wonder why this particular tire gets a lot of cuts or flats? is it considered a "cheaper" tire or is it considered a high performance tire?

if I could fix the tire safetly - i'd just assume fix it - given that it's so new. if it's considered "unsafe" to do tht, i'll do what is best....I showed it to my buddy who is a tri-guy and he said just patch it and put a new tube in there. he seemed to think it would be totally fine to fix it.

I already pulled out the popped tube...will pick up a new one at the local bike shop.