![]() The Chinese don’t ride so we’re not supporting snowboardersĪlright do we really need snowboarders working in a factory to make our boards? Do you need a gamer making your Xbox or a programmer assembling your Ipod? No, it’s a tedious mind numbing task so who should give a shit about who is putting it together.So here’s the typical arguments about why China is bad and the U.S. How many of you have been able to get 100 days or more out of your boots and bindings? Was their failure or product death ultimately because you used and abused them for their intended purpose or was it just manufacturing defect? I ask the question about the boots since 95% of you are riding boots made over there and it’s also the one piece of equipment that takes more abuse than anything else. ![]() Other than Spark and possibly Karakorum (not 100% sure on them being made in America) can anyone think of a company making bindings in North America? I know there are factories in Europe that make them but those seem to have become few and far between these days. Your boots or bindings are more than likely made in China. Or at least the biggest reasons the anti-China people claim. If you look at how much presence K2 has and how people are actively seeking their stuff out, I’d say they’ve escaped the ‘curse’ of Chinese made production. ![]() Their quality control wasn’t what it is today and because of that they suffered. #CRAZY SNOWBOARD BINDINGS PRO#What can you say about China that hasn’t already been said in this global economy we live in? You can sit on one side of the fence that just doesn’t care where your product is made as long as it works or you can be all pro ‘Merica FUCK YEAH! Has China really become such a detriment to snowboardings future?ĭoes anyone else remember when K2 moved production from Vashon Island to China? I remember it pretty well and how bad their products were for the first couple years. ![]()
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