RMU are currently made at Utopie, but are reportedly moving to the Blizzard Factory for next season. Adding yet another layer of complication, brands often change factory from year to year. For example, this year's Armada ARV 96, 86, and B-Dogs are all made in the Czech Republic, while the Edollo, ARV 106 and many others are made in the Atomic factory in Austria. Since brands without their own factories frequently change manufacturer, the best way to know for sure is to look for the “Made In…” on the skis themselves.īrands can also make different skis in several different factories.

Through digging around online, and with help from my friends at evo, this is the most accurate guide to manufacture we could come up with. Instead they outsource, leaving the duty of production to other brands (often owned by the same holding company) with their own factories or to OEM factories in any number of locations across the globe. Most companies do not publish where their skis are made but simply put, the majority of companies do not build their own skis.

We spent the last couple of months researching the topic in an effort to bring some clarity and inform the consumer of who builds what skis, where. In skiing, consumers are rarely given an insight into production aside from a handful of small brands who base much of their marketing on producing locally. With the language of international politics turning more hostile to globalization, knowledge of where a product is made has become increasingly important to (some) shoppers.

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