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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
That's a reason in their favour, not a reason not to buy them. They're freaking handmade, hand finished skis, made in the PNW by the guy who owns the company and his small group of employees. And they retail for more or less the same amount as skis made by big companies in factories in China or eastern Europe by people who have probably never skiied in their lives. So at full price, they already might as well be on discount... and they do actually go on discount at the end of the season, for whatever's left in stock. But it's a case of getting more than what you pay for.
And incidentally, they save money on repairs... I mean, I love Armada skis, I've owned a few pairs of them. But over the past two days, I've probably hit at least 20 rocks and half a dozen partially buried branches. If I were on my old JJs they'd be a mess. Instead, my bases have two scrapes in them and no core shots. I don't understand why they're so damned durable, but they are. I have broken an ON3P - I skiied full speed into a buried stump that I thought was a pillow and snapped the ski in front of my toepiece. That's the kind of thing it takes. And those skis had 50+ days on them at the time and had no other noticeable damage. And I still skiied the rest of the day on them.
This is fair, I'm mostly talking about what I would buy, so most of what they make is for stronger skiers. But there are tons of better skiers than me on the hill every day, it's not like they're difficult to ski if you're reasonably good.
My rock skis are old Jeffreys, my daily drivers are Billy Goats, my pow skis are Cease and Desists and I'm thinking about getting some Woodsman 108s as well.
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Thats a sick quiver of skis. Obviously you have some budget dedicated to skiing, lol. I get what you are saying about the skis. I'm very familiar with them and agree with all your comments. I've skied the BG's, C&D's and Vicik. But even at the end of season discount sales I'm not seeing then for less than 500 US.
If I wasn't able to find other skis for significantly less, or felt like I had the disposable income I would not hesitate to buy ON3P. I guess I was ultimately just responding to the comment that they were the only ski worth owning. Seemed a little over the top. Right now I am on a pair of Atomic Automatics that were from a heli-ski fleet. I paid 150 bucks for them and the kill everything. Not saying they are a better ski or anything but they are bombproof, I throw them in my truck, don't care if they get stolen and I love to ski them.
Hope the rest of your season goes great!