Kuiu.... hmmmm

[rodney482]

 

[aMurderOfCrows]

Guess I’ll put a hold on any future Kuiu purchases and follow this a little bit. Had no idea any of this transpired.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I don't own a single piece of anything Kuiu and now am really glad I don't.

 

[IdahoBeav]

meh. . .

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

So, James Kennedy, the current chair of Cox Enterprises, a massive conglomerate that owns a ton of smaller companies, including Kuiu, attempted to block public access to land in Montana due to a private/public dispute, and now we all need to get outraged and boycott Kuiu?

I’ll pass on the boycott. There are simply more important things to worry about in life.

Why don’t ya’ll go through your house and examine every brand you own and like and then research every board member of both that brand, as well as their parent company, see what ya find.

 

[Kurts86]

I quit giving DU a dime after his Montana water access lawsuit and firing of a DU writer who wrote critically of him. Kuiu will be no different.

 

[rodney482]

So, James Kennedy, the current chair of Cox Enterprises, a massive conglomerate that owns a ton of smaller companies, including Kuiu, attempted to block public access to private land he personally owns in Montana, and now we all need to get outraged and boycott Kuiu?

I’ll pass on the boycott. There are simply more important things to worry about in life.

Why don’t ya’ll go through your house and examine every brand you own and like and then research every board member of both that brand, as well as their parent company, see what ya find.

The problem was it wasn't private... he took it all the way to the state Supreme Court.

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

The problem was it wasn't private... he took it all away the Supreme Court.

Sorry, I wasn’t arguing the semantics of his personal case (nor did I mean to put in incorrect details), my point was I don’t care what the chair of a conglomerate does, that just happens to own a smaller company that has it’s own founder and staff.

The bigger point being that you could go down this road for almost every brand and company in some way.

 

[wapitibob]

The problem was it wasn't private... he took it all away the Supreme Court.

Montana Supreme Court

 

[Kurts86]

Sorry, I wasn’t arguing the semantics of his personal case (nor did I mean to put in incorrect details), my point was I don’t care what the chair of a conglomerate does, that just happens to own a smaller company that has it’s own founder and staff.

The bigger point being that you could go down this road for almost every brand and company in some way.

Except this guy is in the top 10 anti public access figures of the west in the last decade. He’s in the company of Fred Eshelman, the Wilkes brothers and the Utah congressmen/Senators in taking big swings at public access in the courts or legislature.

The idea that a former DU president who has a long history of throwing his weight and money around to get his way within the conservation space wasn’t influential in his family’s company decision to shift from their 125 year history of owning media to now include a hunting company is silly.

 

[mainbeam pursuit2]

This is going to make me rethink purchasing any mote Kuiu clothing, no matter how much I like it.

 

[Rock’N Tacos]

I am also probably done with KUIU. Unfortunate. Sitka has its own problems. What are we left with?

 

[Mountain_Life]

I wear Medium. When y'all decide you're done with your clothing, PM me and I'll give you my address. Just be careful what brand your phone is, the box you use, the tape you use, what vehicle you drive to the shipping location, the clothes and shoes you're wearing while you drive, etc.

 

[aMurderOfCrows]

I am also probably done with KUIU. Unfortunate. Sitka has its own problems. What are we left with?

I’m going to try the new Argali pants when they come out. I bought the approach hoody and lite hoody as well as the grid fleece tops from go hunt. Those were real nice.

 

[BigDuckHunter]

Yeah there’s other companies out there who do things I don’t agree with. Some of them I patronize (usually because I don’t know about the things they do), and most I don’t.

When there’s other companies out there who make just as good of products who aren’t going to turn around and use that money to fight against what I believe in (as is the case here), why wouldn’t I go a different direction?

 

[dribeerfeht]

Thrown for a Loop - The Drake Magazine

Ulterior Motive or change of heart?

drakemag.com

 

[rogerdoger]

As I mentioned in another post on this topic. You cannot fight every thing and boycott it, as many have stated that we use every day things that support messed up things. However, you can choose to boycott or fight what is held close to most of the public land and fishing communities, which is access to the land and water. If Montana was to lose that fight and have a billionaire overturn a public easement it would continue down the line and they would try and close easements we use for access to NF etc. (Already happening). I am sure once those got taken away we all would be on Rokslide complaining how crowded the one trailhead was.

 

[rogerdoger]

Group that funded the fight against Cox and other across Montana. Good organization to join. Some of the original starters of PLWA are the reason we get to hunt, hike, etc. on Montana state land.

Privacy Policy 1 — Public Land Water Access Association

www.plwa.org

 

[Steve O]

Yep. Never owned one piece of Kuiu and never will.

 

[fatbacks]

Seems like a constant barrage of new products, it looks like Kuiu is on the glide path to cheaper mass market gear and this looks to be the logical progression.

The newest owners certainly don’t make the brand more appealing.


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