Got to love these phrases like "freedom action sports." Is that the opposite of imprisoned and shackled sports, something like Guantamano?
As you probably know, Salomon has been a problem child since being dominated by adidas, especially for distributors in the US. Maybe it will start to open up again. And not just Atomic boots; they've been a Rottefella advertising and sponsorship partner for years. The stars realign. It's too bad Atomic doesn't have more say in bindings, as a longterm merger there would be welcomed by skiers.
Gene
Zach Caldwell wrote:>
I never thought that the inner working of the ski industry would> fascinate me so much. Here's a link to an interesting article:>
And what about Salomon's Alpine skis that are manufactured by Fischer? If they pull those from the Fischer Factory, it would be a big blow to Fischer.
Now that Salomon finally had all the kinks worked out from its acquisition by Adidas....
What an incestuous bunch.
-Nathan www.nsavage.com "Zach Caldwell" <zc@sover.net> wrote in message news:1115046185.827177.86360@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...>I never thought that the inner working of the ski industry would> fascinate me so much. Here's a link to an interesting article:>
It will be very intersting to see how this pans out. From what I have heard about the Salomon skis, Fischer rents them the factory for a few weeks and Salomon comes in and makes their skis. I am guessing the Fishcer does not see them as much of a threat to their dominance so they will gladly accept the rent check. I can't see Atomic wanting to write a rent check to Fischer when they have a perfectly good factory of their own. They may even decide they don't need or want the extra competition and Salomon race skis may go the way of Toko poles, hang around for a few seasons then be gone.
I do wonder how Nathan and other Subaru Factory Team Skiers are going to respond to the Salomon skis. Most of them have gone on for years about how Fischer skis are the best. They all have said that others are good but that when it comes to consistent quality, nothing beats a Fischer. Also will Atomic want to sponsor two sets of skiers (Salomon Factory Team skiers and the Atomic skiers)? The last thing we need here in the US is fewer sponsorship opportunites for our young elites.
Dave
"Bjorn A. Payne Diaz" <wenner@cbs.umn.edu> wrote in message news:1115122634.945177.275820@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...> -Boy, there's lots of questions here, but the first one is, "Hey> Nathan, have you committed to sponsorship for next year, and can you> share the details?"> -Salomon has a close working relationship with Fischer (Europe), so is> that in contract form, and has Atomic basically purchased those> contracts? It sounds odd for Fischer to be making Salomon skis that are> to be sold by Atomic since Salomon and Fischer are competing on the ski> front.>
That could be tough if your feet don't fit Fischer boots.
Gene
Nathan Schultz wrote:>
3-year deal with Salomon to be on boots and skis.>
Both Fischer and Salomon we're pushing for either all Fischer or all> Salomon. The option for the Subaru Factory Team to continue with Fischer> skis and Salomon boots was not there.>
On a side note about ski manufacturers, I looked at Zach's site yesterday> and saw the picture of Kris Freeman's skis, certainly looks like those are> NOT Fischer bindings on those skis. Has Kris switched from Fischer boots?>
Both addresses work. I think they both worked in the past too -- using the URL w/o the file name at the end resulted in his server sending you index.htm anyway, it just didn't show up in your browser's address bar.
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Both addresses work. I think they both worked in the past too -- using the URL w/o the file name at the end resulted in his server sending you index.htm anyway, it just didn't show up in your browser's address bar.
JT
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Both addresses work. I think they both worked in the past too -- using the URL w/o the file name at the end resulted in his server sending you index.htm anyway, it just didn't show up in your browser's address bar.
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