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K2 Sports, LLC, known simply as K2, is an American sporting goods company headquartered in Seattle, Washington focused primarily on winter sports equipment. K2 operates under the labels K2 Snow and K2 Skates, as well as its subsidiaries Backcountry Access, Ride Snowboards, Tubbs Snowshoes, Atlas Snow-Shoe Company, LINE Skis, Full Tilt Boots, and Madshus brands. [1]
However, nowadays powder specific snowboards and backcountry snowboards are what you'd expect to find under the 'Freeride' category. A freeride snowboard usually has a directional shape, a set back stance and a flex pattern with a nose that is softer than the tail, this helps keep the nose out of the snow, with turn initiation and with handling ...
Snowboarding in Valfréjus, France Snowboarder riding off of a cornice Freeride snowboarding, in areas off of the main trails. The first snowboards were developed in 1965 when Sherm Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill.
Ridestore AB is an online-focused retailer of snowboard, ski, and outdoor apparel and streetwear, founded in 2006. [1] [2] Ridestore AB is a privately held company based in Gothenburg, Sweden which serves Europe and North America under three brand names.
U.S. Ski & Snowboard, formerly known as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, [1] [2] is the national governing body for Olympic and Paralympic skiing and snowboarding. Founded in 1905, the organization provides leadership and direction for skiers and snowboarders from over 400 member clubs.
Jeremy Jones (born January 14, 1975) is an American professional snowboarder and businessman who is the founder of Jones Snowboards.In addition to creating and improving his line of snowboards, Jones works to create films that record his climbing and snowboarding adventures around the world.
Introduced a radical-sidecut mini-ski in 1995, and then developed this basic idea into one of the first twin-tip skis in 1999. Purchased by K2 around 2002. Continues to cater to the free ride market. Madshus: cross-country: Norway: 1906: Only major producer left in Norway. Begins production of fiberglass skis in 1974. Purchased by K2 in 1988.
For example, snowboard boot company Vans purchased the Switch step-in company, while Device step-in company was purchased by Ride Snowboards. Although initially refusing to expose themselves to the risk and expense associated with bringing a step-in system to market, Burton chose to focus primarily on improvements to existing strap-in technology.