CANDIDE THOVEX IS BACK ON FLAX

May 4, 2012
Brands, Skis, Uncategorized
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The prodigy flying french man is back on screens with the teaser for his new video coming out at fall. A two years filming project that might again set up ski boundaries to a new level.

To perform Candide has trusted the company Faction to develop a new range of skis combining high performance and lightness. New Candide’s pro models include a revolutionary recycled/recyclable core material made from PET and natural Flax composites, resulting in reduced weight and reduced environmental impact with an increase in performance. The future of environmentally-conscious product design.

BLACK CROWS FLAX POLES LE FURTIS

January 27, 2012
Brands, Poles
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Description

The first full flax composite ski pole in the world has all it takes to revolutionize the industry: it combines the lightness, stiffness and strength of a carbon composite pole with higher impact resistance from the flax fibres. In addition, the pole’s damping properties are multiplied by 3 when compared to its synthetic counterpart, translating into less vibrations and increased comfort for the skier.

AMPLID GREEN LIGHT PROJECT

January 27, 2012
Brands, Snowboard
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The AMPLID GREEN LIGHT PROJECT isn’t a sudden reaction to consumer demand. Since Amplid’s inception the company has strived to keep its negative impact on the environment to a minimum, after all it’s in our interest to keep the mountains white. Since day one our skis and snowboards have been manufactured by some of the most environmentally forward thinking factories in the EU. We’ve kept our carbon footprint as small as possible by sourcing all of our raw materials within a 400km radius of our factories.

MOVEMENT SKIS

January 27, 2012
Brands, Skis
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ECO FRIENDLY – RECYCLED RAW MATERIAL PROJECT BY MOVEMENT SKIS
January 2012 /FUTURE IS NOW / ISPO 2012 INTRODUCTION
MOVEMENT SKIS is proud to introduce the new ski concept using almost exclusively natural and recycled raw materials. The proportion of recycled raw material used for our pilot construction project reached over 90%. MOVEMENT SKIS mission is to maintain the same renowned

zai HYBRID SKI POLES

January 27, 2012
Brands, Poles
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Description

The new zai pole was designed with a very clear objective in mind: use the best possible materials to obtain the most efficient tube both in terms of performance and sustainability. The result is a hybrid structure combining 50% of carbon fibres with their legendary stiffness and strength, with 50% of flax fibres for their outstanding damping and shock absorption properties.

FACTION 3.ZERO CT PRO SKI

January 27, 2012
Brands, Skis
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DESCRIPTION

A high-performance freeride twin-tip ski with a revolutionary recycled/recyclable core material made from PET and natural Flax composites, resulting in reduced weight and reduced environmental impact with an increase in performance. The future of environmentally-conscious product design.

zai LAISA SKIS

January 27, 2012
Brands, Skis
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Description

The Swiss manufacturer of top-quality skis has a strong reputation for using the finest materials in the ski industry, with a strong focus on locally sourced- and natural materials further improving the performance of their high-tech skis. No surprise they were amongst the first to adopt the BcompCores D120, a subtle combination of partly recycled bottle-grade Swiss PET foam and Belgium flax fibres.