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History
YearEvent
1950Humanic starts manufacturing ski boots.
1965The first ski boots with buckles are launched on the market.
1973Franz Klammer wins the downhill race at Planai/Schladming in Dynafit boots.
1976Franz Klammer wins the Olympic men’s downhill in
Innsbruck. Unprecedented success sees the downhill World Cup go to
skiers on Dynafit eight times in succession: 1974/75 to 1982/83.
1980Leonhard Stock is the Olympic gold medallist. Dynafit is granted permission to use the Austrian coat of arms.
1981The successful Dynafit World Cup Competition model is
the first ski boot in the world to be awarded the IAS’s golden seal of
approval.
1983Dynafit presents the Tourlite, a completely new design and the lightest ski/climbing boot in the world.
1985 / 86Dynafit brings out the CDE collection (rear entry),
which is the first and only Alpine ski boot at the time with Gore-Tex
Thermo Dry.
1990Dynafit presents the Tourlite Tech boot/binding
combination. A sensation, the lightest safety binding in the world for
ski touring is lighter than any other comparable binding on the market.
1991Dynafit is taken over by Raichle Sport Holding AG, CH-8280 Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
1996On 1 January 1996 Dynafit GmbH is established with headquarters at Molln, Austria.
Dynafit returns to Austria.
1998Production of ski boots is discontinued.
2001Dynafit become part of Salzer Holding GmbH, the parent
company of the Salzer-Ueberreuter-Economos Group. It is a family
business that originally focused on printing, publishing and paper, and
since the Seventies has also been processing plastics.
2002Dynafit Skischuh GmbH changes its name to Dynafit Sports GmbH.
Dynafit starts selling ABS avalanche airbag rucksacks worldwide.
2003Dynafit goes Salewa! Since february 2003 Dynafit is a member of the Salewa Group.
2004Ski mountaineering athletes are the ones that
determine the development and structure of the DYNAFIT brand, and the
new (specialist) skis D612 and D914 as well as the new "Speedskin-Fix"
skin-stretching system represent the outcome of this close market
collaboration.
2006
Speed ascent of 8035 meter Gasherbrum II.  The new ST Gasherbrum II ski, along with the TLT Vertical ST binding, made this expedition possible.
2007
In April, the North American office is opened in Boulder, Colorado, USA.  The business exceeds all projections in its first year of operations.  Also, in August the speed ascent of Manaslu (8135m) is attempted.
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