All snow sports articles – Page 12
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News briefsRossignol Group chooses Wintersteiger to provide race ski service machines
Rossignol Group, home to winter sports brands Rossignol and Dynastar, has invested in Wintersteiger’s Jupiter ski service machines for their three production centers in France and Spain. Introduced in 2021, the precision machines will ensure premium processing for the group’s racing ranges and guarantee a perfect, consistent finish and ski ...
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News briefsAdidas Terrex expands ski athlete’s team
Adidas Terrex has added alpine ski Slovakian Petra Vlhová und Alice Robinson from New Zealand to its ski athlete’s roster, which already included U.S. alpine ski star Mikaela Shiffrin. Adidas Terrex has designed personalized custom ski racing suits for each athlete.
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News briefsNew market manager for Atomic Germany and Poland
Source: Atomic Ralf Schörghofer The Austrian ski manufacturer Atomic, part of Amer Sports, has announced the promotion of its 19-year employee Ralf Schörghofer to market manager for Germany and Poland. Schörghofer is responsible for the sales and market presence of the brand. His German team will also ...
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Nidecker partners with Layerise to launch new user experience
Source: Nidecker Supermatic binding Swiss snowboard brand Nidecker has partnered with Danish tech company Layerise to revolutionize the user experience of their new binding system, Supermatic. As reported in SGI Europe, Nidecker recently launched an innovative snowboard binding system, Supermatic. Together with Layerise — a modern customer ...
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News briefsSaudi Arabia to host 2029 Asian Winter Games
Saudi Arabia has been selected to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games. The event is set to take place at the future Trojena by Neom ski resort, which is scheduled for completion in 2026. Trojena will feature year-round skiing as well as an artificial freshwater lake, a nature reserve, mansions, ...
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News briefs100% launches first collection of snow goggles
Source: 100% 100%’s new snow goggle collection California-based brand 100% has unveiled its first line of goggles for snow sports, the 2022/23 Snow Collection. “With our brand’s first Snow Goggle Collection, we are authoring a new chapter for 100%,” said VP of global marketing and sales, Gwen ...
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News briefsSmith promotes Rob Retzlaff to global VP of sales
The U.S. goggle and helmets brand Smith has promoted its long-term employee Rob Retzlaff to global vice president of sales. Retzlaff has been with the company since 1999, holding such positions as Canadian marketing manager and national sales manager for Canada. In 2008, Retzlaff was promoted to ...
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News briefsVölkl hires new global lead agency for global brand strategy
Völkl has hired the Munich-based Sassenbach Advertising company as its new marketing agency to develop and implement a new global marketing strategy for the brand. Initially, a campaign for Völkl’s 100th anniversary in 2023 will go live in fall, under the motto “100 years of high standards.” Sassenbach’s tasks also ...
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News briefsNidecker launches innovative snowboard binding
Source: www.nidecker.com Nidecker Supermatic Swiss snowboard brand Nidecker has introduced the Supermatic, an innovative binding that offers automatic operation, a universal design that suits all snowboard boots from any manufacturer – whereas most of these systems require specific boots – and a dual slip-in and strap entry ...
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News briefsCalifornia ski boot company seeks buyer to further expand business
The CEO of Mad Jack Snowsports, Kristin Mehiel, has announced that she intends to sell the company to give it the opportunity to grow further. The California-based company has in the past launched a novel ski boot that allows users to ski with the comfort of a snowboard boot: the ...
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News briefsSalomon launches new loyalty program S/Plus
Salomon’s new free loyalty program S/Plus offers its members free shipping, free events, exclusive offers tailored to the member’s interests and special rewards. This is how Salomon strives to strengthen customer loyalty. Consumers can sign up for S/Plus either online or at Salomon stores. In addition, there ...
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News briefsSnowsports year-round in the heart of Stockholm
SkiStar, a company that runs Scandinavia’s biggest resorts, has worked with dry slop surface manufacturer Neveplast to create SkiStar SummerSki, a new 470-meter long dry ski slope in the heart of Stockholm. With an overall skiable surface of 9,000 square meters, the slope is one of Europe’s longest and largest ...
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News briefsDPS Skis bolsters product and marketing teams with new hires
U.S.-based ski manufacturer DPS Skis announced the hiring of Stu Gleason as ski and process engineer and Zach Clayton as global marketing manager. These additions complement DPS Skis’ product and marketing departments as the company expands into global markets. Gleason brings nearly two decades of product development experience to the ...
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ArticleElan receives Green Star recognition
The sustainable actions taken by Slovenian ski manufacturer Elan have been awarded Green Star, the first certification of its kind for contributing to carbon neutrality and a greener future. The CER Sustainable Business Network, a Slovenia-based independent auditor, uses science-based metrics and data to set strategic priorities ...
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News briefsDavenport joins Peak Ski Company’s executive team
Source: Peak Skis Chris Davenport Montana-based Peak Ski Company announced that Chris Davenport has joined the company’s leadership team as senior director of skiing and product innovation. Earlier this year, Peak Ski Company co-founders Bode Miller and Andy Wirth launched the company and its 2022/23 lineup of ...
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News briefsTyrolia with new director global sales and marketing for Head/Tyrolia bindings
Source: Tyrolia Horst Tschida Tyrolia has said goodbye to its longstanding employee Robert Stanzl, who has retired from his role as director of global sales and marketing for Head/Tyrolia alpine bindings after 45 years with the company. His successor – also a Tyrolia veteran with an 18-year-long ...
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Article“This is bullshit”: Burton objects to article hinting at sale of company
Bloomberg News published an article speculating about a possible sale of Burton, without disclosing any details on the source or the potential buyer’s identities. According to Bloomberg, “the Burlington, Vermont-based company is working with an adviser on the potential sale, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential ...
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Ski base manufacturer Isosport buys Romanian factory from Novo Tech
Eisenstadt, Austria-based plastics composites manufacturer Isosport has acquired Polish plastics specialist Novo Tech’s factory in Oradea, western Romania, for an undisclosed price, deal advisor Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen told Snow Industry News earlier this week. Isosport is the world leader in innovative plastic solutions for the ski, snowboard and ...
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ArticleTenson sells ColourWear to Swedish Active Brands Group
Sweden-based Active Brands Group Scandinavia AB (not to be confused with Oslo, Norway-based Active Brands AS) announced the acquisition of ColourWear from Tenson, expanding its product portfolio in the board and ski apparel market and strengthening its position as a global distributor of consumer, health and sports brands. ColourWear was ...
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News briefsGB ski team to receive less funding for alpine racing
Although Dave Ryding made history in January with his victory in the slalom on the Streif in Kitzbühel, GB Snowsport has now had to issue a statement after an overall mixed season with disappointing Winter Games, saying that “UK Sport have deemed the three disciplines [Alpine, Cross-Country and Para Nordic] ...
