Völkl Ski International, GmbH, () is a

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based in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

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. Initially it manufactured skis, but has extended its line to snowboards, outerwear, and tennis gear. Völkl's United States subsidiary is located in

Lebanon, New Hampshire Lebanon is a city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 14,282 at the 2020 census, up from 13,151 at the 2010 census. Lebanon is in western New Hampshire, south of Hanover, near the Connecticut River. It is the hom ...

along with its wholly owned binding manufacturer,

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. In 2015 Völkl bought the ski boot manufacturer Dalbello.

Völkl skis

Since 1914, Völkl has manufactured skis in

Straubing Straubing () is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held. The city is located on the Danube f ...

, Germany, a Bavarian town about one and a half hour's drive northeast of Munich. In the 1960s,

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began ...

started distributing Völkl in North America under the Othmar Schneider and Sears brands. Though they recently built a state-of-the-art production facility in Straubing, the original factory is still in use as the Völkl World Logistics Center.

Völkl Racing Ski Team

* Jens Byggmark *

Andrea Fischbacher Andrea Fischbacher (born 14 October 1985) is a retired alpine ski racer from Austria. Career Born in Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Fischbacher now lives in Eben im Pongau. She made her World Cup debut in March 2004 in Sestriere, Italy, wher ...

Manfred Pranger Manfred Pranger (born 25 January 1978) is an Austrian former alpine skier. He won the gold medal in Slalom at the 2009 Alpine Skiing World Championship in Val d'Isère. He also won three Slalom races in the Alpine World Cup. Pranger announce ...

Stefano Gross Stefano "Sabo" Gross (born 4 September 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy. Born in Bozen, South Tyrol, Gross was raised in Pozza di Fassa in Trentino; he races in the technical events and specializes in the slalom. Care ...

* Laurenne Ross * Nolan Kasper

Völkl Freeski Team

* Ingrid Backstrom * Russ Henshaw * Ahmet Dadali * Andrea Binning * Ane Enderud * Caja Schöpf * Emilia Wint * Emma Dalhstrom * Grete Eliassen * Janina Kuzma * Jen Hudak * Jeremy Pancras * Markus Eder * Nick Goepper * Nico Zacek * Paddy Graham * Oscar Scherlin * Pekka Hyysalo * Sam Smoothy *

Stian Hagen Stian Hagen is a Norwegian-born professional skier for the German ski manufacturer Völkl, and has contributed to the design of several Völkl ski models, the most recent being the Kuro, which is a powder fatski with a rocker design. He is best ...

* Virginie Faivre * Thomas Dolpads * Matt Phillipi * Ted Davenport * Thomas Hlawitschka * Walter Wood * Matt Reardon * Per Jonsson * Warren Smith * Ian Mac Intosh * Flo Wieser * Tanner Rainville * Dash Longe * Ian McIntosh * Matt Philippe * Lyman Currier * Maddie Bowman * Sierra Quitiquit * Jess McMillan * Alex Beaulieu-Marchand *Øystein Bråten *

Andri Ragettli Andri Ragettli (born 21 August 1998) is a Swiss freestyle skier. He has won ten world cup titles and five crystal globes, including slopestyle in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022, as well as big air in 2019. He represented Switzerland in slopestyle at ...

Völkl in professional tennis

Völkl tennis rackets were used by players such as

Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...

Michael Stich Michael Detlef Stich (, ; born 18 October 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles r ...

Sergi Bruguera Sergi Bruguera i Torner (; born 16 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in men's singles and reache ...

Petr Korda Petr Korda (born 23 January 1968) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He won the 1998 Australian Open and was runner-up at the 1992 French Open, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 2 in February 1998. Korda tested positive for dopi ...

and Jana Novotna. The list of current players includes

Stefanie Vögele Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a former professional Swiss tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January 2015. O ...

Liezel Huber Liezel Huber (née Horn; born 21 August 1976) is a South African- American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara B ...

Laura Siegemund Laura Natalie Siegemund (born 4 March 1988, in Filderstadt) is a German professional tennis player. She is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 US Open in women's doubles with Vera Zvonareva, as well as the 2016 US Open in mixe ...

and many Senior and Junior players on tour. Volkl Tennis is no longer a part of Volkl Skis and the manufacturing takes place in an entirely different factory. Precies.

Tennis racket models

*Tour 10 V-Engine *Quantum 10 *Quantum 10 Tour *DNX 1 *DNX 2 *DNX 3 *DNX 4 *DNX 7 *DNX 8 *DNX 10 *C10 Pro *Organix *Team Speed *PB 10 Mid

Marker Volkl, USA

Located in New Hampshire, Marker Volkl, USA is the importer and distributor of Völkl products in the United States, and a subsidiary of Völkl International. Jarden Action Sports owns both Marker Volkl, USA and Völkl International. K2 and LINE were acquired by the Jarden Corporation in 2007. Jarden was acquired by Newell in 2016. Newell sold Völkl and K2 to

Kohlberg & Company Kohlberg & Company is an American private equity firm that focuses on leveraged buyout transactions. Founded by investor Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., the firm invests in a variety of transactions including leveraged carveout, take-private transactions, ...

in 2017.

References

External links

Official website
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