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Atomic Skis. Atomic Austria GmbH is an Austrian sports equipment company headquartered in Salzburg, Austria. It manufactures and sells skis and other skiing equipment, such as boots, bindings, helmets, ski poles, goggles, bags, apparel and protective equipment. [2] Atomic is a subsidiary of Finnish retail conglomerate Amer Sports, which in turn ...
One of the largest independent ski manufacturers worldwide, with shops and distributors in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Line Skis: alpine skis: United States: 1995: Introduced a radical-sidecut mini-ski in 1995, and then developed this basic idea into one of the first twin-tip skis in 1999. Purchased by K2 around 2002.
Head Sport GmbH is an American-Austrian manufacturing company headquartered in Kennelbach.It owns the American tennis racket brand Head. Head GmbH is a group that includes several previously independent companies, including the original "Head Ski Company" (founded in the United States in 1950); Tyrolia, an Austrian ski-equipment manufacturer; and Mares, an Italian manufacturer of diving equipment.
The following is a list of notable brands and manufacturers of climbing and mountaineering equipment (including for all forms of rock climbing and of ice climbing), sorted by continent and by country.
Nordica. Nordica is an Italian manufacturing company of winter sports products, focusing on skiing. Based in Giavera del Montello, Nordica is currently a division of Tecnica Group, after it was acquired from Benetton in 2003. [2][3] The current range of products include skis, boots, poles, and accessories such as sportswear, gloves, and bags.
Kalvträskskidan at the ski exhibition in Umeå. The oldest information about skiing is based on archaeological evidence. Two regions present the earliest evidence of skis and their use: northern Russia, where the oldest fragments of ski-like objects, dating from about 6300–5000 BCE were found about 1,200 km northeast of Moscow at Lake Sindor, [8] and the Altaic region of modern China where ...
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 ...
A controlled avalanche was filmed rolling down a mountainside above a ski resort in Baad, Austria, on January 16.Video shared by Boaz Bego shows a small puff of white appear at the top of the ...