Kneissl going out of business

[wa-loaf]

http://skiingbusiness.com/5640/newswire/kneissl-could-liquidate-by-june-15/

I guess I wasn't really aware they still were in business.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

yikes...I have a bud who is an area rep for them...he will be bummed.

 

[snowmonster]

I guess I wasn't really aware they still were in business.

Same. I guess they were the same as Olin and Volant: once great brands that are barely alive. In this case, finally dead. I won't be surprised though if the brand name is sold under bankruptcy and someone tries to resurrect the name.

 

[dmc]

they were still around?!?

 

[campgottagopee]

That's one pair of skis I don't recall ever owning.

 

[Stache]

Kneissel White Stars 204 cm. A really hot ski (in 1986).

 

[SkiDork]

I always wondered how that was pronounced.

neesel? nisel?

 

[4aprice]

I have an old pair of Kneissl White Stars 210 cm circa 1970-71 that my father skied on. In the day I remember they were touted as the best ski by the Austrian ski instructors that we knew at Madonna Mountain. They are in remarkable shape and would/will make a good bar decoration some day.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[Puck it]

I had a pair back in HS and early college. I forget the model though. Good skis, liked them a lot until I got 215cm Head skis.

 

[Nick]

Kneissel White Stars 204 cm. A really hot ski (in 1986).

My dad rode those skiis until like 2002. :beer:

 

[wa-loaf]

I always wondered how that was pronounced.

neesel? nisel?

In German when there is an ie or ei you pronounce the last letter. So ie = e and ei = i.

 

[Nick]

In German when there is an ie or ei you pronounce the last letter. So ie = e and ei = i.

Yeah, pronounced, "Nizel"

 

[SIKSKIER]

I always called my white stars "n eye zil"

 

[WWF-VT]

I always wondered how that was pronounced.

neesel? nisel?

bankrupt - baŋk-(ˌ)rəpt or in German - bankrott

 

[dmc]

I inherited a pair of White Stars from my Dad and quickly broke them back in the 80's...