Who are some ski makers no one has ever heard of?

**stealurface831** · 10-02-2020, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by adrenalated

Silver Plume is the kind of town where you can have a drunken old west style duel in the middle of the street using bottle rockets as weaponry.

I think I may need to go there now.

**cstefanic** · 10-02-2020, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

Fuckin-a, those are some good looking skis. Pretty reasonably priced too.

Love an opportunity to show off Skevik stuff. Skis are super well-made, and love their artwork.

185 Oda

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180 Loken 106

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**stealurface831** · 10-02-2020, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by cstefanic

Love an opportunity to show off Skevik stuff. Skis are super well-made, and love their artwork.
181 Loken 106

Is the Loken light enough to comfortably tour on? I think these may be my next pair of skis.

**buttahflake** · 10-02-2020, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy

I miss our pm gear.

You miss terminally base high 2x4’s?

**MagnificentUnicorn** · 10-02-2020, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by buttahflake

You miss terminally base high 2x4’s?

My Lhasa Pows were flat and had a great flex. Still ski wonderfully.

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**stealurface831** · 10-02-2020, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by MagnificentUnicorn

My Lhasa Pows were flat and had a great flex. Still ski wonderfully.

I always heard good things about the Lhasas too.

**cmcrawfo** · 10-02-2020, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

Is the Loken light enough to comfortably tour on? I think these may be my next pair of skis.

Paging El Hefe to the Skevik Courtesy Phone.

**cstefanic** · 10-02-2020, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

Is the Loken light enough to comfortably tour on? I think these may be my next pair of skis.

180cm in this particular L106 is 1950gr/ski, which I think is a totally "normal" weight--not light but not a train. I think they've changed the shape slightly since I bought these a few years back, but they're super fun skis overall.

**el hefe** · 10-02-2020, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by stealurface831

Is the Loken light enough to comfortably tour on? I think these may be my next pair of skis.

Yes, I tour on them all the time. Not the lightest ski but they rip on the down! Did a week at Fairy meadows with a pair of lokens with shifts and carbon antons (super light) with G3 Ions. I kept going back to the lokens any time we were going up high given the likely hood of hitting variable and hard snow.

They take a lickin and keep on tickin, great for sled skiing as the wooden sidewall is easy to rejuvenate. Have been skiing on them for 10 years now and have not had any quality issues.

**rob stokes** · 10-02-2020, 11:52 AM

Rabbit on the roof

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**Peruvian** · 10-02-2020, 12:49 PM

I don't know much about these, but they are based out of VT and made in QC (I think the old Line/Karhu factory) - https://renoun.com/

**half-fast** · 10-02-2020, 01:22 PM

Whiteroom. TGR's own Vinman makes them.

**Spyderjon** · 10-02-2020, 01:56 PM

My mate Rupe makes these: https://www.pfdskis.com/

In his early years I used to do his grinds until he got his own machine.

**doebedoe** · 10-02-2020, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by Peruvian

I don't know much about these, but they are based out of VT and made in QC (I think the old Line/Karhu factory) - https://renoun.com/

Renoun is kinda the opposite of made in someone's garage. They fancy shit loved by PugSkiers with slick marketing and a big budget aimed the the Aspens and Sun Valleys of the world.

**hawkgt** · 10-02-2020, 02:13 PM

+1 on skevik, got the anton a few years ago and love to take them out to rip. deep, steep, fast trees are $$$$$

no issues holding up, even slamming a tail gate on them a few times.

**phatty** · 10-02-2020, 02:31 PM

Don't forget our mag homies Lithic Skis (lithicskis.com). Sweet looking skis from guys who used to work for Praxis. Some nice looking skis and great responses when I have talked to them.

**Quandary** · 10-02-2020, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by ill-advised strategy

People up north really like shaggy’s.
https://www.skishaggys.com/

I have a buddy that slis Shaggy's. Theres a beaver on the topsheet, we call them the Shaggy Beavers, no one like a shaggy beaver..... He loves the skis. They are made in a barn next to the garage in upper Michigan.

**AK47bp** · 10-02-2020, 05:23 PM

I cat skied last year with one of the owners of Lithic. Super nice dude and he ripped.

https://www.lithicskis.com

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**AK47bp** · 10-02-2020, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by phatty

Don't forget our mag homies Lithic Skis (lithicskis.com). Sweet looking skis from guys who used to work for Praxis. Some nice looking skis and great responses when I have talked to them.

Ah. Beat me to it.

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**Viva** · 10-02-2020, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by half-fast

Whiteroom. TGR's own Vinman makes them.

No shit? I miss Vinman's posts- been gone, what, ten years now? Wasn't he an EMT or sports medicine specialist, or something?

**tuco** · 10-02-2020, 05:52 PM

WSD
Hinterland

**Eluder** · 10-03-2020, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by Norseman

ha.

Benchmark Skis - Whitefish MT

Shit, I live here and am connected to the industry and didnt even know about them.

Edit: just checked the Insta handle, was Ben based out of the Great Falls area prior? maybe I do know...

**bigdude2468** · 10-03-2020, 05:44 AM

http://www.skipowdernorth.com/

Powder skis manufactured in Appleton WI. Walked through the factory if you can call it that about four years ago. When I saw this thread I wondered if they are still around and yes they are. Seemed pretty much like a one man operation. BC Magazine did have one of their skis reviewed in their Gear edition a few years ago.

**MagnificentUnicorn** · 10-03-2020, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Eluder

Shit, I live here and am connected to the industry and didnt even know about them.

Edit: just checked the Insta handle, was Ben based out of the Great Falls area prior? maybe I do know...

I consider Ben a friend. He started Coop skis in Wenatchee with another friend. He’s a smart guy and fanatical about quality and design.

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