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Mark Farner surfs down a slope in the Hoch-Ybrig ski area on the very first Radical snowboard in 1984.
\nThe only place where snowboarding was allowed, while it was forbidden everywhere else. <\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Radical No. 1 – The first snowboard” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Radical-No.1-in-Production-1984.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]The Radical No.1: Built by Mark Farner in 1984.
\nBack then, snowboarding was still in its infancy in Switzerland and the scene was so small that everyone knew each other personally.
\nThe board can still be seen here without bindings.
\nFun fact: over 200 people learned to snowboard on this board![\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Binding & shoes” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Bindung-fuer-Radical-Nr.-2-Feb.1985-3.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]The snowboard scene in 1984 was still young, and suitable bindings were hard to find.
\nSo they helped themselves and built their first bindings.
\nThe boot is a soft hiking boot.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1984 – Action” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/backscratch145.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]It was jumped…[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1984 – Action” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Radical-Nr.-1-Dez.1984-Jump-Mark-Farner-1.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]… and jumped …[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1984 – Action” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/84-87-staubentfernt062.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]… and surfed …[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1984 – Action” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mf-skilift-84-scaled.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]… and what seems so natural here was an absolute exception!
\nSnowboarders were forbidden and not welcome almost everywhere – except in Hoch-Ybrig.
\nPeople were cool there right from the start.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1985 – Construction begins” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Shaping-Belag-von-Radical-Nr.-2-Feb.1985.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]Shapes were further refined and the production of custom-made products took off.
\nOrders from enthusiastic snowboarders became more and more frequent.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1985 – Construction begins” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Einblicke-in-den-Alltag-aus-der-alten-Werkstatt.-ca.-1985.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]A break is a must.
\nInsights into the first Radical workshop.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1985 – Water sports” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Radical-Wakeskate-1985.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]Skateboards and wakeskates were also produced.
\nHere you can see Mark Farner on Lake Zurich with neoprene and cap.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1985 – First board with coating and edges” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/History-Pic-Erstes-Board-mit-Laufbelag-und-Kanten.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the first snowboard with a P-Tex running surface and edges was built in 1985 – a world first.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1986 – Time for competitions” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Swisscup-mit-burton-und-radical-team.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n
The first snowboard races were launched, including the Swiss Championships in 1986 with an international star cast.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1986 – Time for competitions” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mark-Farner-Rennen-Saas-Fee.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n
Training session in Saas-Fee<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1987 – World Championship St. Moritz” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Sonntagszeitung-1.3.87209.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]The Radical Snowboarding Club Zurich achieves the unbelievable: The first snowboarding world championship on European soil – in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1987 – World Championship St. Moritz” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WM-St.-Moritz-1987-Mark-Farner.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]Mark Farner with a 2m long downhill snowboard.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1987 – World Championship St. Moritz” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WM-St.-Moritz-1987-Sieger.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n
The winners of the downhill.
\nMark Farner proudly in 3rd place. <\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1988 – Boards for professionals worldwide” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/3-1989-Sims-1.-Fuhre-Customboards-fuer-WorldCup.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]Radical specializes in custom boards, also for athletes from other brands.
\nNumerous World Cup and World Championship victories have been won with boards from Sims, Nidecker and Vision.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”1990 – Start of carbon Kevlar construction” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Radical-Team-Seeblickstrasse.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]Another milestone was the first carbon-kevlar construction.
\nThe future trademark was born: durable and dynamic boards.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”2000 – Surf 222cm” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/surf222.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]The longest board in the world – The world’s longest production snowboard was created after several custom-made one-offs.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”2004 – Radical Ski” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/der-erste-Radical-Ski.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]The range was expanded to include skis and the first collection appeared.
