Volkl to be made in China?

Kurt Knisely wrote:
Say it isn't so... How depressing, almost as bad as Tua closing:

http://www.skipressworld.com/us/en/d... ?cat=Finance


Merde!

Now Volkls will get all wimpy, like K2 skis and all the rest of the
biggies - light and flimsy. There won't be any skis left for folks who
want a solid, meaty feel in a big ski that tracks like a cross-country
locomotive.

Double merde!

And Marker will focus exclusively on their pointless "integrated binding
system" eventually dropping its real bindings.

Triple merde, with a stopped up drain!

I'm gonna have to stockpile old, unused Volkls and Markers MRRs.

Kurt Knisely wrote:

In article , lal_truckee says...

Kurt Knisely wrote:

Say it isn't so... How depressing, almost as bad as Tua closing:

http://www.skipressworld.com/us/en/d... ?cat=Finance

Merde!

Now Volkls will get all wimpy, like K2 skis and all the rest of the
biggies - light and flimsy. There won't be any skis left for folks who
want a solid, meaty feel in a big ski that tracks like a cross-country
locomotive.


It sure makes ME wonder... What about all those unemployeed German Engineers?

In theory, it shouldn't matter where the skis are manufactured. If
it's a good design and the factory makes it as specced, it should be a
good ski no matter where it's made.

In practice, the same mindset that moves the production to China is
what causes the engineering and design to go to sh*t.

A black day for The Volkl COnspiracy. (if it existed, of course.)


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// Walt
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// In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
// In practice, there is.