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Thread: Boutique Ski Brands
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01-26-2023, 04:17 PM #51
Uhhhhh…. Paging ExoticSkis
www.ExoticSkis.com
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01-26-2023, 04:18 PM #52
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01-26-2023, 05:19 PM #53
Pretty sure AK Bommer was making skis with twin tips in the late nineties as well
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01-26-2023, 05:39 PM #54Registered User
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Wagner has been around since 2006. I remember demoing a pair in like 2011 and wanting to get one for a long time.
Shaggy’s is about that old too if you want skis from Michigan.
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01-26-2023, 05:57 PM #55
Regarding Movement, Tua skis essentially became Movement skis (Nani Tua started his own factory, and once he shuttered the Tua brand, he linked up with the rest of the movement team to launch that new brand using his original factory c. 2002 IIRC). The Tua Excalibur was one of the original bc shredder-bro skis too.
And shoutouts to Ramer, PRE, Olin (Outer Limits), and RD as some of the original indies! Interesting to see how many little brands came out of Sun Valley 70's and 80's.
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01-26-2023, 06:04 PM #56
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01-26-2023, 06:11 PM #57
Research Dynamics mention is a trip. I have a friend who still has a pair of RD Coyote skis and a RD Coyote bike in his basement.
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01-26-2023, 06:44 PM #58Registered User
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Anyone remember Scotty Bob’s, the asymmetrical ski. Those were around early to mid 90’s I think.
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01-26-2023, 06:49 PM #59
How about "The Claw" straight outa Waterford, Maine. Mid 90s?
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01-26-2023, 06:57 PM #60
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01-26-2023, 07:01 PM #61
Fatypus - maker of the Allotta. One of the first super fat skis (140mm)
Kingswood out of NZ were the craze on TGR before introduction of rockered skis iirc"Not all who wander are lost"
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01-26-2023, 10:51 PM #62
Ramer, now that's an old one.
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01-27-2023, 01:08 AM #63Hucked to flat once
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01-27-2023, 06:04 AM #64
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01-27-2023, 07:11 AM #66
Im surprised no one has mentioned praxis esp for how much love they get on here.
Seems like keith has been making skis for a while, not sure when they started.
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01-27-2023, 07:23 AM #67Registered User
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01-27-2023, 07:34 AM #68
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01-27-2023, 07:59 AM #70Natebob
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Chouinard skis were built by Tua, and that relationship continued for a few years into the Black Diamond days. BD then had skis made by Morotto, another Italian company. I can't remember what happened next, but shortly after, I think they started to make their skis in their own factory in China. The Tua Excalibur was indeed a game changer, great ski.
Sawatch is French for scratchy.
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01-27-2023, 07:59 AM #71
ID One is still using cracked edges to get softer flex on some of their mogul skis:
https://www.idoneusa.com/Articles.asp?ID=256
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01-27-2023, 08:28 AM #72Hucked to flat once
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Olin group…guns and skis… I think K2’s ownership bought Olin in the late 90s too. At least the ski part anyway.
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01-27-2023, 09:19 AM #73Registered User
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01-27-2023, 10:18 AM #74
Pretty sure Ski Logic was a predecessor/ love child of Scotty Bob
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01-27-2023, 10:19 AM #75
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