AVANT SKI COMPANY

Pls see the below media links reporting on the AVANT Ski Company's Big Tupper skis, and possibly moving their plant to Tupper Lake and BT:
AVANT SKI PRESS CONF INFO.....

Here are links to other regional press coverage of this announcement:

Freeskier Magazine: http://freeskier.com/articles/article.php?article_id=5694

The Press Republican: http://pressrepublican.com/breaking2/x714134213/Avant-brings-home-high-performance-skis

WCAX TV:  http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=13648320

Watertown Daily Times: http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20101210/NEWS05/312109979

They put the " Custom Avant Big Tupper Skis w/lifetime season pass " up on Ebay today. Oughta bump up the bid. http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Avant-Big-Tupper-Skis-Lifetime-Season-Pass-/200553201705?pt=Skiing&hash=item2eb1e70029

How do you use your season pass after the skis are toast in 2-3 yrs

Thanks for the question - In addition to the embedded season pass, the skis will come with a printed pass and the owner's name will be registered with the Ski Lodge.

From Big Tupper's Facebook page:

"Avant Ski Company founders Joel Nashett and Ben Callaghan will be at Big Tupper this Saturday at 12 noon, to deliver the premium life time pass, Ski Big Tupper skis. They will also be bringing several pairs of the limited edition skis that include a 5-year ski pass to Big Tupper..."

Sure would like to hear a review of how they ski. I like the idea of an upstart company and a local one at that, but so far no ski review data is avaliable.

A month or so ago I posted a suggestion on Avant's FB page that Harv's crew and especially Powderqueen would be great testers for Avant.

Hope it comes thru.

I think their idea of a slopeside ski factory is very progressive.

Latest Ski Magazine had a review of several "Indy" ski manufacturers. Pricing on almost all the brands listed was well below what I saw for the Avant brand. Seems like a longshot coming into the market with pricing near the top and no real ski company experience to point to while many of the Indy owners had several yrs experience with major manufacturers. As far as a lifetime season pass to BT, wouldn't it seem logical to wait and see if the development gets off the ground first?