ORIGINAL RACING EQUIPMENT WE ARE #1 THE BEST ATHLETES OF THE WORLD DIG KOMPERDELL! ŠÁRKA STRACHOVÁ ANNA FENNINGER © GEPA pictures KOMPERDELL – THE BRAND FOR WINNERS! We are happy to welcome a new team member since worldcup season 2014/15: Šárka Strachová, the slalom world champion of 2007 – back then with her maiden name Záhrobská – ac- complished the slalom bronze medal at the world championships 2015 in Vail/Beaver Creek after she successfully fought a cerebral tumor in 2012. Good to have you here, Šárká! TED LIGETY TINA MAZE GEPA pictures GEPA © GEPA pictures GEPA pictures WE ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BRAND © © AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015! WE ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BRAND AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015! NICOLE HOSP PATRICK KÜNG MARCEL HIRSCHER GEPA pictures GEPA © GEPA pictures © As early as in the 50s Toni Sailer rushed from one victory to another with our poles, followed by further outstanding athletes like Karl Schranz, Franz Klammer, Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Renate Götschl. Today our athletes are more successful than ever – and we are proud of it! Being a successful supplier is not enough for us – we want to create a partnership! Close collaboration when it comes to development and individual assistance assures huge benefits for athletes, our company and customers. We are very pleased that many of our athletes and partners stay connected and remain team members even decades after they quit their professional careers! OUR RESULTS AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VAIL/BEAVER CREEK 8 of 10 individual races won – a total of 14 medals – HANNES REICHELT 8x Gold – 4x Silver – 2x Bronze 2x Anna Fenninger (Super G, Giant Slalom) 2x Tina Maze (Downhill, Alpine Combined) Marcel Hirscher (Alpine Combined) Ted Ligety (Giant Slalom) Patrick Küng (Downhill) Hannes Reichelt (Super G) Tina Maze (Super G) Anna Fenninger (Downhill) Marcel Hirscher (Giant Slalom) Nicole Hosp (Alpine Combined) Ted Ligety (Alpine Combined) Šarká Stráchova (Slalom) GEPA pictures GEPA © PAGE 3 Handgelenksbug TECHNOLOGY THESE DETAILS TURN A POLE INTO A WORLDCUP POLE PUNCH COVER STRAPS & GRIPS Our racing poles are manufactured in Austria out of highest grade mate- The Worldcup Punch Cover – developed in col- The Race Strap, mounted on all carbon and alumi- laboration with Marcel and Ferdinand Hirscher num racing poles, is additionally fastened to the rials available. As a result of the close cooperation with our top athletes grip with bolt and screw, thus making tearing off during development cycles we gain valuable feedback and know-how our – provides efficient gliding and stabilizing on snow just like a third ski and is available on the strap nearly impossible. customers will benefit directly. In addition, our racing department adapts both carbon and aluminum poles. This model The Skicross Strap is also mounted on our skicross our poles individually to your body: we measure, bend and drill in order to also supports you with a thumb protection. poles by using this technique in order to provide a support you with the best possible equipment. Its‘ slimmer equivalent, the Punch Cover Profi, perfect power transmission at the start. is handier but offers still excellent shelter for Our Race Grip Duplo (two-component material) has your hands. been proven for years! It is especially handy and slim, and it also has an additional fixation to pre- vent twisting of the punch protection. SHRINKAGE TUBING CARBON Our carbon slalom poles are reinforced by a 20cm/7,9in long shrinkage tubing at the upper sec- Our carbon tubes are developed by ourselves! Ja- tion to raise break resistance. panese high-end carbon fibres combined with our unique production technique and resins lead to outstanding carbon poles with load limits up to 200kg/440lbs. All our poles are manufactured at our headquar- ters in Mondsee, Austria – thus we can achieve extremely short development cycles, excellent quality and seamless transition from prototypes to serial production. Already more than 50% of our poles are made out of carbon – and the numbers grow! The benefits of carbon are impressive: Significantly less weight yet higher strength and it is absolutely corrosion free. BENDINGS Basically there are three types of bendings: – Giant Slalom bending – Super-G bending SUPER-G – Downhill bending DOWNHILL SPECIAL The Giant Slalom bending provides best SLALOM GIANT CONSTRUCTION sliding down the gates. Compared to our standard alpine po- les, our World Cup poles are made of The Super-G bending is equipped with an an even sturdier construction! additionalwrist bending. The wrist ben- ding provides optimal adjustment to the with wrist bending with wrist bending