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Are faction skis any good?

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dolanslebensraum
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I wouldnt trust factions products unless they syphoned off some good ski engineers from companies like volkl head rossi fischer etc.
otherwise its a meme ski.
Nov 6 2019 10:03PM 1 2
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animator
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Why did you post this as a question if you don’t have a question? Regardless, I’ve had great experiences with their products. I have a pair of CT 1.0s from 3 years ago that have withstood abuse and keep coming back for more
Nov 6 2019 10:22PM 2 0
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jps2.0
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has anyone here skied the faction dictator 1.0 or 2.0s
Nov 7 2019 12:28AM 1 0
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LukeTheWaffle
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They're amazing skis but the durability is hit or miss. my candide 2s are 80 days with not much damage, meanwhile some people's break in 5 days. But all the 19 ones and up seem to be better
Nov 7 2019 1:41AM 0 0
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Brayblade
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As far as I know Faction changed where they make their skis so durability should be better
Nov 7 2019 11:39AM 0 0
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1uka
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i had 2.0s from 2017 and they got pretty destroyed over a season as a daily ski... their new ones are a lot more durable though
Nov 7 2019 12:00PM 0 0
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B.Quincy
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BraybladeAs far as I know Faction changed where they make their skis so durability should be better


Yep, they are phasing into being made in the Atomic/Salomon factory this year and a good amount of them were made there for this years batch I believe as well.
Nov 7 2019 12:46PM 1 0
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BigTexas
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To be fair, even though some of the old skis may have not been super durable.... they always were awesome with warranty. I rode some candides in the park and hit rails and they broke after a few days and they sent me a new pair no questions asked
Nov 7 2019 1:58PM 1 0
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