Anybody have any info on Peak Skis and those shitbags Bode Miller and Andy Wirth?
Looks like they may be winding down after once again convincing investors to part with their hard earned cash.
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Anybody have any info on Peak Skis and those shitbags Bode Miller and Andy Wirth?
Looks like they may be winding down after once again convincing investors to part with their hard earned cash.
Seems like a lot of people like them, despite the bode keyhole BS factor. Heard some positive things here, blister, etc. Wish they had a little less camber but I hope they don't tank.
Saw a couple of dentists on SkiTalk debating it and thought I'd call them and ask what the deal is. Phones don't seem to be working so I'd say 'dem fucks are in the toilet where they belong.
Social media appears to still be active.
You tried to call them to ask, or were you just going to hang up if they answered?Quote:
Originally Posted by googledidoo
That’s a lot of fucks given there guy. The brand never appealed to me, but in the spectrum of the world, one of the more innocuous enterprises going.
Was going to call them to ask what the deal is about all their backordered shit and if they are still in business. Their phones don't appear to be working.
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Originally Posted by One (+) Sentence
You have obviously never met Andy Wirth or you'd know what I mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by cat in january
I have not. Best of luck with your vendetta.Quote:
Originally Posted by googledidoo
Really. Sounds like he was an employee that got shit canned.Quote:
Originally Posted by One (+) Sentence
No it’s true, Andy Wirth is a giant piece of shit. Bode is as dumb as a rock. This makes me very happy.
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Andy Wirth... the first guy to ever re-invent a ski resort's power supply is a piece of shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
Oh.. and Bode... one of America's greatest ski racers of all time... is dumb as a rock.
I guess we should just all listen to buttahflake.
I skied the 98. It was a pretty fukn good ski. Highly enjoyed my time on them. No comment about Miller or Wirth.
Wasn't Wirth in business with the Saudi prince who murdered the journalist, Khashoggi?
Also, I heard Wirth banged googledidoo's mom.
Hearing from legit sources that they are still up & running. Sorry all w/ pitchforks.
Strange then that we're almost into September and all their skis are shown as either out of stock or back ordered.Quote:
Originally Posted by iriponsnow
This guy skied 5million vert at the vill in 125 days on Peak skis. He said he likes them but the owner guys didn't really seem inclined to hook him up much.
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Pretty.sure I saw wirth mowing the overgrown grass yesterday. I'm walking distance.from peak hq. Place always looks dead. I like elan skis. Grew up on em.
Wasn’t he was also in Wuhan December of 2019?Quote:
Originally Posted by I've seen black diamonds!
Doing what I don’t know
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Originally Posted by Djongo Unchained
at a measly 40,000 feet o' vert per day, i can see why.
^ This, now sure why everyone has not picked up that they are Coors Lite Elan’s? If ya like an Elan w a shotgun hole go for it, but revolutionary? Nah bruh.Quote:
Originally Posted by byates1
Meh, whatever…
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Yeah, shitty to see people dump on a potentially rad ski company. I don't really buy into the keyhole marketing hype, but I very well could have bought into a Bode ski-- Davenport joined in at one point as well. It's too bad they let their marketing faces overtake their reputations as skiers. Or-- what the hell do I know? Who knows why it didn't grow?
I could very easily buy a ski designed by Bode and Dav if I felt it had their souls in it.
I just never felt that. And I think that's why they're kind of fading into the horizon.
"More business than skier." and all that...
I was once hired to build Japan's first ski resort powered by solar energy. I emailed back and forth with Wirth for guidance and he was incredibly responsive. He never saw me as a threat and wanted nothing but success for our project. I have a hard time believing outsiders that want to shut him down.
I failed. But he didn't fail before me. And after he succeeded, he wanted me to follow suit... to no benefit to him.
I never got to meet him... but I'd go so far as to say he was one of the most supportive online business entities that I have ever encountered.
As to ties to the Saudi Prince... that makes me cringe.
As to ties to Elan... you all love 4frnt, right? And Plake's Ripsticks?
Nobody cares about where anything is made anymore. We care about designs. And the souls of who designed whatever we wanna buy. Hence, my previous comment about a Bode/Dav designed ski. I'd buy that. I'd be all over an all-mountain ski designed by Dav and tweaked by Bode. Are you fucking kidding me? (It's like Kastle meets Head...haha)
How two of America's most iconic skiers failed to start a ski company... with the support of one of America's most iconic resort developers... really heeds all ears up.
How is Peak not leading the industry right now? That's the real question.
You’re having trouble following along, suffice to say, Wirth is a grade A douchebag and Bode is too stupid to care. Buh-by Peak
Gaijin - I recommend talking to some people who have business dealings with those two twats for insights.
Peak's marketing plan is/was hilarious. They must think we're even dumber than Bode.
Karma usually wins in the end.
4frnt is made in a small shop in eastern Canada
Yes there and in Slovenia by Elan
Dav is still shilling for them.
You don't know what you're talking about. Everyone in the Tahoe area knows Wirth is a piece of shit (see: everything that happened with Squaw). There's a reason he was absolutely despised. Total douchebag.Quote:
Originally Posted by gaijin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7rUZxHFb_E
their fate was sealed when they took down the gsa sticker. they stood no chance.
all hail gsa
I’ll believe you, then. Bummer to read. Peak could have been rad.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
One thing I can say is a lot of good skiers I know at Big Sky ski Peak skis and speak very highly of them. Took awhile to catch on but I saw a lot of those skis in the tram line last season.
I just don’t know why one would get Peak skis with many better options. ON3P for one.
Those two brands make completely different types of skis. Not much crossover in their target skier types.Quote:
Originally Posted by The SnowShow
Both Bode and Dav are two of my coming-of-age heroes. I'd love to ride their conglomerate all-mountain ski.
But Dav wearing his Red Bull hat and Norrona T-shirt in his Peak 104 vid is quite telling. He's still marketing more than designing.
Bummer. It was a rad team of various styles of skiers coming together to create an all-mountain quiver. But the latter end of my perspective is that these guys don't even ski anymore.
Why in the world is Redbull and Norrona in your foundational ski promo vid... that is also only 1 minute long?
Goddamnit. Gaijin is frustrated again. I do this-- I overanalyze and type too much about people that inspire me and upset me.
Sorry about that. My name is Gaijin for a reason. I feel like a foreigner all the time. I'm always confused as to why such successful skiers could fail so hard.
https://youtu.be/Jdr9pgWK11I?si=0ePVYCldqNJBcHoj
Tbf, you watch this and realize just how gnarly bode is. Unreal skier. Gotta give him that.
Gaijin,
You gotta separate the man from the athlete. Bode is a badass skier, and one of the greatest American racers of all time. No arguments on that.
But the character of him, well let's just say watch your money around that guy. Look up all his failed business ventures, and there are many of them. He sold out to Bomber skis and Crosson skis before doing this venture. He did an app called Skeo, and he was going to open up Bode Miller Academy when he suddenly pulled out. He always seems to do financially well on those failures while others lose.
Why do you think he often partners with that piece of shit, Andy Wirth. They are two scum buckets.
Dav has a much better reputation but unfortunately he loses some of that by selling out and taking a paycheck from Peak. Dav had no design input on those Peak skis with his name on it. They were already designed and called the Peak SC model before Dav sold out and joined Peak as an athlete. Then they renamed the ski Peak by Dav.
Bode has been selling his name for years to make a buck off of people who admire his tremendous skill at skiing. It's one thing to do that, but he is a charlatan in the way he does it.
This is the last I will say on it, but look this shit up and talk to people who have dealt with Bode or Wirth.
So you're saying your not a fan?