Norefjell, Norway
Les hautes alpes, France
Chamonix, Finland/Sweden
Jasná, Slovakia
Whistler, BC, Canada
Jasná, Slovakia
Thanks to the work of several amazing photographers, we have the best pictures. Here are some of them.
Skis production was also captured by talented young photographer
Invermere, BC, Canada
Les Arcs, France
Jeseníky, Czechia
Tauplitz, Austria / Czechia
Dipl.-Ing. / Chief designer
The man behind the original idea of Forest Skis and development. "I created this project with joy and the desire to make something special and unique. It is incredibly rewarding to see that it's a product allowing people to explore new frontiers, horizons and experiences.”
Master of Arts (M.A.) / Art Director
Responsible for overall look of the company in design, photography and film.
Academy of Fine Arts-educated graphic designer, but works mostly in the film industry as a cinema feature film colorist.
Also avid skier, founding member of Forest Skis and angel investor.
Dipl.-Ing. / Engineering
Was a founding member of Forest Skis, and is currently fully engaged in projects in the composite industry. Studied at TUM Munich with a major specialization in carbon composites and ergonomics.
A passionate freeskier, spends most of the season in the Alps.
Technical support and manufacture Lukáš Schröder, Filip Cejp and others from Board Technology.
Ondrej Jób a letterist, designed the font for Forest Skis logotype. Local support by Ondřej Šimko, Marian Ligda, Michal Plichta and Braňo Molnár and more.
Forest Skis was founded by brothers from Slovakia, both graduated from engineering studies. Viktor at VUT Brno, Czech Republic and Jakub at TUM Munich, Germany and Broňa, the visual designer who gave Forest Skis the look and investment incentives.
All avid Freeskiers, ride the steepest slopes in offpiste terrain with the style that is often incompatible with common sense. "We do ski a lot and we destroyed many skis before we started our own brand. We had the know-how and the ideas for improvements so we have decided to make skis that would lead us further."
Viktor studied Energetics and Technical of environment. He is engaged mainly
in the development in Forest Skis' progressive shapes, wood cores, processing, adjustment of production and quality control. He is also responsible for the overall organization and team management. Winner of the National Design Award, Red Dot Award and other design awards.
Broňa studied graphic design and photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. In Forest Skis, She creates a timeless design with an emphasis on functionality. It is also recognized by many Slovak and international design awards.
Jakub was devoted to the study of Composite materials and Ergonomics in the automotive industry. He was a technical leader of the University team that worked on the development of ecological car eLi15, which has won Shell Eco – Marathon, the most prestigious competition in the sector. With this background, the high-tech materials we use can compete with world leaders. He is now fully engaged in projects in the composite industry.
Skis are defined by the use of materials over certain period of time and as a product can't be 100 percent ecological.
However, we are doing our best to lessen the environmental impact.
We eliminated non-natural materials
such as plastic topsheets and aluminum sheets from our production.
We use wood from European renewable forests and organic glue from
Entropy Resins.
Since the very beginning of our establishment, we use virtual product development process. Viktor designs skis so precisely that for the development of a new model, we are down to no more than 2 ski prototypes until the final product is released to the market. Jakub wrote the software for calculations the strength and elasticity of materials that achieve exact results and the software is now used also by the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Ski production is just on-demand, thereby we eliminate the use of excess material.
Our concept of ski lengths adjustments using various types of tails allows us to use the minimum number of steel cassettes for the production of skis. Product life is increased by the use of high-quality materials and high-quality manufacture which means only A controlled product quality while avoiding the production of B or C products. This is confirmed by an extended 3-year warranty.
We cut the shipping down as well – we sell mainly directly through our website
or our ambassadors.
All our Slovak , Czech, Austrian and German customers can receive the skis personally. We also have a direct relationship with our customers – we advise them on how to choose the skis or the bindings or we provide general service of the skis after season.
We have a minimum of printed marketing materials. Most of the information can be found on-line, we use our website
or social media as the main source for technical or image details. We try to reduce the use of ecologically burdening
printed paper to the minimum necessary.
And finally, the original idea of the name Forest skis comes from our long-lasting effort to support reforestation in the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia especially in areas that have been heavily damaged by natural disasters in recent years.
We are active in planting trees ourselves and when there is an opportunity we gladly spent time with tree planting in our National parks. From each directly sold pair of skis, 10 Eur goes to the forest nursery, so there could be new trees planted.
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