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Armada, the whole truth

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vtrider
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I have noticed a sheet load of discussion on the boards about armada, and who they will have riding for them, espesily tanner. This is what i have learned directly from the East cost Rossignol sales rep that i talked to today. He confermed that Tanner and Raps have left rossi, and have moved to Armada. He did not know much about armada, calling it a 'dumb move' He said that rossi is looking for riders, all over the country, so get your resume ready. As far as everyone else currently on rossi, are staying for the 03 season. anyway, just thought youd like to know.
Oct 13 2002 7:39PM
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mammothpunks
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haha - dumb move
of course a rossi rep would day that
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Oct 13 2002 7:41PM
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vtrider
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yea, but if you think about it, it seams sort of dumb, going from one of the largest ski companys in the world, to one that is just starting up, and doesnt even have any reviews yet. and if this company is going to do twinies only, they probably wont get a tenth the size of rossi. look at line vs rossi. big differance.
Oct 13 2002 7:45PM
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kevywevy
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yeah but line isn't really backed by a snowboarding company.


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Oct 13 2002 7:47PM
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alpentalik
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ya'll don't half the time it is


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Oct 13 2002 7:49PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41
yea, but rossi is bigger then prolly all snowboard companys, (i think) and its not like a snowboard company is gonna dump shitloads of money into armada. i guess we will have to just wate and see.
Oct 13 2002 7:50PM
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MadTrixter
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only 2 more days fellas


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Oct 13 2002 7:55PM
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mammothpunks
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rossi is a company with mainly race and recreational focus. the difference with Armada is that it is a company made and run by the newschool industry. They wont be wasting there money trying to develope race skis or anything like that. Would you rather be riding for a company that doesnt really give a shit about you, or for a company that will take you seriously and take all you input and put it back into the skis? it makes sense when you think about it. here is a company run by real skiers and they have the financial backing without being controlled by someone who knows nothing about the sport. this is the way the rest of the industry needs to be. World domination is in place.
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Oct 13 2002 7:56PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41
ohh, i agree totaly, mammothpunks, but top pros (freestyle or race) can request certian caretoristics in a ski and just about any manufacture will build them there own custom board. i personaly would just ride for whos gonna lay down the cash. Just remeber, the man with the most toys, wins. and money buys toys.
Oct 13 2002 8:01PM
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tahoeskier
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yeah its not to bad of a move if you factor in the free gorditas for life on their armada/tacobell/nike contract though. plus they all get adds with the taco bell dog. man i cant wait till i buy those libtech skis
Oct 13 2002 8:29PM
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Detective
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raps is not on armada...he may have left rossi, I don't know, but your rep must have been mistaken about armada.
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Oct 13 2002 8:40PM
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toe
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armada is going to suck. it will be horrible. laminated peices of poop. bent out paperclips as the edges.
Oct 13 2002 8:42PM
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petek
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pbly got raps and easely mixed up. And another thing, armada isn't shipping skis until december or later. Maybe it will be like igneous and some other companies, that just fade away


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Oct 13 2002 8:54PM
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aggro_sk8
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i don't know how much of this is true, so don't quote me. but a friend told me julien was the creator of armada, when rossi found out, they based the scratch off armada skis, and julien is a good friend of the owner of lib-tec, and he's letting julien use the presses. like i said, don't quote me, this is what i was told

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Oct 13 2002 9:03PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41
he could of gotten raps and easily mixed up, i dono. thats cool that armada has side contracts with tocobell, and nike. i know nothing about them, i guess i will just have to wait and see.
Oct 13 2002 9:27PM
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ahhahahahahahahahah...........you idiot, you realy think armada would involve themselves with taco bell or nike, ha....the kid was fucking around. and if they were to do somthing as gay as that i would hardley call it 'cool'
Oct 13 2002 9:35PM
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snowqueen
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WHO CARES WHO SKIS ON WHAT SKI!! GET OVER IT. Just go out and ski.
Oct 13 2002 9:55PM
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aclsarescary
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Does taco Bell and Nike really have side contracts to support armada? Thats preatty funny.

Maybee the kid that's saying 'lib tach makes skis'is almost right, maybee armada is a branch from lib tech.................

.............wouldn't that be crazy!
Oct 13 2002 10:05PM
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mammothpunks
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or maybe you all should just die!

i would like that verymuch so
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Oct 13 2002 10:08PM
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good deal clause...

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Oct 13 2002 10:25PM
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Ds91260
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armada? whats that?
Oct 13 2002 10:26PM
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Shane_McWannabe
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Alright I really dont care bought all this but I gots a question. The Scratch is supposedly designed with the input if Tanner, Boyd and Raps.
Last year they (Tanner, Boyd, Raps) were all saying how rossi is pushing it and the scratch is going to be the sickest ski, and they had a hand in developing it and all this shit. And then those 3 leave, after they get what they want from Rossi.
They may have been just hyping up the scratch, I dunno. Rossi builds th ski they want and then they all leave.


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Oct 13 2002 10:38PM
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123ski
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dude, agrosk8 julien didnt start it, anThony Boronowski did
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Oct 13 2002 10:39PM
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kevywevy
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i say good for them!!! fight the man. screw the huge companies who really don't care about newschool. let them put all their money into racing shit and all the old fucks out there. see how long they will last after all those old people die. newschool will slowly become the wave of the future of skiing and they will be screwed. besides isn't rossi's only twin tip the scratch?? you would think they would at least have 3 kinds.