\nThis was a response to the growing demand from snowboarders who also wanted to ski.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”2012 – Radical Splitboard” use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.25)” text_border_radius=”5px” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_heading_font|700|||||||” header_font_size=”2em” body_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ background_color=”#2E2E2E” background_enable_color=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Niki-Splitboard-Lion-Entwicklung-.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” custom_padding=”|200px||200px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” body_line_height_tablet=”1.5em” body_line_height_phone=”1.1em” body_line_height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]<\/p>\n
With the Lion, Radical brings an outstanding splitboard onto the market that hits the spot.
\nIt was probably the lightest splitboard on the market at the time. <\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.0″ background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”||8px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ background_image=”https:\/\/radical.swiss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Hintergrund-Zeitungen.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_slider use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”#2E2E2E” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_bg_color=”#2E2E2E” border_color_all_image=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_slide heading=”PressPortal (2013)” button_text=”to the article” button_link=”https:\/\/www.presseportal.ch\/de\/pm\/100007226\/100746087″ use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”#2E2E2E” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h2″ header_font=”||on||||||” body_font=”|800|||||||” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_enable_color=”on” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#2E2E2E” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]Radical Sports presents the lightest splitboard in the world for its 30th anniversary.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”NZZ (2014)” button_text=”to the article” button_link=”https:\/\/www.nzz.ch\/wirtschaft\/die-letzten-mohikaner-dereinheimischen-ski-industrie-ld.1074567″ use_bg_overlay=”off” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”#2E2E2E” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h2″ header_font=”||on||||||” body_font=”|800|||||||” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_enable_color=”on” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#2E2E2E” button_border_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]The “last of the Mohicans” in the domestic ski industry Thanks to direct sales, St\u00f6ckli is the only major Swiss ski manufacturer to have survived.
\nSmaller manufacturers such as Zurich-based Radical are trying to find a niche in the consolidated and globalized ski market by offering exclusivity.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Z\u00fcrcher Tagblatt (2014)” button_text=”to the article” button_link=”https:\/\/www.tagblattzuerich.ch\/aktuell\/portraet\/portraet-detail\/article\/er-brachte-das-meer-in-die-alpen.html” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”#2E2E2E” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h2″ header_font=”||on||||||” body_font=”|800|||||||” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_enable_color=”on” custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#F4F4F4″ button_bg_color=”#2E2E2E” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]Mark Farner runs the only ski and snowboard factory in the city.
\nHe revolutionized the Swiss sports landscape over 30 years ago.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”NZZ Bellevue (2018)” button_text=”to the article” button_link=”https:\/\/bellevue.nzz.ch\/reisen-entdecken\/manufaktur-radical-sports-zuerich-kanten-kurven-und-karbon-ld.1346520?KAVZ=0587-0080-01-010″ use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”#2E2E2E” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h2″ header_font=”||on||||||” body_font=”|800|||||||” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_enable_color=”on” custom_button=”on” button_bg_color=”#2E2E2E” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]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.
\nA visit to Wollishofen.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Tages-Anzeiger (2021)” button_text=”to the article” button_link=”https:\/\/www.tagesanzeiger.ch\/der-revoluzzer-unter-den-schweizer-skiherstellern-548845380672″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h2″ header_font=”||on||||||” body_font=”|800|||||||” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_enable_color=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]The revolutionary among Swiss ski manufacturers Mark Farner from Zurich introduced Switzerland to snowboarding.
\nToday, the 61-year-old also stands for the tradition of Swiss ski construction.[\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide heading=”Sportguide (2022)” button_text=”to the article” button_link=”https:\/\/www.sportguide.ch\/neue-geschaeftsleitung-bei-radical-sports\/” use_text_overlay=”on” text_overlay_color=”#2E2E2E” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h2″ header_font=”||on||||||” body_font=”|800|||||||” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_enable_color=”on” custom_button=”on” button_bg_color=”#2E2E2E” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_transition=”on”]New management at Radical Sports They have been at the helm at Radical Sports in Zurich since 2021: Patrick Stauber and Florian H\u00f6sli.[\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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