body. It snuggles perfectly to the body contour. In addition to the wrist bending the down- hill bending benefits of an additional bending at the end of the pole. It provides more aerodynamics for downhill races. BASKETS & TIPS On our aluminum poles the tungsten/carbide flex tip with lining disc basket respectively downhill basket is attached by an aluminum plug and tube collar. On our carbon poles the tungs- ten/carbide flex tip with lining disc basket is fixed with an adhesive. The Komperdell downhill bas- kets with steel tip have been especially developed for speed races for a perfect slide down the gates. PAGE 5 RACING WORLDCUP CARBON. MARCEL HIRSCHER YOUR THIRD SKI The Worldcup Punch Cover functions as third ski on snow; the new geometry of the impact protection with lattened edges is used to enable and support gliding on snow. THE BEST OF THE BEST OUR WORLDCUP-SERIES – 100% CARBON! NATIONALTEAM NATIONALTEAM NATIONALTEAM NATIONALTEAM CARBON DOWNHILL CARBON SLALOM NATIONALTEAM CARBON GS BENT CARBON SUPER-G CARBON GS 12,3 Sizes: 120 - 140 cm Sizes: 100 - 135 cm Sizes: 120 - 140 cm Sizes: 120 - 140 cm Sizes: 105 - 135 cm Features: Features: Features: Features: Race grip Duplo Technical grip with rubber and Features: Race grip Duplo Race grip Duplo Race strap fi xed with a plug punch cover world cup style Race grip Duplo Race strap Race strap into the grip for additional hold Race strap Race strap 100 % carbon bent 100 % carbon bent 100 % carbon bent 100 % carbon, Ø 12,3 mm 100 % Carbon, Ø 12,3 mm Ø 16/10 mm Ø 16/10 mm Ø 16/10 mm Mini race basket Downhill basket Downhill basket Downhill basket Downhill basket Tungsten/carbide fl ex tip Tungsten/carbide fl ex tip Tungsten/carbide fl ex tip Tungsten/carbide fl ex tip Tungsten/carbide fl ex tip art. # 147 32 51-48 art. # 147 32 54-48 art. # 148 10 54-48 art. # 148 10 52-48 art. # 148 10 53-10 PAGE 7 RACING ALUMINUM PATRICK KÜNG LIGHTWEIGHT & TOUGH HIGH DENSITY ALUMINUM 7075-T6. © GEPA pictures NATIONALTEAM NATIONALTEAM NATIONALTEAM ALU SLALOM 19 MM ALU SUPER-G 19 MM 19 MM NATIONALTEAM NATIONALTEAM Sizes: 100 - 135 cm Sizes: 100 - 135 cm Sizes: 100 - 135 cm SUPER-G JUNIOR JUNIOR Sizes: 80 - 110 cm Sizes: 80 - 110 cm Features: Features: Features: Rubber race grip Rubber race grip Rubber race grip Features: Features: Race strap Race strap Race strap Structure grip PE Structure grip PE Alu, alloy 7075-T6 Alu, alloy 7075-T6 Alu, alloy 7075-T6 Race strap junior Race strap junior Ø 19 mm Ø 18 mm, bent Ø 19 mm Alu, alloy 5083 Alu, alloy 5083 lining disc basket, fi xed Downhill basket, fi xed Mini race basket, fi xed Ø 16 mm,bent Ø 16 mm with alu fi tting and snap ring with alu fi tting and snap ring with alu fi tting and snap ring Downhill basket Mini race basket tungsten/carbide fl ex tip Tungsten/carbide fl ex tip Steel tip Flex steel tip Steel tip art. # 144 42 51-48 art. # 144 42 50-48 art. # 144 42 01-48 AW 31 art. # 221 42 02-48 art. # 221 42 01-48 PAGE 9 RACING ACCESSORIES. TED LIGETY CARLO JANKA © GEPA pictures PROTECTION FOR TOP SPEED AND PERFECT TIMING. TED LIGETY SHINGUARD SHINGUARD ELBOW PROTECTION ELBOW PROTECTION PROFI WORLD CUP ADULT PROFI WORLD CUP JUNIOR WORLD CUP ADULT WORLD CUP JUNIOR For the ambitious racer For junior racers For the ambitious racer For junior racers art. # 747-48 art. # 151-48 art. # 130-48 art. # 129-48 PUNCH COVER DEVELOPED PUNCH COVER PUNCH COVER PUNCH COVER WORLDCUP WITH & FOR PROFI BIG SMALL OUR ATHLETES 156-48 158-02 153-02 152-02 158-48 153-48 152-48 stabilizing and sliding on snow Features: The new form of our punch cover – with its chamfered top and sides – is ideal for supporting the sliding on snow, as adopted in modern racing styles Smaller central part with guard rails Best sliding along slalom poles Best protections of thumbs New left-hand/right-hand shape Can be adjusted to smaller hands Easy to mount PAGE 11 GEPA pictures RACING © PROTECTION. OUR PROTECTORS ARE THE MOST RELIABLE ONES! Our protectors exceed the criteria of the strictest protection category in motorcycling. The certification according to CE EN 1621-2 allows a maximum residual energy of 9kN – we offer with proven results a residual energy lower than 5kN. TINA MAZE In contrast to hard shell protectors, our patented multi- layer and multi-chamber foams dispose the impact force to their whole surface. This is the result of more than 15 years of know-how in development of back protectors PROTECTOR PACK in cooperation with leading motorcycle manufacturers. FIS APPROVED – OPTIMAL PROTECTION. Moreover, our protectors are also at the cutting edge when it comes to comfort: Our multi-layer protector insert made out of dual-density foam matches individually to your body through your own body heat and thus provides you perfect freedom of movement combined with a maximum area of coverage.