I was about say the same thing about the ski industry. Salamon, K2, Rossignol, Head, Helly Hansen, DaKine, and other companies chose to sell their goods through sport check. I for one do not see an issue with this, and neither does my boss who owns the ski store i work at. We still sell Salomon, Rossignol, and Helly Hansen, and if we had room to sell the others we would. We offer the same products for around the same price, the only people you see buying the products at sport check are people who are just getting into the sport or people who are very casual and only use their equipment a few times a season, and for the most part every one of Sport Checks suppliers for their snow sports only supply them with base to mid level products. The people who buy their products from Sport Check eventually get into a independent ski shop, who tunes their equipment and sells them items that Sport Check does not offer or products that are slightly higher in price than sport check. I shop at mec, not for high end items mind you or biking/skiing/climbing/ or kayaking items. All raceface is doing is increasing their consumer base, and in turn bringing more people into the sport, and eventually more people into local bike stores.

hey i decided that due to the fact that there is no dirt or street biking anywhere near my town to develop a dirt jump section near my trails, going out sunday to check the lines. I will take my camera and send off shots to you.