About Us

KAORIGIN’s concept emerged after the meeting between winter sports and graphic design. <a href="/en/categories/skis">Skis</a>, <a href="/en/categories/snowboards">boards</a> and <a href="/en/categories/casques-helmets">helmets</a> are personal equipments, which call for a wise choice, matching both technical performance and graphic design. Applying a design on a board or a helmet is a good way to express the personality of his/her owner.   <img class="center cadre" src="/images/kaorigin/pages/qui-sommes-nous/kaorigin_chalet.jpg" alt="chalet" />   KAORIGIN  developed partnerships with well-known brands, <a href="/en/brands/rossignol">Rossignol</a>, <a href="/en/brands/dynastar">Dynastar</a>, <a href="/en/brands/blacksmith">Blacksmith</a> or <a href="/en/brands/zag">Zag</a> and allows customers to customise their equipment with the design they’ll choose from a catalog imagined by <a href="/en/designers">talented French designers</a> or from their own creation ! Talking about innovation KAORIGIN’s concept is based upon a <a href="/en/pages/technologie">unique and patented technology</a> which allows you to both customise <a href="/en/categories/skis">ski</a>/<a href="/en/categories/snowboards">snowboard</a> gear and preserve such a great quality and technical performance. Regarding artistic style, Kaorigin gives free play to his/her <a href="/en/designers">designers</a> so that they offer various ways to express themselves on their equipment. This entire concept is outlined on such an easy and appealing website, tailor-made to facilitate the Internet user’s choices.   <img class="center cadre" src="/images/kaorigin/pages/qui-sommes-nous/ski_pinky_erik_arlen.jpg" alt="Ski" />     <h2>The Team </h2> KAORIGIN was founded by winter sports industry and technique professionals who used to work for an entire year to give birth to the technology that's in your reach.   <ul> <li> Jacques LACROIX, the founder, spent a big part of his career working for the big French sport brands SALOMON and ROSSIGNOL as an engineer before taking over as the R&D technical director for the international winter sports equipment department. He knows perfectly how to build skis with a high level of quality and got to travel all over the world to test good performances of products with commercial teams. He put all of his knowledge and experience into the search of the best partners and suppliers to make the KaOrigin technology come true. </li> <li> Jean-Marie MARTIN, the team's manager, worked as former commercial manager and management controller in several countries. He knows the organisational and marketing requirements of a growing company. Born in Valloire, ski and snow technology never stayed far away from his heart. He balances the back office work and the commercial aspects of KaOrigin's </li> </ul>     <h2>AWARDS</h2> KAORIGIN has won many international Awards since 2007 : - Best Idea Award for Business Start Up - Business Start Up Show in Lyon, France - 2007 - "Réseau Isère Entreprendre" prizewinner 2007 - ISPO 2009 Brandnew Award in Munich - Biggest Winter Sports Equipment and Apparel Show in the world - 2009 <img src="/images/kaorigin/data/images/43/page/dupont_persdesign_petit.jpg" alt="Brandnew award" />  <img src="/images/kaorigin/data/images/44/page/Logo_ISPO_09_petit.jpg" alt="ISPO09" />     KAORIGIN’s concept emerged after the meeting between winter sports and graphic design. <a href="/en/categories/skis">Skis</a>, <a href="/en/categories/snowboards">boards</a> and <a href="/en/categories/casques-helmets">helmets</a> are personal equipments, which call for a wise choice, matching both technical performance and graphic design. Applying a design on a board or a helmet is a good way to express the personality of his/her owner.   <img class="center cadre" src="/images/kaorigin/pages/qui-sommes-nous/kaorigin_chalet.jpg" alt="chalet" />   KAORIGIN  developed partnerships with well-known brands, <a href="/en/brands/rossignol">Rossignol</a>, <a href="/en/brands/dynastar">Dynastar</a>, <a href="/en/brands/blacksmith">Blacksmith</a> or <a href="/en/brands/zag">Zag</a> and allows customers to customise their equipment with the design they’ll choose from a catalog imagined by <a href="/en/designers">talented French designers</a> or from their own creation ! Talking about innovation KAORIGIN’s concept is based upon a <a href="/en/pages/technologie">unique and patented technology</a> which allows you to both customise <a href="/en/categories/skis">ski</a>/<a href="/en/categories/snowboards">snowboard</a> gear and preserve such a great quality and technical performance. Regarding artistic style, Kaorigin gives free play to his/her <a href="/en/designers">designers</a> so that they offer various ways to express themselves on their equipment. This entire concept is outlined on such an easy and appealing website, tailor-made to facilitate the Internet user’s choices.   <img class="center cadre" src="/images/kaorigin/pages/qui-sommes-nous/ski_pinky_erik_arlen.jpg" alt="Ski" />     <h2>The Team </h2> KAORIGIN was founded by winter sports industry and technique professionals who used to work for an entire year to give birth to the technology that's in your reach.   <ul> <li> Jacques LACROIX, the founder, spent a big part of his career working for the big French sport brands SALOMON and ROSSIGNOL as an engineer before taking over as the R&D technical director for the international winter sports equipment department. He knows perfectly how to build skis with a high level of quality and got to travel all over the world to test good performances of products with commercial teams. He put all of his knowledge and experience into the search of the best partners and suppliers to make the KaOrigin technology come true. </li> <li> Jean-Marie MARTIN, the team's manager, worked as former commercial manager and management controller in several countries. He knows the organisational and marketing requirements of a growing company. Born in Valloire, ski and snow technology never stayed far away from his heart. He balances the back office work and the commercial aspects of KaOrigin's </li> </ul>     <h2>AWARDS</h2> KAORIGIN has won many international Awards since 2007 : - Best Idea Award for Business Start Up - Business Start Up Show in Lyon, France - 2007 - "Réseau Isère Entreprendre" prizewinner 2007 - ISPO 2009 Brandnew Award in Munich - Biggest Winter Sports Equipment and Apparel Show in the world - 2009 <img src="/images/kaorigin/data/images/43/page/dupont_persdesign_petit.jpg" alt="Brandnew award" />  <img src="/images/kaorigin/data/images/44/page/Logo_ISPO_09_petit.jpg" alt="ISPO09" />

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