Reliability:

Many times companies build entire promotions around high ticket items such as snowboards. For this very reason having a domestic reliable source is critical to the overall success of a grand scale promotion. Organizing and setting up a promotion can be costly so why risk a busted promotion because of late or wrong product. It may seem like a wise choice to save a few bucks in the beginning, however the minute something goes wrong that savings is destroyed and the amount of money lost starts to add up.

 When dealing with an overseas factory this can and does happen with no recourse.  Many of the overseas factories will just tell you “tough luck”, we are here in the states which allows you to track and follow quality and timing.