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03-22-2005, 10:33 AM
Ubersheist

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Originally Posted by splat

He then proceeds to tell me he works at a shop in Santa Monica and has mounted a bunch of Bros. I look at him and say " Don't talk that shit to me. You've never even seen them before." And he insists he's mounted "at least three pair." Since I know where I've shipped every pair of Bros, and none have gone into Santa Monica, I can say with certainty that people are now trying to be hip just by claiming they know about the Bros. Weird.

I'll bet that dude works at Doc's. They're the only 1/2 way decent shop in Santa Monica ('xcept the Surefoot, but they don't mount many skis). And they're incredibly big bullsh!ters over there.
03-22-2005, 10:42 AM
verbier61

hey I've been extensively using BROs in crud this WE and they :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: unfortunately people was too much busy at looking at the xtreme to take care at anything else
03-22-2005, 12:28 PM
TomK

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Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

I have got to stop reading this stuff.
It blows out my floating point processor with formulae like:
x = (NO_SNOW)+(NO_BROS)+(BORREGO_SPRINGS);

You and me both Buster. I'm not busting Splat's chops on the delay since they never would have seen fresh PNW snow. That's why I asked for mine to be one of the last ones made this year (Well, that and the production bug killings). Going to get them mounted & tuned at 1 & 2 and spend the summer waxing 'em. I figure 20 waxings should do it. :wink:
03-22-2005, 12:34 PM
irul&ublo

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Originally Posted by splat

Yes. It will increase your level of prestige. But if you want to increase your level of skiing, you'll have to get some Bros.

Thanks Splat...I was concerned that a sticker for a Nevada ski company wouldn't work on a German ski.
03-22-2005, 01:30 PM
G

Splat,

That guy from Santa Monica wasn't kidding. There's already a slew of cheap knock-off Bros that have been imported from china.

I hear that Boston Mills already has a fleet of bros in the rental shop, in sizes down to 145cm.
03-22-2005, 02:17 PM
splat

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Originally Posted by irul&ublo

Thanks Splat...I was concerned that a sticker for a Nevada ski company wouldn't work on a German ski.

Please have a qualified German shop professional perform the application.
Gringos really mess things up with stickers.
03-22-2005, 10:47 PM
13

I saw some dude twice recently with a set of bros in the GMD. Didn't recognize the outfit but I think the word is getting out to non-mags.

Got any blem-bros available, splat? Daddy got a raise recently. :cool:
03-22-2005, 11:25 PM
splat

Sorry. No blems.
03-23-2005, 09:11 AM
Cornholio

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Originally Posted by Geoff

Splat,
I hear that Boston Mills already has a fleet of bros in the rental shop, in sizes down to 145cm.

This is a fact. It's a cheap knockoff, from 142 to 178, and 68cm waists. They're mounted with Marker rental bindings.

They're a light blue but instead of the bomber on the tip there's a Cessna 140.

They're called the Woe Model.
03-23-2005, 09:13 AM
bad_roo

Fo Models?
03-23-2005, 09:29 AM
Cornholio

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Originally Posted by bad_roo

Fo Models?

You've never actually been to Boston Mills, I take it...
03-23-2005, 09:31 AM
doofdoof

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Originally Posted by 13

I saw some dude twice recently with a set of bros in the GMD. Didn't recognize the outfit but I think the word is getting out to non-mags.

Got any blem-bros available, splat? Daddy got a raise recently. :cool:

That would have been me .....
03-23-2005, 09:46 AM
bad_roo

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Originally Posted by Cornholio

You've never actually been to Boston Mills, I take it...

No, I've yet to experience the magic that is Boston Mills.

I was going for Fo as in Faux as opposed to Shizzle.
03-23-2005, 10:02 AM
Cornholio

Gotcha.

