching that this small change, retailing skis in 1 shop locally is that turning point of no longer being that niche image, nah dawgs that shit happened a long time ago. This is a great and logical move based on where the company is modernly.

point being this shouldn’t be the moment people are realizing Vishnu isn’t the extremely small unique thing it was the first few years of its existence, it already blew up heavily leading to this move.
 
14509624:dwt802 said:
IMO the Vishnu day 1s should have went through that a minute ago, in like 2018-2020 when Vishnu really began to explode.

After somewhere around then, it was less longer a community even though they kept that image. That’s why so many kids started dick riding Vishnu: they wanted to feel part of that underground selective crew that wasn’t mainstream.

meanwhile, we have kids who bought vishnus in the last few years are in this thread bitching that this small change, retailing skis in 1 shop locally is that turning point of no longer being that niche image, nah dawgs that shit happened a long time ago. This is a great and logical move based on where the company is modernly.

point being this shouldn’t be the moment people are realizing Vishnu isn’t the extremely small unique thing it was the first few years of its existence, it already blew up heavily leading to this move.
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As a self-proclaimed "Vishnu Day 1" (I still ski my 2015 Dead Flys) you couldn't be more accurate.
 
14509297:JITY said:
I’m very sad about this, some 12 year old that couldn’t hit rails asked me yesterday where he could buy Vishnus. Might have to find a new cool ski company. Vishnus are getting Saga-ified.
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you aren't nearly as cool as you think you are
 
14509297:JITY said:
I’m very sad about this, some 12 year old that couldn’t hit rails asked me yesterday where he could buy Vishnus. Might have to find a new cool ski company. Vishnus are getting Saga-ified.
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Nobody gate keeps harder than suburban midwest kids that ski repurposed land fills for their 2 month ski season.
 
14509592:bogust said:
This is the track of ski companies right? like ON3P used to be what Vishnu is today but then they became more mainstream, same with line and armada when they got bought out. I'm happy for Emmet and if people are so deadest on owning skis from only underground companies they can still buy jets or wait for the next company to come along
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On3p actually builds skis so their business model is pretty different from brands like Vishnu armada line etc who outsource production. Also on3p mainstream?? I see way more pairs of Vs on the slopes and it’s not even close
 
14509848:hi_vis360 said:
On3p actually builds skis so their business model is pretty different from brands like Vishnu armada line etc who outsource production. Also on3p mainstream?? I see way more pairs of Vs on the slopes and it’s not even close
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depends where you're skiing, in vermont I find a lot more ON3P riders than I do vishnu riders to be honest
 
14509850:steez_apprentice said:
depends where you're skiing, in vermont I find a lot more ON3P riders than I do vishnu riders to be honest
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Huh Maine is a big Vishnu scene, guess we aren’t as fancy as you rich Vermonters lmao

(I own Vs and on3ps for the record)
 
14509855:hi_vis360 said:
Huh Maine is a big Vishnu scene, guess we aren’t as fancy as you rich Vermonters lmao

(I own Vs and on3ps for the record)
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I ski mostly in New Hampshire and see a lot more of a vishnu crowd if I was only looking at ON3P vs Vishnu, but that's mainly due to the younger scene that I typically see at my mountain
 
14509869:steez_apprentice said:
I ski mostly in New Hampshire and see a lot more of a vishnu crowd if I was only looking at ON3P vs Vishnu, but that's mainly due to the younger scene that I typically see at my mountain
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Yeah if I had a kid I wouldn’t buy them $900 skis that they would just hike rails with lol
 
14509832:Session said:
Nobody gate keeps harder than suburban midwest kids that ski repurposed land fills for their 2 month ski season.
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Fuck off my repurposed land fill has a 6 month season
 
14509869:steez_apprentice said:
I ski mostly in New Hampshire and see a lot more of a vishnu crowd if I was only looking at ON3P vs Vishnu, but that's mainly due to the younger scene that I typically see at my mountain
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It's so funny to me seeing this perspective on ON3P when so much of their market is not park skis.
 
14509542:CoolChillGuy420 said:
Wild how two Utah-based companies joined forces together....

I think it's so funny hearing you kids say "ToO CoRpOraTe, not cool anymore " with your ass growing up in suburban USA
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Does being Utah based companies make something less corporate or more core?
 
14509964:Slowbro said:
COP in Calgary , November to April
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Ahh Canada makes sense.

I was gonna say no one in Midwest US can do that but my dumbass didn’t realize November-April is actually 6 months lol.
 
14509977:weatcoast said:
Ahh Canada makes sense.

I was gonna say no one in Midwest US can do that but my dumbass didn’t realize November-April is actually 6 months lol.
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Skiing in April?

that’s normal?

All our snow is melting right now and its February
 
14509978:JITY said:
Skiing in April?

that’s normal?

All our snow is melting right now and its February
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You’re right but there’s seasons in recent years where I can remember wild mtn opening in October and closing in late April.
 
14509919:Session said:
It's so funny to me seeing this perspective on ON3P when so much of their market is not park skis.
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Well yeah dude people generally don’t ride big rockered skis in the east lol you expecting to see some guy on billy goats in new england? I ride woodsman 96 and people think they’re pow skis here
 
14510901:levelninesports said:
Watch out big scary corporation L9 is coming to ruin all your favorite core brands
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L9 carrying V’s doesn’t make Vishnu corporate, it makes Level 9 core ??
 
this thread is wild...I had some left over skis and the fine people at level 9 were willing to take them off my hands. Still going to sell 99% of the skis on the site like always, happy to establish a relationship with a chill shop that is chill. Everyone RELAX
 
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