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The Ski Industry – Did you know, Who Owns Who?
There are not many independents left…
Salomon, Atomic, Dynamic
Quicksilver own:
Dynastar, Rossignol, Lange, Roxy
Tecnica own:
Tecnica, Blizzard, Nordica
K2 own:
K2, Line, Marker, Volkl, Armada
I reckon that leaves these….
Head, Line, Fischer, Scott, Elan and Kastle (now rescued from Benetton).
Then there are some smaller independent, highly specialist brands such as Liberty, Wagner, Lokomotiv, Goode, 4Frnt and Zai.
Finally there’s the designer labelled ski and boards available in Courchevel 1850 from the likes of Prada, Chanel, Versace and Lacroix (a pair of the latter owned by a certain La Tania entrepreneur – they ski pretty well too!).
Any more to add?
Hello La Tania skiers!
Here is a little list of 180+ ski builders (not including the “big” names)…independent ski makers are alive and well !
http://www.ExoticSkis.com
Cheers !
– Eric