The french would have been over our heads, anyway. We don't like words that end in x.
03-23-2005, 10:03 AM
splat

Yeah, like sex.
03-23-2005, 10:06 AM
Cornholio

See? I hate that one. And "box."
03-23-2005, 10:09 AM
Cornholio

I do like the word "minx," though.
03-23-2005, 10:10 AM
splat

Jinx. That one sucks.
03-23-2005, 10:31 AM
Gman64

I just got back from 6 days in UT on Monday. The BROs shipped to my hotel on Friday (thanks to Splat and his phone tenacity). So I finally got to ski them Saturday and Sunday. I was so lucky that we got a huge dump on Sunday to really ski them in the powder. I'm a midwestern maggot so I’ve got very limited experience to true powder days, but these things totally rocked the pow!!! Splat told me to ski them anywhere like I was on a race course and I did. I ran them through moguls, steeps, crud, anything I could find and they are flawless. I can honestly say there’s nothing I wish these skis could do better.
I got questions from a dozen people easily on Saturday. Mostly along the lines of “those things are huge, how can you ski on them?” “Aren’t they too long for you?” “Aren't they powder skis?” etc. The smile on my face probably told them they were wrong, but in case it didn't, I just said “they do everything - well”.

Again, my extreme gratitude to Splat for keeping on top of the shipper and getting them in my hands.
03-23-2005, 10:51 AM
Gman64

Semi-off-topic here, but as BobMc noted at Deer Valley, I also noticed at Brighton on Sunday that almost everyone was in the cafeteria or base lodge the entire day. The ski racks outside the buildings were full while on the hill it seemed almost empty. There was a foot of fresh powder out there - WTF? My only guess is that most "touristy" skiers find it very difficult to snowplow through a foot of powder. In fact, the green groomers were less cut up than the blacks and double blacks. Being a midwestern JONG, I don't have much experience with "powder days", but does this generally hold true?
03-23-2005, 11:06 AM
ski4life

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Originally Posted by Twoplanker

Skiing single on the Bros is the hardest because you're always on the chair with strangers. I get the questions too, but when I explain that I'm an owner of the company, I get drawn into even longer conversations. It's a lot of fun. Honestly, I think some people think that I'm full of shit.

A little girl said something interesting to me not long ago. She said "Either those skis are really old, or they're really new." Not sure what that means, but I like it. The Bros are timeless.

:p

As the owner, it's good you get so many questions about your ski, because it creates some buzz about them, this can ultimately lead to more customers don't you think?
03-23-2005, 11:20 AM
splat

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Originally Posted by ski4life

As the owner, it's good you get so many questions about your ski, because it creates some buzz about them, this can ultimately lead to more customers don't you think?

True. But the only customers we're concerned about right now are the ones that live right here. Picking up ten pair today that will close the order filling gap to about eight other pair to satisfy all orders. Then we'll have another ten pair available for new orders.
And I can collapse.
03-23-2005, 12:04 PM
ole2planker

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Originally Posted by splat

Then we'll have another ten pair available for new orders.

My nightmare has just been realized. Thinking there would be no mo bros til next year, I just purchased a pair of B2s (got a great end of season price). How the fuck can I explain another pair of new skis to my wife?
03-23-2005, 04:25 PM
splat

Better skiing makes for better sex.
03-23-2005, 04:29 PM
Buster Highmen

I hope to be the counterexample.
03-23-2005, 05:25 PM
Telenater

Soooo Eager for them...... I'm almost down to one pair of operational skis.... (the 4x4 Bigs mounted alpine). The Teledaddies are being coddled so that they make it to and back from Pear Lake Hut.
03-23-2005, 05:51 PM
Shepherd Wong

I met a dude named Seth on Bros at Snowbird yesterday. Cool guy, cool skies.
03-23-2005, 05:53 PM
AltaPowderDaze

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Originally Posted by Shepherd Wong

I met a dude named Seth on Bros at Snowbird yesterday. Cool guy, cool skies.

that'd be me. did i ski baldy with you?
03-23-2005, 05:57 PM
Shepherd Wong

Nah came down Silverfox. I'm Alex the dude on the black shred stick.
:cool:
03-23-2005, 06:09 PM
AltaPowderDaze

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Originally Posted by Shepherd Wong

Nah came down Silverfox. I'm Alex the dude on the black shred stick.
:cool:

nice meeting you up there. today was even good after the warm up. i made 3 trams after work on tele. i plan to get back up after work tomorrow also but this time on the bros. i got stuck working evey day this week but that won't stop me. i'm just starting to get back into an inbounds mode again.
03-23-2005, 08:06 PM
splat

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Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

I hope to be the counterexample.

One more youngin' and you will epitomize the plight of the Bro-less.

I'm not making funny intentionally, BustedBro. Your skis are done Sunday, I was just told. Today's batch was almost all softs. :confused: :cussing:

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