Atomic Skis
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Atomic Austria Gmbh is a ski producer located in Altenmarkt, Salzburg, Austria. It is wholly owned by Finnish parent company Amer Sports, which also owns Wilson Sporting Goods, Suunto Oy and Precor. Its products are sold worldwide. It has provided the skis for many professional skiers such as Hermann Maier and Bode Miller.
Atomic is especially known for their race skis, and many International Ski Federation Alpine skiing World Cup champions have used Atomic Equipment. Recent winners on Atomic include Hermann Maier,Bode Miller, and Stephan Eberharter. The powerhouse Austrian ski team has an especially close relationship with Atomic.
In 1955 the company was founded by Alois Rohrmoser. After the company was sent to bankruptcy by the Austrian union bank BAWAG, it was sold to his current owner Amer Sports.