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List Of Ski Brands
Skis The following is a list of businesses known for manufacturing skis. Some of these manufacturers may also produce boots and bindings. Boots The following list consists of companies known ''primarily'' for their ski boot Ski boots are footwear used in skiing to provide a way to attach the skier to skis using ski bindings. The ski/boot/binding combination is used to effectively transmit control inputs from the skier's legs to the snow. History Ski boots were leath ...s. Some entries are duplicated from above, but not all. Some brands, like Head, sell branded boots from other companies and are therefore not listed here. References {{Companies by industry ski brands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hart Skis
Hart Ski Corporation is a United States based manufacturer of downhill skis, originally of St. Paul, Minnesota and currently headquartered in Ogden, Utah. Hart history In 1943, Hartvig “Hart” Holmberg opened a carpentry shop in St. Paul, Minnesota, specializing in designing and manufacturing customized cribbage boards, chess sets and wood or metal card games. Word of Hartvig’s ability to create fine crafted goods quickly spread. Soon, the shop began to take on custom jobs using a variety of commercial manufacturing techniques, primarily custom painting and sheet metal work. This work led to fabricating runners for Ski-Doo snowmobiles. Hartvig's brother Harry worked as a ski engineer and designer for Gregg Skis in St. Paul. Knowing that the addition of a seamless metal edge would revolutionize ski design, Harry called upon Hartvig’s manufacturing skills and together they began working on a prototype. They developed a laminated metal ski, with a continuous steel edge sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madshus
Madshus is a Norwegian ski and ski-equipment manufacturer, located at Biri in Gjøvik. The company produces cross-country skis, ski boots and poles. History Madshus is one of the world's oldest ski manufacturer. The first Madshus skis were produced by Martin Madshus in 1906 in a barn in Vardal near Gjøvik. The company was moved to Lillehammer in 1936, and then to Biri in 1972. In 1988, the factory A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. T ... was bought by K2 Sports Inc, but the skis are still produced at Biri. Some Madshus skis have been made in China (e.g. some 2013-2014 Glittertinds). Madshus is one of only two remaining Norwegian ski manufacturers, the other being Åsnes Ski. External links Official website {{Sports equipment brands Sporting goods manufactur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Satloff
James Satloff (born 1962) is an American businessman. He founded Liberty Skis and served as the CEO of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin. Education James Satloff has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Columbia College, where he majored in computer science and artificial intelligence with a concentration in humanities and French. Biography Satloff is a founder of Liberty Skis, a Colorado-based snow ski manufacturer; the Executive Chairman of InvestorForce, Inc; and a director of Larkspur & Hawk, a New York City-based jewelry manufacturer. Prior positions include chief executive officer of Inform Technologies LLC from May 24, 2007, to May 2009, and chief executive officer and president of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin. From 1996 through 2004, he served as an executive managing director of Standard & Poor's Investment Services, president of its Compustat division, and president of its broker/dealer, Standard & Poor's Securities, Inc. Additionally, he has held positions at Banke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Skis
Liberty Skis Corporation is one of the ski industry's largest independent ski manufacturers, and a leader in the manufacture of carving, touring, powder, and twin-tip skis, used primarily for a style of skiing known alternately as newschool skiing or freeskiing. Founded in 2003 by James Satloff and Dan Chalfant, Liberty Skis has grown to be one of the largest independent ski manufacturers worldwide, with shops and distributors in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Liberty Skis Corporation is based in Avon, Colorado. Additional information The corporation has sponsored a wide range of events on and off snow in the US and Canada including the Vail International Pondskimming Championships and Spring Back to Vail The company's ski team has included skiers such as Olympics finalist, Teal Harle, X-Games medalist Phil Larose, Phil Bélanger, Ryan Moore, Anton Sponar, Rich Fahey, Kyler Cooley, and Joe Schuster from North America and New Zealand women's national freeskiing champion, Pip Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kneissl
Kneissl is a manufacturer of handmade skis, biking and tennis equipment and apparel, based in Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria. History To 1990 The Kneissl Company was founded as a wheel factory in 1861. The first skis were produced in 1919. In the 1960s, Kneissl developed the first plastic skis featuring a wood core. Ski racer Karl Schranz made the Kneissl White Star skis one of the most sought after in the world. In the seventies, the company expanded into cross-country ski and tennis racquet production. In 1980, Kneissl went bankrupt and was bought out by German cross-country ski manufacturer Trak, as sole owner. In 1983, U.S. company Tristar took over Kneissl. In February 1989, BREG Gesellschaft für Bau und Revitalisierung, belonging to Hans Peter Haselsteiner and Erhard Grossnigg and Reinfried Spazier, took a majority stake. In the nineties Kneissl was credited with the invention of “big foot” skis in 1990. It was also the first company to sell a carving ski in Austria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K2 Sports
