The story
Skiing
In the 1910s, Franz Völkl began producing boats, sleds, and horse-drawn carriages under his name. His son Georg took over in 1923, producing the company's first skis. In the early 1950s, under Georg's leadership, the company became a leading European ski manufacturer.
Jarden Action Sports at one time owned the Völkl and Marker brands. In 2007, Jarden acquired K2 and LINE. Jarden was acquired by Newell in 2016. Newell sold Völkl and K2 to Kohlberg & Company in 2017, leading to the creation of Elevate Outdoor Collective.
Völkl produced snowboards from 1997 until 2017.
Current or recent Völkl ski racers include Katharina Truppe, Markus Salcher, Adriana Jelinkova, Harry Laidlaw, Istok Rodes, Leona Popovic, Sam Maes, Sebastian Holzmann, Stefano Gross, Reece Howden, and Stefan Luitz.
Tennis
Völkl tennis racquets were first produced in the early 1970s. Their Zebra racquet was one of the first to be made of composite materials, rather than wood. Their racquets have been used by players such as Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Michael Stich, Sergi Bruguera, Petr Korda, Jana Novotna, Stefanie Vögele, Liezel Huber, and Laura Siegemund.
Since 1994, the company's signature model has been the V1 Classic.
From Wikipedia’s article on Völkl, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4