Who actually buys this kind of crap.

I think 90% of people have lost grip with reality. To the point where they will fund and market a product in an industry they have no idea about, funny thing is that people are so dumb that the product is probably not doing terrible.

I've bouldered like 3 times this year, am I going to go and market/fund anchors that are cheap, break easy, more expensive, and less effective then anything else on the market. Nah.

I bet you a Jerry on TGR forums owns these, showed his friend, got fucking roasted, and now hides it in his closet out of deep shame and embarrassment.

EDIT: After reading the website this is 3x worse then what I thought. Take everything I said and times it by three.

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Me and my buddies all have these on our motorcycle helmets and always talk about how much fun it would be to wear em skiing for a day. If I was super rich I would by this
 
On a bike. Makes way more sense

14361421:Not_Good said:
Me and my buddies all have these on our motorcycle helmets and always talk about how much fun it would be to wear em skiing for a day. If I was super rich I would by this
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Kinda related...?

Used to have a lot of fun with these back in the day before cell phones became what they are today.

Got your iPod Nano, your walkie-talkie, and water bottle of liquor you friend took from their parents... you've got yourself a wild high school spring break right there.

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Looks like marketed to bikers first, then to everyone

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This came from" how many sales"

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Here you can"Weigh in" about the CEO

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COULD FLOOD the site with"weigh ins"

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If you're shredding with your buddies probably not but not the worst idea with kids/lessons groups having to stop regroup every 5 minutes, "hey dad stop, i've gotta pee" vs "i pee'd my pants because I couldnt tell you to stop"....and now the day is ruined haha. but id be surprised if didnt just sound like pure wind while riding and trying to talk though
 
14361486:gfanuckaa said:
If you're shredding with your buddies probably not but not the worst idea with kids/lessons groups having to stop regroup every 5 minutes, "hey dad stop, i've gotta pee" vs "i pee'd my pants because I couldnt tell you to stop"....and now the day is ruined haha. but id be surprised if didnt just sound like pure wind while riding and trying to talk though
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Part of the experience.
 
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/elan-voyager-skis-review

The single most annoying aspect of owning skis is transporting a pair of 1.7-meter planks with sharp metal edges to the slopes without doing damage to yourself, the skis, innocent bystanders, your clothes, the car, fellow travelers, or your general sense of decorum.

The simple fact is that most of us don't live anywhere near to within a snowball's throw of a mountain resort. And while a lucky number might be close enough to drive to one, the rest of us are forced to opt for trains or planes when it comes to getting that winter sports fix. And for skiers serious enough to shun rental options, this means carting about those unwieldy planks.

No. Just FUCKING no
 
Looks like a lamer Bonx.

Bonx is basically the same thing. They once asked me what I think about them picking up Thovex, and Gus for their team. I told them they are insane.
 
14361537:hoodratz47 said:
The single most annoying aspect of owning skis is transporting a pair of 1.7-meter planks with sharp metal edges to the slopes without doing damage to yourself, the skis, innocent bystanders, your clothes, the car, fellow travelers, or your general sense of decorum.
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this is comedy gold
 
I remember when GIRO had a tuneups system like this way back in the 2000s where it would hook into both your phone and your Ipod. (Yes, back in the day your music player and phone were different devices.) It actually came with a bunch of little plastic bags with every plug in for the different phones on the market:

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14361537:hoodratz47 said:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/elan-voyager-skis-review

The single most annoying aspect of owning skis is transporting a pair of 1.7-meter planks with sharp metal edges to the slopes without doing damage to yourself, the skis, innocent bystanders, your clothes, the car, fellow travelers, or your general sense of decorum.

The simple fact is that most of us don't live anywhere near to within a snowball's throw of a mountain resort. And while a lucky number might be close enough to drive to one, the rest of us are forced to opt for trains or planes when it comes to getting that winter sports fix. And for skiers serious enough to shun rental options, this means carting about those unwieldy planks.

No. Just FUCKING no
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Wtf those aren't even backcountry skis, so fucking pointless
 
Might be fun actually haha. Just earrape your buddies or sing em a song instead of that hot rap song people listen to nowadays. In seriousness, it’s stupid and imagining a group of skiers going by talking not to anyone directly is cringe, but I could see this in the backcountry maybe. Just looks kinda weird. Walk-e’s are much cooler.
 
Still use these cause my mountains service sucks

14361432:Quaggy said:
Kinda related...?

