Can anyone give an update of the status of the company? Seems like everything is still on clearance with them promising new gear in 2019. Can anyone confirm?
Best is in debt.
Best has not yet even paid off their previous employees.
Best designer is gone and has already started his own brand with previous employee's who did not get paid from Best.
No team riders promoting Best gear.
Best website having a "fire sale" on gear.
No 2019 gear for sale 4 months after it should have come out.
Website only partially maintained to keep up appearances of Best still being in business so buyers think the warranty will still be good.
Some posts here and there saying receipt of ordered goods, and some saying no receipt of ordered goods.
Anybody have any recollection of "good news" in the last 6 months on Best? I don't. But this my best summary of this thread.
The BIG question you have to ask yourself is, 'If half of the above is true, how could a brand name ever come back from that?'
The LITTLE question you have to ask yourself is, 'Why am I so desperate for this brand name to be viable?' There are just so many other kite COREporations out there that want to take your money that you have a wonderful incentive to try something new.
Hi Matteo, you are completely right... Looks like they are in a survival mode. When I look at the colors they used for this year, they look very similar to the 2015 models... I am sure something was going on with the old factory and using some old material or whatever... Looks like they also only produced some sizes, they never had a complete stock, they have communicate on the Roca but this kite never showed up... I think best is definitely fucked, but they don't want to admit it. They won't survive to this, or reborn, they are done !
Who is left at Best to be in survival mode??? My take on it, which is definitely full of assumptions, is that there is no Best anymore. It is more likely just some company chopping up the assets and making it appear that the name still has viability, in an effort keep up the price on those assets.
That Matteo V, such a darling, she won't be happy until every kite 'CORE"poration has gone broke and she can live a solitary life knitting kites out of used condoms whilst using army surplus body armour and boots to go railriding with foil boards.
Now, I never liked Best, but, they did anchor the price of Kitesurfing and their business model annoying as it was, did attempt at least to keep the impecunious amongst you on the water, so it's not a good thing their demise, and nothing to be celebrated. However the money behind it's last incarnation was allegedly from a bottomless money pit, they just didn't like the fact that the operators, having been given access to unlimited resources couldn't give an acceptable ROTI so cut the money supply. Have they gone bust? I doubt it, more like they are trying to trade down to see how far they have to go to actually turn a profit. Not that I know or am in any position to comment really, I just think it is so totally self defeating to celebrate business failure in our sport, it's not in any of our long term interest.
That Matteo V, such a darling, she won't be happy until every kite 'CORE"poration has gone broke and she can live a solitary life knitting kites out of used condoms.....
It is interesting that a "woke" "orange man bad" "anti Trump" "NPC" and self described
would call me a "she". Do you think women are lesser than men? Are you calling me a "she" in an attempt to degrade me in some way? Can you think of any reason that your words here may be seen as just a little bigoted towards women? I am sure this is all in jest, but you may want to clarify that given the state of free speech in your country.