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03-25-2021, 07:19 PM #1
K2 pressing skis in the good ole USA again
Seems newsworthy that K2 just released a limited 50 units run of mindbenders made in WA at their ARC.
https://k2snow.com/en-us/p/mindbender-106-ti-usa-skisHarvest the ride.
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03-25-2021, 07:37 PM #2
Wow I love my MBs but not to the tune of $1200.
Glad to hear they're making skis in WA again though--anyone know if these are being made on vashon?
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03-25-2021, 08:39 PM #3
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03-25-2021, 08:43 PM #4
Lots of companies do it. Sidewall underfoot for edge hold, cap at the tips and tails for topsheet durability. K2 doesn't make anything on Vashon anymore, all the presses are on the mainland, south of Seattle. They've always prototyped in the US, you just haven't been able to buy them.
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03-25-2021, 08:55 PM #5Registered User
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Why is it a 106 rather than 108ti? Different ski?
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03-25-2021, 08:57 PM #6King potato
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03-25-2021, 09:20 PM #7Registered User
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03-25-2021, 09:58 PM #9
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03-25-2021, 10:36 PM #10Registered User
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TBH, I'd probably pay $900ish retail for some USA made Shreditor 112s or the 118mm Obsetheds, with beefy quality materials. I'd buy BOTH those. You hear me K2! F this Reckoner noise, too light for me inbounds.
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03-25-2021, 11:54 PM #11Registered User
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03-26-2021, 12:23 AM #12
K2 lost me yrs ago, way before china production.
K2 has never used beefy quality materials.
I wouldn't mind skiing them, but I'm not forkin' over hard earned duckets for 'em
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03-26-2021, 05:04 AM #13Registered User
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03-26-2021, 05:30 AM #14
Everyone loves a good comeback story. I really don’t have a opinion on price add for made in the USA but there is a clear market for it. I like my mindbenders which were the first K2’s I have owned since my SLC’s in 1995 maybe? Good for them for making decisions based on what skiers want not what the boardroom wants.
Looks like the 106ti is 1800 ish grams vs 2200 grams for the 108ti in the 186
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03-26-2021, 06:08 AM #15
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03-26-2021, 06:14 AM #16Banned
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03-26-2021, 06:30 AM #17
On your feet, I don't doubt that
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03-26-2021, 07:04 AM #18
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03-26-2021, 08:26 AM #19Registered User
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When I was young I skied K2s, we are talking K2 3s, 4s, Comps. They were made in the US and were a leading edge brand. They were acquired and it was all down hill from there. They were acquired again and a couple of years ago Jed Yeiser was hired as lead ski designer. It seems to me their new skis are very good from a design standpoint. The Mindbender 108 TI that I have been skiing for two years has held up quite well and is a great ski. It will be interesting to if they continue down the road to a return to respectability .
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03-26-2021, 09:28 AM #20Registered User
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It's so strange that people think K2 built in the USA = quality. When K2 was still building on Vashon the only good thing about their freeride skis was that they were so easy to delaminate you could buy one pair and warranty the broken ones for years. That worked even after they added rivets (you could still delaminate them between the rivets). Of course, construction is different now so these will certainly be better, but the whole USA made = stronger/better is a total myth.
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03-26-2021, 09:44 AM #21
I think we will see a few Asian made brands experiment with domestic manufacturing in the next 12mos... I imagine there will be some learning curves....
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03-26-2021, 10:31 AM #22indentured servant
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