Used to have a lot of fun with these back in the day before cell phones became what they are today.

Got your iPod Nano, your walkie-talkie, and water bottle of liquor you friend took from their parents... you've got yourself a wild high school spring break right there.

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me and my homies are about to slide past all you in the fast pass lane while talking thru our headsets about how much our line special blends 178 rip on the groomers
 
14364911:hoodratz47 said:
Probably bs. You could claim a different angle and say it's all new
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Elan 1970's claim.

"The Uniline ski, a true revolution, which featured extreme sidecut for

the time was introduced. This model was prized by racers, including

Stenmark, who used them for both slalom and giant slalom."

"Extreme sidecut", IDK, but I always thought it was the snowboard folks that did this first.
 
14364873:ReturnToMonkey said:
Did Elan really invent side cut in the 90s? Or is that marketing bs
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Racers were using skis with actual side cut for many years before they were actually sold to the masses. I think Elan was one of the first to really fuck around with weird side cuts, asymmetrical skis and extreme base bevel in the tip and tail with skis they actually sold to consumers.
 
damn some of u guys are acting genuinely insufferable

the product is obviously dumb for our demographic but the idea behind it is objectively fun.

Have you ever group called your homies while doing laps? It's actually fucking hilarious. Same concept for the wealthy 6-days-a-year skiers who aren't willing to risk their normal headphones to snow exposure like park skiers do. I mean you don't have to buy it—let them be the ones who financially sustain the ski industry.

You guys complain about money being put into our sport as if our ski lifts just appeared out of thin air. I'd be shocked if the NS crowd contributes even 1% to the total annual revenue of the ski industry that the jerry crowd does over president's day weekend. To be honest we have no right to comment on the tendencies of the industry when we incur some of the largest expenses (terrain parks) and contribute next to nothing financially.
 
14365235:shinbangclan said:
damn some of u guys are acting genuinely insufferable

the product is obviously dumb for our demographic but the idea behind it is objectively fun.

Have you ever group called your homies while doing laps? It's actually fucking hilarious. Same concept for the wealthy 6-days-a-year skiers who aren't willing to risk their normal headphones to snow exposure like park skiers do. I mean you don't have to buy it—let them be the ones who financially sustain the ski industry.

You guys complain about money being put into our sport as if our ski lifts just appeared out of thin air. I'd be shocked if the NS crowd contributes even 1% to the total annual revenue of the ski industry that the jerry crowd does over president's day weekend. To be honest we have no right to comment on the tendencies of the industry when we incur some of the largest expenses (terrain parks) and contribute next to nothing financially.
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As far as terrain parks go, it's like the other things ski areas do, such as cheaper passes for young folks, and cheap lessons for first timers, with pass perks for a few years after completing the lessons.

They want to get you hooked on skiing and boarding any way they can.

They know most folks will not ride terrain parks for too many years, but bank that they will be lifetime skiers.

As far as sticking a big thing on ones helmet, IDK about that. Probably a good way to break your neck when you munch it!
 
14365241:DominatorJacques said:
As far as sticking a big thing on ones helmet, IDK about that. Probably a good way to break your neck when you munch it!
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Don't worry—the target audience for these things does not ski fast enough to sustain a head injury (unless they run into a tree)
 
14365235:shinbangclan said:
damn some of u guys are acting genuinely insufferable

the product is obviously dumb for our demographic but the idea behind it is objectively fun.

Have you ever group called your homies while doing laps? It's actually fucking hilarious. Same concept for the wealthy 6-days-a-year skiers who aren't willing to risk their normal headphones to snow exposure like park skiers do. I mean you don't have to buy it—let them be the ones who financially sustain the ski industry.

You guys complain about money being put into our sport as if our ski lifts just appeared out of thin air. I'd be shocked if the NS crowd contributes even 1% to the total annual revenue of the ski industry that the jerry crowd does over president's day weekend. To be honest we have no right to comment on the tendencies of the industry when we incur some of the largest expenses (terrain parks) and contribute next to nothing financially.
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I get the feeling that not a lot of the revenue from these garbage products actually find its way back to the ski industry
 
14365245:shinbangclan said:
Don't worry—the target audience for these things does not ski fast enough to sustain a head injury (unless they run into a tree)
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Ha ha. Head slamming at 20 mph can break your neck. That thing will dig in and cause your head to twist.
 
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