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In the vast and multi-billion-dollar snowsports industry,there exist dozens of boutique ski brands that are small, privately-ownedoperations catering to connoisseurs willing to drop large cash for boardscustomized to their particular snow-sliding niche. The outfits, including thelikes of Aluflex, BumTribe and Grown Skis, might manufacture a few hundredpairs a season, selling to a demographic of likeminded freeskiers, powderseekers or Concord replica watches heli enthusiasts. I compare the boutique brands to independentsurfboard shapers, said Kelly Davis, director of research at SnowSportsIndustries America in McLean, Va. A lot of people are living their dream,trying to make the best ski possible.
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