Last year, in a $5.2bn deal, the firm bought a majority stake in Amer Sports, a Finnish outfit with assets including Wilson tennis rackets and Salomon skis.
CARL AZUZ: Adventurous guests might be " alpining" away for that kind of " snowtel" but those who like to " parkas" somewhere warm will want to catch a lift and pick up the skis to a heated room.
OK, so no gold medal for you! Ski design is constantly evolving - or improving - which makes ski events some of the most varied and exciting of the Winter Games.
You are lining up your body with the skis and so the air can go around the ski and the body at the same time in kind of the same little bubble that it forms around you.