KNEISSL The Leader. All Others Follow.

The Kneissl Company, based in Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria, was founded as a wheel factory in 1861. The first skis were produced in 1919. In the 1960s, Kneissl developed the first plastic skis featuring a wood core. The former champion alpine ski racer Karl Schranz made the Kneissl White Star skis one of the most sought after in the world. Amazing SKI Poster: What's Old is New: Kneissl happens to be Austria's Oldest Ski Brand with an immense history of Innovation and speed. Timeline as follows 1900: The company hand builds its first skis in Kufstein 1919: Becomes a registered ski brand & begins mass production of White Star 1936: Kneissl’s Splitkein becomes the market leader 1960: Kneissl’s White Star becomes the 1st synthetic sandwich ski in the world 1991: The Company invents Bigfoot – the best-selling alpine ski ever 1992: The first carving ski is invented by Kneissl 2005: Glide technology – the first 6-edged ski – is introduced by the Company You get it...