2024 Fischer Brand Profile

2024 Fischer Brand Profile

Overview If one were to distill Fischer to its essence, the resulting elixir would be made of equal parts precision and speed.   Rigorous quality control has been the defining feature of its corporate culture going back to the days of Vacuum Technic that ensured even...
2024 Head Brand Profile

2024 Head Brand Profile

Overview Every brand, large and small, foreign or domestic, has to make a choice about how they want to build a ski.  Once they settle on a construction and the equipment to execute it is on premises, they tend to stay with it for the long haul.  Head’s wheelhouse...
2024 K2 Brand Profile

2024 K2 Brand Profile

Overview K2 once reigned over the US market for so long, its sales leadership practically became a cliché. The keys to its sustained success were manifold, but from a product standpoint it’s not hard to summarize: K2’s have always been easy to ski.  Regardless of your...
2024 Liberty Brand Profile

2024 Liberty Brand Profile

Overview Every mainstream ski brand can trace its roots to a founder, a visionary who nursed a fledgling idea to life.  If we’re aware of a brand’s history (a big if), we’ll associate the brand’s formative years with the sepia-toned photos of its first factory.  But...
2024 Kästle Boot Brand Profile

2024 Kästle Boot Brand Profile

Why would a relatively small ski company decide – seemingly out of the blue – to absorb the absurd expense of becoming a boot supplier?  The answer to this question isn’t the usual brand-extension story, although that must be part of the overall strategy....