K2 Sports, LLC (K2 Sports) is an American winter sports company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. K2 Sports operates the K2 Skis, K2 Snowboarding, K2 Skates, Backcountry Access, Ride Snowboards, Tubbs Snowshoes, Atlas Snow-Shoe Company, LINE Skis, Full Tilt Boots, and Madshus brands. Famous users of K2 Skis include pro champion Spider Sabich, World Cup and Olympic champion Phil Mahre, and his twin brother Steve Mahre, World Champion and Olympic silver medalist. History Founding Founded in 1962 by brothers Bill and Don Kirschner on Vashon Island, Washington, K2 is known for pioneering fiberglass ski technology, which made skis significantly lighter and more lively than their wood and metal contemporaries. In 1967, Bill Kirschner named the company K2 (for the world's second-largest mountain and for the two Kirschner brothers, Bill and Don). Growth and acquisitions In late 1969, the company's rapid growth required new capital and Bill Kirschner decided a well-financed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janne Lahtela
Janne Lahtela (born 28 February 1974) is a Finnish former athlete, who established himself as one of the most dominant persons in the history of moguls skiing. He is currently the head coach of Japan's freestyle skiing team. He also is a key founder and sponsor for the IDOne ski company based out of Japan. Lahtela was born in Kemijärvi. He won a gold medal in the moguls final of 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Four years earlier he had taken a silver medal in front of his cousin Sami Mustonen Sami Mustonen (born 6 April 1977) is a Finnish freestyle skier and Olympic medallist, who was born in Kemijärvi. He received a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefe ..., who took bronze. He has also won the moguls skiing World Cup five times and became a World Champion in 1999. References External linksOfficial Homepage 1974 births Living people People from Kemijärvi Finnish male freestyle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Machine And Foundry
American Machine and Foundry (known after 1970 as AMF, Inc.) was one of the United States' largest recreational equipment companies, with diversified products as disparate as garden equipment, atomic reactors, and yachts. The company was founded in 1900 by Rufus L. Patterson, inventor of the first automated cigarette manufacturing machine. Originally incorporated in New Jersey but operating in Brooklyn, the company began by manufacturing cigarette, baking, and stitching machines."Diversified Success", ''Time'', May 19, 1961 AMF moved into the bowling business after World War II, when AMF automated bowling equipment and bowling centers became profitable business ventures. Bicycle production was added in 1950. The company was once a major manufacturer of products from tennis racquets to research reactors for the US "Atoms for Peace" program. AMF became a major part of what would soon be referred to by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower as "the military-industrial complex" after Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Head
Howard Head (July 31, 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 3, 1991) was an American aeronautical engineer who is credited with the invention of the first commercially successful aluminum laminate skis and the oversized tennis racket. Head founded the ski (and later tennis racquet) making firm Head in 1950. Later he became chairman of Prince Manufacturing Inc. The U.S. patents for the laminate skis and oversized tennis racket are in the name of Howard Head. Ski equipment In 1947, Howard Head was an aircraft engineer for Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, and went skiing for the first time. Head was frustrated with the quality of the clumsy and heavy wooden skis, which made skiing very difficult for beginners. He decided to develop a lighter and more efficient ski that could make skiing much easier for everyone. He left his job and devoted all his time and energy to developing the skis and supported himself with earnings from poker. The skis developed by Head were based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Standard
The Head Standard was Howard Head's first successful ski design, and arguably the first modern downhill ski. The Standard used composite construction, with a plywood core sandwiched between aluminum outer skins, steel edges tapering into the core, and a hard plastic base, sidewalls and topsheet. The only major changes in ski materials since the Standard are the use of fibreglass structural layers in place (or in addition to) of the aluminum layers, and substitution of expanded plastic foam for the wooden core. The Standard was flexible in length and stiff in torsion, which allowed it to be easily turned while still holding a good edge. This combination was so impressive that it became known as "The Cheater" for the way it allowed beginners to turn like pros. The Standard, and models that followed it, were so successful that half the downhill skis in the US in the 1960s were Heads. History Early attempts A number of metal skis were introduced over the years, among them the 1942 All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
