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TREEHOUSE OVERVIEW //
Here are a few of the Skis we currently carry at Jackson Treehouse - more information will be posted soon.
www.jacksontreehouse.com
ARMADA SKIS //
Armada bills itself as skiing's first rider-owned, rider-operated manufacturer, and its team of high-profile, sponsored pros are central to the brand image and the product design process. Armada is known to the general public largely due to its association with multiple-time Winter X Games champion Tanner Hall, who is a founding team rider. In addition, Armada is credited with helping to shift mainstream perception of skiing in a younger, more dynamic direction through its unusual graphics and savvy marketing.
www.armadaskis.com/
LIB-TECH SKIS //
The most recent and noteworthy design from LibTech is Magne-Traction. Introduced last fall, Magne-Traction is LibTech’s solution for the dead spot between the two bindings on a snowboard. Essentially, Magne-Traction is seven bumps on each edge of the board resembling a serrated edge of a knife and provide more edge contact points than just the tip and tail. According to Saari, Magne-Traction increases edge hold and control on icy conditions, power when initiating turns, and fun. “You can really focus where you want the board to contact the snow than just focusing on your tip and tail,” asserts Saari. “Magne-Traction provides better edge hold and longer, tighter arcs and decreases the chance of blowing out on turns.” Sounds weird, but so did deep sidecuts.
“They have great edge hold and feel pretty normal otherwise,” says Jay Moore, the owner of World Boards, a hip snowboard shop in Bozeman, Montana. “The edge hold is a bonus when you are in firm snow.”
Then how did skis fit into the equation? According to Bland, he and his ski patrolmen buddies at Mt. Baker have been “annoying” Saari and the Seattle-based company for years to make skis. “We’ve been wanting to do this forever and we wanted to grow our brand,” says Saari.
http://www.libtechnas.com/
UNITY SKIS //
We’ve been hand-building snowboards in our Silverthorne, Colorado factory for twelve years, and during those years we had friends ask us over and over again to build skis for them. And so four years ago, we finally did. Since 2004 we’ve been working hard on ski R&D and are now proud to offer a full line of Unity skis.
http://www.unityskis.com/
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