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September 4, 2012

5 Independent Ski Manufacturers You Should Know About

Kate Christiaanse (Director of Accounts and Partner Management) tells it like it is:

I grew up skiing in the east, Vermont to be exact, so I was a Rossi girl.  I became a Völkl girl I went to college in the Upper Connecticut River Valley, minutes from the Völkl US headquarters in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Apart from a brief (but prolific) sojourn to K2 skis in the early…  Read the rest of the post!

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April 5, 2012

Colorado Ski Maker Takes Unique Approach

Eric Wagnon tells it like it is:

Ohio native Pete Wagner, 36, first used his engineering degree at a company that made golf-club shafts tailored to a player’s swing characteristics. Skiing since the age of 3, Wagner figured the same custom mindset could work for ski production. He left the golf world, earned an M.B.A. at the University of Colorado, and started…  Read the rest of the post!

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