g3 in receivership?

[ex-powderbroker]

Anyone heard anything? Kind of sucks.

https://www.insolvencies.deloitte.ca...olvencies.aspx

[Meadow Skipper]

Anyone heard anything? Kind of sucks.

https://www.insolvencies.deloitte.ca...olvencies.aspx

[~mikey b]

meh

[sb]

How could this possibly happen in the wonderful world of bidenomics?

[yeahman]

How could this possibly happen in the wonderful world of bidenomics?

Blame the Trump tariffs for kickstarting inflation. Everybody warned him but his ego wouldn't listen.

[nickwm21]

Everyone knows Obama is responsible for the health of Canadian specialty sports companies…


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[ASmileyFace]

Not remotely surprised. Sucks for their employees, but they were a company who got left behind in just about every aspect of ski touring equipment and made no attempts to keep up. When was the last time anyone here bought something from G3 at full retail price... 5+ years ago?

[The AD]

How could this possibly happen in the wonderful world of bidenomics?

They're based in Vancouver, genius.

[skaredshtles]

They're based in Vancouver, genius.

sb:

[Phall]

the industry isnt in a good spot for 'smaller' brands right now. WNDR just laid off a bunch of folks in SLC, DPS laid off a bunch of folks a few months ago, environment at DPS isnt great from my roomate who works there, lots going on, and not suprising given the overstock and deals. I dont know if i've seen this much last years inventory on shelves at 40-50% off ever.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

I'm always sorry to see ski brands fail, but with a few notable exceptions G3 has pretty much always offered sub par products.

[goldenboy]

I'm always sorry to see ski brands fail, but with a few notable exceptions G3 has pretty much always offered sub par products.

This. It wasn't called genuine garbage gear for nothing.

[sb]

Jer should swoop in with PMS gear and make a killing.

Ha

[sb]

Jer should swoop in with PMS gear and make a killing.

Ha

[adrenalated]

Bummer. Never like to see an old school brand fail. I have a couple pairs of Ions and like them a lot.

Basically every other product they have though ranges from forgettable to bad. As others have said, they really haven't done anything to keep up with other companies, haven't come up with anything revolutionary, and haven't attempted to broaden their product base in quite some time.

[~mikey b]

if you like their bindings they are on super sale right now

[summit]

I'm always sorry to see ski brands fail, but with a few notable exceptions G3 has pretty much always offered sub par products.

particularly their skins

[ex-powderbroker]

if you like their bindings they are on super sale right now

i just checked the site and it seems like they aren’t taking orders at the moment.

i can’t refute what people are saying here. they made some good and inexpensive stuff and missed the mark on other products. the issues with their shitty glue went in too long.

still, i appreciate the reasonable prices on stuff i bought over the years and if it’s done ill miss them for that and what they were trying to do with recycled materials.

owned by skiers is a lot cooler than “in receivership” by a huge and faceless multinational.

i also wonder if what happened to bike manufacturers is about to happen to ski brands.

[~mikey b]

I remember when Oliver was touring around in a big van (before people had big vans) selling the Targa

I still love that binding for my Voile phat waxless / T4 combo for meadow skipping and forest beatering

[NWFlow]

I also really liked their shovels. Bummer.

[plugboots]

I never really considered blocking someone till now.

[MakersTeleMark]

Another solid shovel company goes down.

[MultiVerse]

particularly their skins

Absolute trash glue, just awful, and poor water resistance to glopping. Although, G3 might have come up with the built-in offset skin cutting tool, big fan of that, and their tip & tail attachments work well.

[Danno]

I got a pair of skins that came with a ski purchase, glue is pretty gloppy. Wondering if I should try to make them work or try and strip glue and apply a better glue or just buy new skins

[XXX-er]

I got a pair of skins that came with a ski purchase, glue is pretty gloppy. Wondering if I should try to make them work or try and strip glue and apply a better glue or just buy new skins

If you are are a dentist from Colorado you just buy new skins but IME you can reglue with Goldlabel

You wana have a couple tubes of gold label ahead of time ( the stuff lasts forever in a sealed tube) for when your glue shits the bed cuz at the end of the season its gona be out of stock

so really now is the time to reglue in good weather out on your deck or sft not in january at midnight the day before a hut trip