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Adidas buys 5Ten

Buff Johnson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2005 · Points: 1,145

Bring back the stripes!!

and one-piece fruit suits

& Sending, yes, that's the first thing I thought

Jason Halladay · · Los Alamos, NM · Joined Oct 2005 · Points: 15,153

I just hope this means I'll be able to buy a pair of Five Ten track pants.

Scott Grover · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 0

Never buying a pair of 5.10's again, jus sayin

mattm · · TX · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 1,885
Killis Howard wrote:Who bought Cloudveil? They used to make good stuff...
I think Spyder did. Then the brand did poorly (or was managed poorly) went up in flames and now I think is in the midst of rising from the ashes.
GMBurns · · The Fucking Moon, man, the… · Joined Jul 2008 · Points: 470

I'm pretty sure Prana is just as well known (if not more) as a yoga company as they are as a climbing company. I have doubts that LC bought Prana to market toward climbers.

JoeP · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2006 · Points: 0
muttonface wrote: They don't get that this isn't the suburbs where people will buy something because a rapper wore it in a video, or because movie star so and so endorses the brand.
Yeah, it's totally not like climbers shelling out $50+ for cheap quality Sanuk shoes because Sharma markets them. Or everyone and their mother and children walking around the city in Patagucci jackets...totally different than the suburbs.

Thing is that they do "get it," people buy high end outdoor apparel to fit in, look a certain way, or to keep up with the Joneses. I am surprised that Prana didn't do well in department stores, especially given the success of Lululemon - talk about overpriced sport apparel that has blown up in popularity.
Eastvillage · · New York, NY · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 80

Expect Adidas to move all manufacturing to China within a year or two.

Five Ten going the route of Black Diamond, etc.

F**k them all.

Khoi · · Vancouver, BC · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 45
muttonface wrote:I've honestly never heard of Lulelemon. What do they make?
According to some guys, they make White girls' asses worth looking at.
fat cow · · St. Paul, MN · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 10

hahahaha, hey now there are some white girls with back out there

Forthright · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 110

From a mtb website/standpoint but it's ACTUAL information strait from 5.10.

vitalmtb.com/photos/feature…

I feel like there is more e-speculation and bickering/ e-fights here than there is on some biking and paintball websites where most members are less than 18 years old.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

General Climbing
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