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The Dynastar brand

Sallanches, France, 1963: Two local manufacturers decide to join forces to produce a revolutionary modern ski: the Compound. Formed from the contraction of the names of these two companies: Dynamic and Starflex Skis, the Dynastar brand is born.

Three years later, it's a triumph at the 1966 World Championships in Portillo, Chile, when Marielle Goitschel and Guy Perillat win multiple world titles and numerous silver medals. The flagship ski of Dynastar at the time was the MV2 ski, an all-aluminium ski with a reinforcement plate on top and phenol sidewalls. Why MV2? Simply as a nod to the famous mechanics formula: force equals mass multiplied by velocity squared. Dynastar was then propelled to the forefront and began to attract the most prestigious investors, like Laurent Boix-Vives, then director of Rossignol, who simply bought the brand in 1967.

Dynastar, which produced more than 100,000 pairs of skis per year for Europe in the Sallanches factory, saw the time come to conquer the vast American market. Gradually, it established itself globally, increasing its production by 10 to 15% each year to reach its historic peak of production by the end of the 80s with no less than 530,000 pairs of skis leaving the factory and a turnover exceeding 41 million euros. Dynastar then partnered with Lange Ski Boots, a leader in ski boots.

Iconic skis follow one another: the Omeglass slalom ski in 1975, light thanks to the use of acrylic foam which allowed Henri Duvillard to win numerous medals, the Omesoft ski in 1978 which was a resounding success in the United States and of course the fabulous Doré race ski in 1984. The latter featured revolutionary technologies for the time, such as a tip vibration absorption system: the famous Contact System. The Doré race ski demonstrated all its capabilities under the feet of international athletes like Paoleta Magoni and Debbie Armstrong who won a gold medal at the Sarajevo Olympics in Slalom and Giant Slalom. The Doré Dynastar ski also earned a Bronze medal for Frenchman Didier Bouvet in Slalom.

Dynastar established a strong reputation in 1992 at the Albertville Olympics and two years later at Lillehammer. It collected more Olympic medals than any other competing brand. History remembers the incredible mogul skiing performance of Edgar Grospiron who, thanks to his Dynastar Assault skis, became the first Olympic champion in the discipline. Over 100,000 Dynastar The Assault ski then sold for over 10 seasons. Let’s not forget the Dynastar Course ski, a ski designed to shatter records in downhill events in 1992 and 1994.

Then came the sensational arrival of parabolic skis in 1996. Dynastar rode this new trend perfectly, relying on its R&D teams to develop the Max Cut ski in just a few months: a more fun and accessible ski than ever, entirely focused on recreational skiing.

Dynastar struck a chord in the skiing world again in 1998 with its 4x4 ski, a freeride ski that excelled in powder, used by eminent freeriders like Jeremy Nobis and Arno Adam!

In the early 2000s, Dynastar bet on a new range of skis designed exclusively for women. Lighter and more manoeuvrable, the Dynastar Exclusive women's skis incorporated new technologies tailored to the female morphology, making skiing even more enjoyable. The 2000s were also a boom for off-piste freeride skiing, an opportunity for Dynastar to establish itself in this field with its pro rider Aurélien Ducroz, who won several prestigious titles in Verbier, Switzerland, and Chamonix, and two world champion titles in 2009 and 2011.

And how can we talk about Dynastar without mentioning the incredible Pierra Menta Carbon ski, a ski designed exclusively to win every ski mountaineering race. This ski was adapted from 2012 into a version with a rocker on the front tip, making it even faster on the descent. With these groundbreaking skis, Florent Perrier and William Bon-Mardion were able to overtake Kilian Jornet in the descent.

More recently, at the Sochi 2014 Olympics downhill event, Dynastar was again in the spotlight when Dominique Gisin stepped onto the top podium or when Jean-Frédéric Chapuis and Arnaud Bovolenta respectively won gold and bronze in the skiercross event.

The Dynastar legend continues today with the iconic CHAM and PowerTrack skis, and the new Dynastar Speed Zone skis. New technologies like Powerdrive and Active Air Core continue to bring more fluidity and comfort to skiing.