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By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 03:41:53 +0000

Personally, for me a good Brand start with Quality, Innovation, fun and performance riding factor… They can use any pricing or any marketing strategy (over produce or sell out). As a customer, I will always be willing to pay the price for good Quality, Innovation, fun and performance riding factor 😉 And I am glad to see that in 2012 (so many choices), competition is stronger than ever, to push all the industry to the next level of performance for 2013… Snowboarding is still good and we should see a lot of innovation in the future in my opinion…

By: JG

JG — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:00:18 +0000

Yeah Right, Thanks for the feedback. And yes you are right, it was unfair for me to generalize. But to be fair I wasn’t actually talking about Rome in that answer. I do rep other brands that were left stranded by the for mentioned hypocrisy. Eesa is one of those said brands. Its the same with a Bluebrid Wax, or a Remind Insole or Bond Outerwear for example. But ya I hear ya. As for the Copelands reference. I’m not sure Rome ever shipped product to them before their bankruptcy in 2006. Rome was and still is doing business with the same dealer base from that very same year. I love every one of my dealers and the partnerships my agency has with them. Thats why I knew I’d get some shit for that reply, self inflicted I might add. But to shed some light on Rome’s numbers, as an average Rome has a 70% sell thru rate at brick and motar stores. You might have been thinking of some other brands that have irresponsibly over produced product in the past to then play the close out game. The SDS is very authentic and has yet to sell out. Rome is independently owned by snowboarders with a very solid history. We aren’t trying to be the same size as our competition, just the only true alterative to them. Thanks for your opinion man. Its worthy! JG

By: yeah right

yeah right — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:16:37 +0000

hypocrasy goes both ways graham, rome claims core, but they are the first to sell out, you should get shit for that answer, you are generalizing all shops. The reality is rome tried to be burtons size in a few years. Boots , clothes, boards, copelands at 40 off in december. People probably didn’t want to pay their bill cause they still had 70% of the product.

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:38:30 +0000

“you don’t get what you don’t ask for”…fuck yeah graham you are the man!

By: Mike W.

Mike W. — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:24:32 +0000

Grahamy’s answer to the last question sums him up in a lot of ways…

By: Martin Beran

Martin Beran — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:09:44 +0000

Nice interview John! Diggin the in depth answers for sure!!

By: lando

lando — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:55:21 +0000

Hell yeah! Awsome to see a former Snowbowl warrior make it!

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:19:48 +0000

Great Interview!!