Black Crows

DE

Decathlon

Decathlon was born in France in 1976, is active in 72 countries and calls itself the world's largest sporting goods retailer. It designs and sells sports clothing and gear across many in-house brands, such as Simond for climbing and Forclaz for trekking, with a focus on affordable hiking, camping and cycling gear for people of all levels. Decathlon's own brand structure includes category specialists such as Quechua, Kipsta and Btwin, plus expert labels including Van Rysel and Kiprun; they are Decathlon lines rather than unrelated companies.

Specialist sports equipment

RO

Rossignol

Rossignol is a winter-sports brand whose range includes skis, boots and mountain apparel. The Rossignol Group's corporate press kit traces its start to 1907, when carpenter Abel Rossignol made wooden skis in Voiron, France; the kit places group functions and a racing-ski workshop near the original site. Its goals for waste and carbon reduction are forward-looking commitments in that dated kit, not achieved results. Equipment specifications and production locations should be checked by model rather than inferred from the brand's heritage.

Ski and snowboard equipment

SA

Salomon

Salomon is an outdoor-sports brand founded in Annecy in 1947 and part of Amer Sports, according to its own privacy notice. It began with ski-binding parts and expanded into boots, skis, snowboards and trail-running footwear, including the XA PRO, XT-6 and S/LAB ranges. Its company history also describes ski innovations such as the Skade toe piece and later footwear development; those dates are milestones in the brand's history, not claims that every current product uses the same technology.

Trail, hiking and winter sports gear

AR

Arosno

Arosno is a French startup based in Annecy that develops the e-trace electric snowbike for winter mountain use. The company says the vehicle is designed and developed in France, assembled there from components supplied by international partners. Its site names co-founders Romain Faure and Agathe Lebaron and lists a registered address in Annecy. The product belongs to snow-sport equipment, not ordinary road bicycles or ski apparel.

Electric snowbike

AR

Arva

Arva makes avalanche safety equipment, including transceivers and airbag backpacks. Its own site says it was established in the Alps in 1984 and that it still develops and makes its products in France.

Specialist sports equipment

BL

Blue Ice

Blue Ice develops equipment for climbing, mountaineering and ski touring from Les Houches, France. Its collections include harnesses, ice axes, crampons and packs designed for carrying equipment in the mountains.

Mountaineering and ski touring equipment

CA

Cairn

Cairn makes helmets, goggles and protective gear for skiing and cycling, run by Cairn Sport SAS in Lyon. The brand dates from 1938.

Helmets, goggles and protection for skiing and cycling

DY

Dynastar

Dynastar is a French alpine ski brand founded in 1963 in the Chamonix Valley. It is part of Rossignol Group.

Alpine skis