All Winter Sports articles – Page 16
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News briefsRottefella wins patent lawsuit
According to a LinkedIn post by Rottefella, the company, together with Madhus, won a patent lawsuit against Amer Sports and its Salomon and Atomic brands at the Oslo District Court. The lawsuit involved patent rights for detachable bindings for cross-country skis and a solution for easy adjustment and installation of ...
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News briefsRossignol wins award for highly recyclable ski
Rossignol has won Union Sport & Cycle’s Ecosport Award in the circular-economy category for its Essentiel ski. A limited edition due out this autumn, the Essentiel is designed with “recyclable, natural, labeled and biosourced” materials, and few of them at that. The result, says the French brand, is more than ...
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News briefsPorsche Design partners with Head for new skis, safety gear and apparel collection
Porsche x Head The Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer Porsche and Austrian sporting goods manufacturer Head are launching their first joint winter sports products with the start of the 2022 ski season. At the heart of the cooperation are two ski models with race ski-inspired constructions, featuring solid ...
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Milano Cortina 2026 announced as the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games of all time
Four new women’s events have been added to the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, leading to a record number of women’s events. There will be 50 women’s events, up from 46 in Beijing in 2022. With 1,362 women competing, namely 47 percent of participants, Milano Cortina 2026 is set ...
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News briefsCanadian First Nations get closer to host 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in BC
The Canadian Squamish, Lil’wat, Musqueam and Tsleil-Wautuuh Indigenous tribes (who have premiered the Four Host Nations licensing program at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010) have again partnered for a big project: to develop a concept to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in British Columbia, where the ...
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Turtle Fur changes hands
IcebVenture 7 Advisors announced that private equity firm Camano Capital has acquired a majority stake in Turtle Fur, a Vermont-based manufacturer and distributor of headwear and accessories for the snowsports and lifestyle markets. Richard Sontag, owner of Turtle Fur, will retain a partial stake in the company. Venture 7 Advisors ...
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ArticleMips with new strategy, updated financial targets
At Capital Market Day 2022 in Stockholm on June 9, Swedish helmet technology and “Brain Protection System” (BPS) manufacturer Mips AB unveiled its new long-term strategy with updated financial targets and strategic priorities for the coming years. The reason for revising the company’s strategy and long-term financial targets is not ...
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News briefsFischer plant in Ukraine reportedly continues to operate
According to an online report by Italian trade publication Outdoor Magazine, the ski manufacturing facility in Mukachevo, Ukraine, is continuing operations during the country’s conflict with Russia, although with some limitations due to the current situation. The plant, owned by Austrian company Fischer Sports, produces skis and snowboards for its ...
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X-Technology takes over Swiss distribution of X-Socks
Wollerau-based X-Technology Swiss Research & Development AG, which company founder Bodo Lambertz had sold to Swiss investors in November 2021, will take over distribution of the X-Socks brand in Switzerland from Lowa Schuhe AG as of January 1, 2023. This step consolidates and strengthens the distribution of the X-Bionic and ...
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News briefsFusalp gets new funding to support international development
High-end skiwear brand Fusalp has announced a new capital increase from the Mirabaud Patrimoine Vivant and Mirabaud Lifestyle Impact & Innovation private equity funds, thereby acquiring a minority stake in the company. The financial terms of the deal were not unveiled. The new funding is meant to help Fusalp develop ...
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News briefsLondon Ski & Snowboard Festival 2022 is canceled
The London Ski & Snowboard Festival planned for Oct. 27 to 30, 2022, at Battersea Park is canceled. The new organizer of the event, the Smart Group, has published a statement on Facebook, declaring the cancellation of this year’s festival and the introduction of another new organization: “We have been ...
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News briefsSport 2000 Austria retailers voted ski rental partner of the year
For the third year in a row, the Austrian Sport 2000 retailers were honored as the best ski rental points in Austria, according to a study by the Austrian society for consumer studies (ÖGVS). The survey assessed, amongst other things, the courtesy of the staff, the consultation, the quality of ...
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News briefsShiffrin and Atomic extend contract
Source: WhatsApp Shiffrin and her new service team: Lukas Rottinger (left) and Robert Bürgler By signing a contract with Atomic until 2024, the successful U.S. ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin will continue to compete with the Austrian brand’s skis, boots, bindings and helmets for the next two ...
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News briefsElan sets 2030 sustainability goals
Ski company Elan has üublished its efforts in the area of sustainability. As the company still manufactures all its skis at its headquarters in Begunje, Slovenia, with all production phases conducted vertically, the company claims to be able to control and tweak wherever necessary. Since earlier this year, the energy ...
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NSAA reports record visits for the 2021/22 ski season in the U.S.
The U.S. National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has released the 2021-22 season attendance figures in U.S. ski areas, with visits up 3.5 percent from the previous season (61 million total). The statistics cover 473 ski resorts in 37 U.S. states, compared to 462 last season. The NSAA has been tracking ...
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News briefsBlue Tomato opens its 70th store
The Austrian board sports and lifestyle retail chain Blue Tomato has just opened its 70th shop. Currently, the company is running physical stores in Germany, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and – since the end of 2021 – Norway. The newly opened 230 sqm Blue Tomato store is next to ...
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ArticleHelly Hansen replaces Phenix as apparel supplier to Norwegian ski team after nearly 30 years
The Norwegian Ski Association Alpine and Helly Hansen have reached an agreement for the next eight years. Helly Hansen will thus become the team’s official partner, supplying apparel and other equipment starting with the 2022-23 ski season. Partnering with the Norwegian Ski Federation Alpine is a natural and strategic decision ...
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News briefsRossignol launches first recyclable ski
Rossignol has unveiled its new Essential ski, which will be available in limited quantities in FW22-23 and has been designed using the most simplistic and least amount of raw materials, making more than 75 percent of the ski 100 percent recyclable. Following the announcement of its Respect program in 2020, ...
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News briefsFusalp to open its first U.S. stores
Fusalp, the French skiwear brand, will mark its 70th anniversary this year with the opening of its first U.S. store in November, in the ski resort town of Aspen. Later, in 2023, the company plans to open a store in New York. Fusalp was founded in 1952 in Annecy by ...
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News briefsEuropean debut of Taiga's e-snowmobiles in Sweden
Canadian Taiga Motors Corporation, a manufacturer of all-terrain e-vehicles, has chosen SkiStar’s resort in Sälen, Sweden, for the European debut of its electric snowmobiles. According to the Québec-based company, the European debut is an important step in Taiga’s global expansion efforts. For ski resort operator SkiStar, this is an important ...
