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10-14-2020, 09:39 AM #1
Better buy skis while you can... Huge fire at Fisher plant
https://planetski.eu/2020/10/14/huge...sA1BHvzPFwVuoE
As if 2020 hadn't already had its way with us, now skis will be harder to come by, and probably more expensive. Not good for anyone, especially the workers there.
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10-14-2020, 10:26 AM #2
Damn
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10-14-2020, 10:40 AM #3
Definitely Putin. I have two pair of Fischer skis in the garage.
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10-14-2020, 11:01 AM #4Registered User
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Fisher also make Dynafit and I have some of those
I thot Chepelare in Bulgaria had the worlds biggest ski factory ?
Atomic I think and I got some of those (Armada) tooLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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10-14-2020, 11:09 AM #5
Wouldn't this season's skis already be in shipping containers?
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10-14-2020, 11:25 AM #6Banned
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10-14-2020, 11:39 AM #7
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10-14-2020, 12:44 PM #9
I'd be surprised if the ski industry can't find the production capacity to meet demand. It's not like making skis is that hard; you can build them in a trailer. It's not complicated like making N95's. But if there is a shortage I'm sure the President, whoever he is, can invoke the Defense Production Act.
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10-14-2020, 01:09 PM #10
Perhaps 4FRNT can make up the difference?
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10-14-2020, 01:22 PM #11
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10-14-2020, 01:23 PM #12
Making skis in a trailer
And selling skis made in a trailer
Light years of warp speed apart
Now choctaw bingo meth
On the other hand"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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10-14-2020, 01:32 PM #13
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10-14-2020, 02:06 PM #14Registered User
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10-14-2020, 06:33 PM #15
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10-14-2020, 06:35 PM #16
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10-14-2020, 08:33 PM #17
Haven’t had a Fischer since rc4
What am i supposed to be buying?. . .
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10-15-2020, 10:28 AM #18Registered User
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10-18-2020, 06:55 AM #19"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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10-18-2020, 07:09 AM #20features a sintered base
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I believe this plant produced Fischer's lower end skis, so unless Fischer's bottom line becomes an issue this shouldn't matter (at least the race skis are produced in AUT, and w other brands the good skis come out of the race rooms). But I was also told that other brands produce there as well, including Stockli (which really surprised me since Stockli kind of implies every ski is produced, by hand, in SUI). As others have said, this year's skis are shipped, I think, and I assume Fischer has insurance, so this may not matter.
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10-18-2020, 07:25 AM #21
Off topic: I was at the local store yesterday and they had some new Stocklis, including SR.
I dunno where they’re made, but they piss excellence! Never skied a Stockli, but damn if they don’t look better than every other ski in that shop.
Sent from my iPad using TGR ForumsIt makes perfect sense...until you think about it.
I suspect there's logic behind the madness, but I'm too dumb to see it.
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10-18-2020, 08:21 AM #22
If you’re worried about being able to find a brand new pair of rental skis, you could be in trouble. All Fischer’s skis that you actually want to ski are still made in AUT.
Stockli made kids skis there, all adult skis are made in SUI. I thought they moved production of kids skis, could be wrong.
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