Our media: from films and photos to newspaper articles
Let yourself be whisked away to our media gallery: a journey through time with old film footage, nostalgic photos and historical newspaper articles.
Experience the past, captured in moving images and reports.
Experience the past, captured in moving images and reports.
Radical Urbild 1984
Mark Farner surfs down a slope in the Hoch-Ybrig ski area on the very first Radical snowboard in 1984.
The only place where snowboarding was allowed, while it was forbidden everywhere else.
Radical No. 1 - The first snowboard
The Radical No.1: Built by Mark Farner in 1984.
Back then, snowboarding was still in its infancy in Switzerland and the scene was so small that everyone knew each other personally.
The board can still be seen here without bindings.
Fun fact: over 200 people learned to snowboard on this board!
Back then, snowboarding was still in its infancy in Switzerland and the scene was so small that everyone knew each other personally.
The board can still be seen here without bindings.
Fun fact: over 200 people learned to snowboard on this board!
Binding & shoes
The snowboard scene in 1984 was still young, and suitable bindings were hard to find.
So they helped themselves and built their first bindings.
The boot is a soft hiking boot.
So they helped themselves and built their first bindings.
The boot is a soft hiking boot.
1984 - Action
It was jumped…
1984 - Action
… and jumped …
1984 - Action
… and surfed …
1984 - Action
… and what seems so natural here was an absolute exception!
Snowboarders were forbidden and not welcome almost everywhere – except in Hoch-Ybrig.
People were cool there right from the start.
Snowboarders were forbidden and not welcome almost everywhere – except in Hoch-Ybrig.
People were cool there right from the start.
1985 - Construction begins
Shapes were further refined and the production of custom-made products took off.
Orders from enthusiastic snowboarders became more and more frequent.
Orders from enthusiastic snowboarders became more and more frequent.
1985 - Construction begins
A break is a must.
Insights into the first Radical workshop.
Insights into the first Radical workshop.
1985 - Water sports
Skateboards and wakeskates were also produced.
Here you can see Mark Farner on Lake Zurich with neoprene and cap.
Here you can see Mark Farner on Lake Zurich with neoprene and cap.
1985 - First board with coating and edges
In the meantime, the first snowboard with a P-Tex running surface and edges was built in 1985 – a world first.
1986 - Time for competitions
The first snowboard races were launched, including the Swiss Championships in 1986 with an international star cast.
1986 - Time for competitions
Training session in Saas-Fee
1987 - World Championship St. Moritz
The Radical Snowboarding Club Zurich achieves the unbelievable: The first snowboarding world championship on European soil – in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
1987 - World Championship St. Moritz
Mark Farner with a 2m long downhill snowboard.
1987 - World Championship St. Moritz
The winners of the downhill.
Mark Farner proudly in 3rd place.
1988 - Boards for professionals worldwide
Radical specializes in custom boards, also for athletes from other brands.
Numerous World Cup and World Championship victories have been won with boards from Sims, Nidecker and Vision.
Numerous World Cup and World Championship victories have been won with boards from Sims, Nidecker and Vision.
1990 - Start of carbon Kevlar construction
Another milestone was the first carbon-kevlar construction.
The future trademark was born: durable and dynamic boards.
The future trademark was born: durable and dynamic boards.
2000 - Surf 222cm
The longest board in the world – The world’s longest production snowboard was created after several custom-made one-offs.
2004 - Radical Ski
The range was expanded to include skis and the first collection appeared.
This was a response to the growing demand from snowboarders who also wanted to ski.
This was a response to the growing demand from snowboarders who also wanted to ski.
2012 - Radical Splitboard
With the Lion, Radical brings an outstanding splitboard onto the market that hits the spot.
It was probably the lightest splitboard on the market at the time.
2013 - Radical Tours
Under the direction of Niki Huwyler as a professional guide, guided splitboard tours are offered to promote the sport and give participants a safe introduction to splitboarding.
In the mirror of the media: what was reported about us
PressPortal (2013)
Radical Sports presents the lightest splitboard in the world for its 30th anniversary.
NZZ (2014)
The “last of the Mohicans” in the domestic ski industry Thanks to direct sales, Stöckli is the only major Swiss ski manufacturer to have survived.
Smaller manufacturers such as Zurich-based Radical are trying to find a niche in the consolidated and globalized ski market by offering exclusivity.
Smaller manufacturers such as Zurich-based Radical are trying to find a niche in the consolidated and globalized ski market by offering exclusivity.
Zürcher Tagblatt (2014)
Mark Farner runs the only ski and snowboard factory in the city.
He revolutionized the Swiss sports landscape over 30 years ago.
He revolutionized the Swiss sports landscape over 30 years ago.
NZZ Bellevue (2018)
Edges, curves and carbon: Zurich-based ski and snowboard manufacturer Radical Sports has been producing high-quality boards and slats in small batches for more than thirty years.
A visit to Wollishofen.
A visit to Wollishofen.
Tages-Anzeiger (2021)
The revolutionary among Swiss ski manufacturers Mark Farner from Zurich introduced Switzerland to snowboarding.
Today, the 61-year-old also stands for the tradition of Swiss ski construction.
Today, the 61-year-old also stands for the tradition of Swiss ski construction.
Sportguide (2022)
New management at Radical Sports They have been at the helm at Radical Sports in Zurich since 2021: Patrick Stauber and Florian Hösli.