Skis Rossignol - tileable stone texture Manufacturer - seamless stone texture Manufacturer

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www.rossignol.com Skis Rossignol S.A., or simply Rossignol, is a French manufacturer of alpine, snowboard, and nordic equipment as well as related outerwear and accessories, located in Isre, France. Rossignol was one of the first companies to produce plastic skis. The company also owns the brand Dynastar as well as LOOK. In 2005, Rossignol was bought by the boardsport equipment manufacturer Quiksilver for $560 million. In 2008, Quiksilver made a deal to sell Rossignol for $147 million to a former chief executive, Bruno Cercley. History Ski jumper with Rossignol-skis. The company was founded in 1907 by Abel Rossignol as a textile and ski manufacturer. Rossignol, a committed skier, used his carpentry skills to make a pair of skis out of solid wood. In 1937, Emile Allais became world champion on Rossignol Olympic 41 skis. When Laurent Boix Vives bought the company in 1956, the company only focused on skiing equipment and began to sell them world wide. Rossignol had a breakthrough during the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, USA when Jean Vuarnet won the on Allais 60s, the world's first all-metal skis. In 1964, Rossignol released the Strato, the first fiberglass ski. In the 1970s, Rossignol began selling in the USA, launching its first nordic skis and soon became the world's largest ski manufacturer. At the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Rossignol triumphed winning six out of ten gold medals in alpine events. In 1990, Rossignol launched a product line of alpine ski boots, as well as developing a bindings range and soon after moved into snowboards and mountain clothing. Athletes using Rossignol products won at both the Winter Olympic games in Albertville and in Lillehammer. Alberto Tomba, the dominant technical skier of the 1990s, raced on Rossignol skis. Team riders Discipline Athlete Freestyle Mike Hopkins Olivier Meynet Xavier Bertoni Sage Cattabriga Lynsey Dyer Manu Gaidet Kattia Griffiths Andreas Htveit JF Houle Ian Mcintosh Kevin Rolland Kye Petersen Dan Treadway Alpine Adrien Theaux Christof Innerhofer Frnzi Aufdenblatten Gauthier De Tessieres Genevive Simard Jean-Philippe Roy John Clarey Kathrin Wilhelm Pierrick Bourgeat Silvan Zurbriggen Stpane Tissot Tina Maze Vanessa Vidal Veronika Zuzulova Brigitte Acton Anne-Sophie Barthet Nkie Bent Marion Bertrand Catherine Borghi Stacey Cook Didgier Defago Ana Drev Allison Forsyth Jean-Baptiste Grange Julia Mancuso Manuel Osborne-Paradis Mattias Hargin Werner Heel Jean Hudec Mike Janyk Jessica Kelley Ted Ligety Jessica Lindell Vikarby Christina Lustenberger Lars Elton Myhre Maria Pietil Holmner Urska Rabic Alessanrdo Roberto Petra Robnik Matik Skube Lindsey Vonn Tessa Worley Snowboard Jonas Emery Mathhieu Crepel Kjersti Buaas Xavier De Le Rue Jeremy Jones Wyatt Caldwell Beji Ritche Doriane Vidal Erin Valvarde References ^ "Quiksilver earnings jump 94%". Huntington Beach Independent. 2006-12-20. http://www.hbindependent.com/articles/2006/12/21/news/hbi-csroundup21.txt. Retrieved 2007-11-30. ^ Michael Lyster (2008-08-27). "Quiksilver Selling Rossignol for $147M". Orange County Business Journal. http://www.ocbj.com/article.asp?aID=08729298.123135.1674140.5973119.6879039.314&aID2=128771. Retrieved 2008-08-27. ^ http://www.rossignol.com/company/ ^ Rossignol International Team This French corporation or company article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. vde Categories: Clothing companies of France | Sporting goods manufacturers of France | Ski equipment manufacturers | Snowboarding | French company stubs

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