The end of skiing season is close and that is always the best time to look back. Look back not just on all fine skiing days, but also to evaluate what happened in past months and prepare for next season. March and April are probably the best months for buying skiing equipment with discounts. And where you can find the best guide to ski brands? In the professional skiing world. What is good for pro skiers cannot be bad for you. So let us have a look at Top Ski Brands in Professional Skiing.
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Season 2017/2018
All season long we followed not just the names of the winners of ski world cup races, but we looked also on skis the best skiers use. Here is our Top Ski Brands in Alpine and Cross Country Professional Skiing ranking.
Top Ski Brands in Alpine Skiing
FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is dominated by three major brands. Head, Rossignol, and Atomic. Look at the number of podium places for these three ski brands during FIS World Cup 2017/2018:
| LADIES FIS ALPINE SKIING | MEN FIS ALPINE SKIING | ||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | TOTAL | |
| Head | 12 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 94 |
| Rossignol | 9 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 69 |
| Atomic | 18 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 57 |
You can find full Alpine Skiing Brands ranking here.
Head had the most podium places during 2017/2018 World Cup Season (Olympics included). Rossignol was second and Atomic third. However, Atomic gained most golds during the season, mainly thanks to Marcel Hirscher and Mikaela Shiffrin who dominates the slalom and giant slalom disciplines.
So when you want best-performing skis even on the hardest and fastest tracks, choose one of these three brands. What is good for best professional skiers and brings them a lot of success cannot be bad for you.
HEAD | ROSSIGNOL | ATOMIC |
Top Ski Brands in Cross-Country Skiing
Cross-Country Skiing shows the different picture. There is clearly one brand which rules cross-country skiing pro world. Fischer.
| LADIES FIS CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING | MEN FIS CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING | ||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | TOTAL | |
| Fischer | 17 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 111 |
| Madshus | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
| Rossignol | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
You can find full Cross-Country Skiing Brands ranking here.
Fischer had more podium places during 2017/2018 Fis World Cup Season than all other brands together. They are clearly most successful ski brand without any doubts. So do not hesitate when buying cross country skis, go with the brand of the best.
FISCHER | MADSHUS | ROSSIGNOL |
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