While you're entitled to your opinion, it's a bummer that you didn't get all the facts before leaving this review. Maybe next time ask about the back story before bashing a brand. I took the time to ask the back story and thought I'd pass along what I learned😄 The company is Rocky Mountain Underground because it started in Breckenridge Colorado. 3 friends got their hands on a ski press, and decided to try making some skis in their basement. They started from nothing. As they began figuring out how to make halfway decent skis, they began trading them around the community for beer (typical skibum move) They didn't plan to make it in to a company and were just having fun with what they were doing. Since they didn't have a name for the skis, their "underground" ski operation was eventually nicknamed Rocky Mountain Underground by the locals. As they grew their knowledge and expanded the brand, the kept the name. They have since expanded and have 3 locations in total (Truckee being the newest one). They don't claim to be a local Truckee Company, as their roots are in Colorado. (Congrats to them on the success and being able to expand) The reason the skis are NOW made in a difference country is because the company has grown so much that they needed a real factory. They started working in Denver at the Neversummer facility, but that factory didn't work out. Eventually they landed on the current factory in Sweden. The original ski press still remains in Breckenridge where the company continues to create their models/prototypes, to then have them produced in the factory. The main reason the factory factory in Sweden was chosen, is because it is a carbon neutral facility. RMU believes in giving back to the mountains. As a company, they have a pledge to be carbon neutral by 2025 and are constantly making strides to achieve that goal. It's actually a really cool company/ Ski brand and the skis are great!