What skis are manufactured/made here in the USA?

[Eddie]

I am not trying to start a political debate, nor have I anything against skis made outside of the USA. If anyone has a problem with my question, I apologize. Yet am curious about this. K2 skis are made in China. I found out that many of DPS skis are made in China, not in their Utah factory.

 

[jmeb]

Lots of custom people, but for non custom only:

Praxis
On3p
Moment
Icelantic
Fatypus
Rocky Mountain Underground
Lib Tech

And that's just a start.

What kind of skis are you looking for?

 

[Philpug]

I am not trying to start a political debate, nor have I anything against skis made outside of the USA. If anyone has a problem with my question, I apologize. Yet am curious about this. K2 skis are made in China. I found out that many of DPS skis are made in China, not in their Utah factory.

DPS makes skis both in the US and China. Icelantic and Platypus (not sure all) a few other come out of the NeverSummer plant. Mad Russian hand builds skis here.

 

[jmeb]

Shaggy skis (Michigan)

 

[crgildart]

You'd be hard pressed to find anything that's pure 100% US content. Edges, fiberglass sheeting, p-tex are all probably going to be Chinese made.. Almost everything going in to the press isn't US made anymore... but ya, there are plenty of small volume shops that still press skis here in the USA .

 

[Jerez]

Liberty Skis HQ in Avon, CO.

According to Wikipedia: However, one of the things that separates Liberty is they actually manufacture their own skis, while other small companies simply design them and contract out the production to a larger factory.

 

[jmeb]

Liberty Skis HQ in Avon, CO.

According to Wikipedia: However, one of the things that separates Liberty is they actually manufacture their own skis, while other small companies simply design them and contract out the production to a larger factory.

I'm 95% sure I've held Liberty Skis that were made in China. Their website is pretty mum on the issue of where they are actually constructed -- http://libertyskis.com/company/ . If they did manufacture here, I'm sure they'd be more explicit about it.

 

[jmeb]

Here's a thread with a lot of info on MiUSA skis.

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/236913-What-skis-are-made-in-America?styleid=33

Note that some of these may be out of date. Some companies (like DPS) start here, but then expand production and move partially to China.

 

[Philpug]

I'm 95% sure I've held Liberty Skis that were made in China. Their website is pretty mum on the issue of where they are actually constructed -- http://libertyskis.com/company/ . If they did manufacture here, I'm sure they'd be more explicit about it.

I will throw in the other 5%.

 

[crgildart]

Where do the components of @mad russian's skis come from?

 

[surfsnowgirl]

I just bought a pair of Meier skis. Well 4 months ago. Made 100% in Colorado.

 

[jmeb]

I just bought a pair of Meier skis. Well 4 months ago. Made 100% in Colorado.

Assembled in CO -- I'm pretty sure no one in this state manufactures the materials needed to make them.

AFAIK no one makes skis from 100% USA materials. Moment tries to source only MiUSA, but I think they only get to like 90% of materials.

 

[David Chaus]

You can tour ON3P's factory in Portland. They currently have this series of photos on their website listing the various steps to manufacturing skis.

https://shop.on3pskis.com/pages/factory

 

[mishka]

Where do the components of @mad russian's skis come from?

USA

 

[surfsnowgirl]

Meier skis

https://meierskis.com/pages/why-meier-our-history-and-philosophy

https://meierskis.com/pages/making-meier-skis

https://meierskis.com/pages/meier-ski-press

 

[Eddie]

Lots of custom people, but for non custom only:

Praxis
On3p
Moment
Icelantic
Fatypus
Rocky Mountain Underground
Lib Tech

And that's just a start.

What kind of skis are you looking for?

Nothing particular. Just curious which American Ski companies actually build skis here. Volkl in Germany, Atomic, Kastle factories in Austria, etc. Head makes many of their skis overseas in Europe.

 

[surfsnowgirl]

Nothing particular. Just curious which American Ski companies actually build skis here. Volkl in Germany, Atomic, Kastle factories in Austria, etc. Head makes many of their skis overseas in Europe.

Read up about Meier, they are pretty cool. I posted some links above about them and how their skis come to be in Colorado. They are all handmade from Colorado beetle kill pine trees. Links above in my earlier posting.

 

[jmeb]

USA

Cool. Even the edges? I heard (internet) rumors that it was neigh impossible to source high quality edges that were MiUSA.

 

[Philpug]

Nothing particular. Just curious which American Ski companies actually build skis here. Volkl in Germany, Atomic, Kastle factories in Austria, etc. Head makes many of their skis overseas in Europe.

Volkl make some of their skis in China. Kastle made some in Slovania. We are in a global market. Even some companies who's name is synonymous with a specific country, have skis built elsewhere.

 

[Dave Petersen]

DPS makes skis both in the US and China. Icelantic and Platypus (not sure all) a few other come out of the NeverSummer plant. Mad Russian hand builds skis here.

You mean "fat-ypus"?