Yea, making skis and SELLING skis are two way different things. You can be great at the first one but that does not guarantee success in the second one. We have all seen great products not sell well and fade out unfortunately.
I have been working for 15 years in the industry of selling things so I have seen it all, well, almost.
If the selling model included ways to work with retailers, I'd right now be pushing this Citadel, but also the other Renouns, on my friends at Christy's (and Larson's) here locally (and at resorts in Colorado, at least for their more high end outlets). And I'd bet other Pugskiers more connected to buyers than I would be too.
To me it seems like with the addition of a great carbon HDT fat ski, Renoun has stopped being a one trick pony and become of greater interest more generally to at least high end retail outlets. Maybe I'm jumping the gun, and out of sync with the Renoun marketing plan, but I can still wish the best for them......