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  1. #76
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    I got BD verdicts made by atomic and the next year BD Verdicts made in China construction wise they were both ok, I think they made too many skis to be called " Boutique " we had a guy in town making like one pair a day and i would call that Boutique

    i'm kind of meh on the whole Boutique thing, because I don't see how skis made in a garage are going to be > Atomic making them in a real ski factory, and who did the research to work out the right flex & profile why are they better or do you just have something nobody else has ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained View Post
    Ramer, now that's an old one.
    Short cuts for the MFW.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ApexSkua View Post
    Icelantic sells 15k of stock per year? That's nutty.

    Icelantic demo’s at Geto Kogen today.



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    the crowd was enthusiastic.

  4. #79
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    Quote Originally Posted by half-fast View Post
    Olin skis were a division of giant Olin corp, hardly an indie. How about hexcel?
    Holy crap! not sure how I missed that Olin fact. Petrochemicals and guns! NOT INDY, haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ApexSkua View Post
    Icelantic sells 15k of stock per year? That's nutty.
    “Bombproof,” “Colorado-made” etc


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    Quote Originally Posted by XavierD View Post
    I seriously doubt it.
    They’re in every outlet store in Colorado (REI, Scheels, Epic, Evo, etc.)… I suppose it’s plausible


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    Boutique Ski Brands

    Duplicate — ignore




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  8. #83
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    Anyone remember “Grace Skis” out of Colorado?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny H View Post
    How about Skilogik, formerly out of Breck. I’m still skiing some tele mounted Raves I bought in 2012. Love ‘em. Beautiful top sheet graphics as well. Get comments all the time still. Don’t know why they went out of business.
    Know a few people still riding SkiLogiks and swear by them


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    Quote Originally Posted by FortySixMac View Post
    Anyone remember “Grace Skis” out of Colorado?


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    I do, road up a lift at A Basin with a guy who was on some
    Wood top; I think swallowtail.
    I think he was with the company.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marshal Olson View Post
    Holy crap! not sure how I missed that Olin fact. Petrochemicals and guns! NOT INDY, haha.
    The Olin ski factory was in Middletown NY

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    Quote Originally Posted by tuco View Post
    Atomic had a run building BD too
    Ah, that's right. The Arc Angel was a good one from that era. Basically a wood cored Atomic Beta 922 or something like that.
    Sawatch is French for scratchy.

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    Someone mentioned Sego out of Victor, ID in another thread…figured they belonged here.

    Kid from home had been working at Sego…just heard today he is no longer at Sego/I believe they have shut down operations?

    Ironically, he walked across the parking lot and picked up another gig at Franco Snowshapes…..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marshal Olson View Post
    Holy crap! not sure how I missed that Olin fact. Petrochemicals and guns! NOT INDY, haha.
    Olin college too.
    Click. Point. Chute.

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    Wubanger changed their name to WSD. WSD sold it to one of their athletes who had also helped with marketing and designing skis. He changed the name to Hinterland.



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    If ski companies didn't make new skis every year I wouldn't have to get new skis every year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BC. View Post
    Someone mentioned Sego out of Victor, ID in another thread…figured they belonged here.

    Kid from home had been working at Sego…just heard today he is no longer at Sego/I believe they have shut down operations?

    Ironically, he walked across the parking lot and picked up another gig at Franco Snowshapes…..
    Sego is still operational — checked in last week thinking the same thing but was told otherwise thankfully


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    Quote Originally Posted by FortySixMac View Post
    Know a few people still riding SkiLogiks and swear by them


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    Good to hear I’m not alone.

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    Boutique Ski Brands

    Quote Originally Posted by chicken feathers View Post
    Ha, me too


    Out of Silverton if I remember correctly? I remember wanting some after seeing them in Couloir or telemark skier BITD.
    Yes, ScottyBob’s were out of an old historical building on Greene St in Silverton then moved operations to China, 2006-7ish, iirc.

    The TUA/Movement/BD connection is interesting. I’ve been liking my Conquests for touring. I wish I went a little shorter, however.

    My Icelantic Keepers are beasts but super fun in deep snows.

    Renoun’s are out of Burlington and make fun carvers and all-mountain skis. They’re fabricated over the border in Canukastan.


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    I wondered if something was up at Sego--essentially everything on their website is sold out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ejj View Post
    I wondered if something was up at Sego--essentially everything on their website is sold out.
    Sounds like they’re reconfiguring


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  21. #96
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    A couple other boutique brands:

    Amalgam skis in Maine
    Romp skis in Crested Butte
    7even skis in SLC
    Freeheel life telemark skis in SLC
    Winterstick snowboards in Maine, I think they also make skis under the name west mountain ski co??
    I don't know if anyone mentioned Voile, definitely a bigger boutique but their operation is pretty small overall.

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    Another aspect of this I find interesting is it does not carry over into alpine bindings. As soon as the patient for tech binding expired that market blew up. But we still have the same alpine binding companies we had 50 years ago for the most part. There was Geez in the 80s and I think Line and Knee tried to make an entry and failed.

  23. #98
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    more of strap company really…

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    Lucid is another Maine brand, used to be one called Barn Board but I think they closed up shop


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    lots more actual engineering going on in bindings....lots more liability too

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