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Stopped into Slush & rubble earlier this week - found their range of new season skis very dull. Atomic Automatic, Line Magnum Opus and Rossi Squad best of a bad lot. Do have Black Crows but not seemingly the big hitters unless they weren't in the store I looked in. Is this what mainstream ski retail is these days?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Basic problem is that the UK ski market has collapsed in recent years. I was speaking to a rep a few months ago, and he reckoned he could ship 15,000 pairs of skis over season 10 years ago, but nowadays the whole industry expects to ship under 9,000 pairs. They blame this on the carriage costs of the airlines.
Those who want specific skis know that the UK retailers are uncompetitive and so buy from wherever they can.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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RobW wrote: |
Basic problem is that the UK ski market has collapsed in recent years. I was speaking to a rep a few months ago, and he reckoned he could ship 15,000 pairs of skis over season 10 years ago, but nowadays the whole industry expects to ship under 9,000 pairs. . |
Keep at it and Arno, horizon and irbis will probably hit that number between them soon
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What? Nordicas?
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I agree - sad state of affairs. I just can't get the boots I want as I can't find anyone that stocks them.
I think it might be a combination of ski carriage cost, aiming for the "middle market" (can't blame them) and perhaps the fact that you can rent fairly decent skis now with fully adjustable front and rear bindings so you can be centred at least (although maybe that last point's not noticed/cared about enough to make any difference).
I bought some Stockli Stormriders from S&R a few years ago at half price (EOS) - but that's probably an example of why they don't stock anything like that now.
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Perhaps people got smarter.5 years ago not many knew you buy skis in Summer and bikes in Winter...
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I'm not sure the market has collapsed, just with the internet buyers are getting smarter; shop inteligently and there's no reason to ever pay full price for anything ski related.
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this may just be my impression but there is so much more choice of ski hardware these days. a few years ago you could get a few things on from Salomon, Atomic and Rossi and feel like you had pretty good coverage of the market. now that approach gets Dave starting threads about how uninspired the selection is
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@Dave of the Marmottes, Yup, .......2014 model 178cms Nordica Dobermann Spitfire Ti with XBI CT bindings, ............ should have been £500+, got them for less than a pair of my wife's jeans!
As @clarky999, say, internet buyers are getting very savvy and are ferreting out really great prices for ski-kit. So really there is a fantastic range of brands, especially skis, that can be found on t'internet. Why would one want to shop at a high street store offering middle of the road brands at full whack?
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@skimastaaah, WHERE I need them in my life after playing on some!!
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@PaulC1984, Ebay......... on Monday, all brand new kit in wrappers and boxed bindings. Daft time to end a listing on a rather specialist ski not really known to mainstream. I tested this ski in 2013 and found it a precise piste performer, super fast edge to edge, rock solid especially medium/long carving at speed. Loved 'em, so I bought the 2014 version just different graphics. I dare not tell the final price.......... seriously my wife's jeans cost more.
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You know it makes sense.
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@skimastaaah, You can afford to let those Scotts go at the opening bid price now then!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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@skimastaaah, £131 would be my guess?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I just bought some 2015 Bent Chetlers from a UK website with £100 off the usual price... worked out cheaper than any European site I had seen.
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@swishtony, .... have you been stalking my ebay account?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Haggis_Trap, Cotswold Outdoors in Aberdeen are still pretty good for general outdoor kit.
Brick and Mortar isn't dead though - Blue Tomato for one are always opening new stores - it just needs to be done well and suplemented with a good web store. And reasonable prices.
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