Story behind the Asian-influenced graphic designs in Völkl´s freeride line-up

[JJ-SI]

Hi,

Hopefully nobody finds this offensive or it´s not completely in the wrong forum.

I recently interviewed a guy called Patrick Bonato, who was mainly responsible for doing the graphic designs for Völkl skis like the Gotama, Katana, Kendo, Sumo, Chopstick and Mantra during the early 2000´s.

Here´s the interview on how the designs and Asian theme were born:

http://freeski.downdays.eu/featured/...lassic-skis-2/

I thought that since a lot of those skis were also pretty popular on this forum, the story might also be of interest to some people.

Cheers,

Jaakko

[Scottish_Skier]

Very good article...
Some iconic ski's in there.

I like it when companies keep a ski in their line up (such as the Gotama or Mantra) for several years.
Nothing worse than changing the names every year just because they can.

[JJ-SI]

Thanks, the reason for the article was first purely my own interest on the story. It´s of course nice to see if it reaches some other people who find it interesting as well.

I agree that it can be a bit confusing when a manufacturer changes the models in their line-up too often.