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Oct 13 2002 10:42PM
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Jibtech
Posts: 2523 - Karma: 227
Okay everyone needs to stop again. Some of the shit on here is true, MOST is not. Just cool your damn jets for two more days... The website will explain everything, give details as to what kind of skis are being be made and when and where you can get them, that much is fact.

Just deal with not knowing for two more days.
Oct 13 2002 10:52PM
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kevywevy
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yeah i think dave is right. im gonna be glad once all of these damn armada threads are gone. there has been about 20,000,000 of them.


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Oct 13 2002 11:06PM
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c_gp
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I use my Scratches with pride.
Armada can blow me
Oct 13 2002 11:06PM
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Big_Willy
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You guys really need to ski.



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Oct 13 2002 11:16PM
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kevywevy
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yeah if i don't get to ski soon im gonna go kill somebody. somebody like Jack Frost!!!!!! i'll teach hime to keep winter away from me for soooo long!!!


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Oct 13 2002 11:19PM
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SUpilot
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yeah snowqueen
Oct 13 2002 11:19PM
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c_gp
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wouldn't jack frost be the good guy?


Oct 14 2002 12:11AM
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kevywevy
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shut up im just mad!!!! who would it be then?? john sunny?? ok im just gonna shut up now. im making an ass of myself again.


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Oct 14 2002 12:15AM
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yetirolfe
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my friend told me that he talked to i think pete olonick who was riding on them this summer and he said he broke like 5 pairs ina couple dayz
Oct 14 2002 12:17AM
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LifeJacket
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Only if he builds a decent park this year
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Oct 14 2002 12:20AM
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alpentalik
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you asked for it...




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Oct 14 2002 12:31AM
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i own armada
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Oct 14 2002 12:38AM
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kevywevy
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thats not jack frost!!!!! thats that guy from night rider!!!!


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Oct 14 2002 12:40AM
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aclsarescary
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Go here and Buy:Salomons, K2's, Heads or Volkls and you'll be set. Then you won't need to think about armada.

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Oct 14 2002 12:49AM
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kevywevy
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they rip you off, just like sturtevants


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Oct 14 2002 12:53AM
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deathrider
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Chris O'cconell from Pbp and freeze(photographer and film maker) is da team manage for armada!!
Oct 14 2002 12:53AM
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Balmdogg
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but comparing line to rossignol is wrong, you should compare the twin tips section of rossi to line bbecause i dont think money from the rossi race skis goes into developing better twintips. im probably wrong but thats my thought.
Oct 14 2002 1:34AM
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aclsarescary
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Alpine Doesn't rip you off. They sell there stuff at the price where they make some money. So they can go home at night and feed there families. Also Sturtevants is all for show. They arent as friendly.
Oct 14 2002 1:38AM
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Is NIKE supporting Armada?
Thats horrible!
Oct 14 2002 10:42AM
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dyna-dogg
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this armada thing is going to be just like snowboarding has been for the last several seasons. A new company comes out, everyone jumps on the bandwagon for the first one or two seasons, then they realize how poorly made the equipment is, and the company goes under. Then everyone goes on to the next new, cool, underground brand that makes crappy stuff. Don't believe the hype! At least not until the stuff has been around for several years and doesn't fall apart. You can't get a warranty from a company that doesn't exist anymore.
Oct 14 2002 11:01AM
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RideBLUNT
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I think it's a GREAT move. All the pros shouldn't be just with the huge companies, skiing will start to become like Snowboarding, with all the pros preppily hanging out with the largest manufacturors. They need to support what they think is right, and when i'm a pro, i'm gonna definetely support a company that does only twin-tips and is just starting off. It's GREAT!
Oct 14 2002 11:06AM
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deathrider
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THIS IS THE WHOLE TRUTH...CHRIS OCCONELL IS THE TEAM MANAGER OF ARMADA,IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD IN HERE AND YOU ARE NOT SURE,YOU NOW KNOW WHO ASK BEFORE SAYING A BAD STUPID THING LIKE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DID IN THE RECENT TWO MONTHS....
Oct 14 2002 12:50PM
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mammothpunks
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sorry, but iberg is the team manager
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Oct 14 2002 1:36PM
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NoTeefa
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actually i heard some rumor about seth morrison being the team manager. or am i just making that up?


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Oct 14 2002 1:39PM
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alpentalik
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i thought it was glen plake and the guy that owns johnson and johnson was doing graphics?


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Oct 14 2002 1:46PM
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GarrettBrittain
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You guys are all idiots:

Its the store clerk for the San Diego Taco Bell that is the team manager. Everyone in Happy Dayz left their sponsors, and all work for Armada now. There will only be two pro skiers now, the Schrabs... The rest of the pros that work for Armada were forced to move to Venezuala to make Armada skis out of bamboo in a small clay hut. Nike is changing it's name to Amanda, so thats where the confusion is.
Oct 14 2002 2:08PM
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dez22
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schrabs and there double backs and fronts owns everyone now huh?
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Oct 14 2002 2:23PM
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