ISPO Munich is set to reveal the future of winter sports in its Snowsports area. Spread across five halls, the segment reveals the changing face of the winter sports sector, as the boundaries between skiing, snowboarding, sledding, cross-country skiing, and winter hiking become more blurred, and a steady flow of new activities and trends emerges. Head to the “Snowsports” segment to discover all the latest trends in hardware, clothing, and accessories.
People find winter sports exciting and we are with them! The winning combination of snow and sport continues to be as popular as ever. In fact, it is gaining in appeal, with sporting types taking to the snow-covered stage armed with one innovative idea and product after the other. Winter sports facilities are welcoming unprecedented visitor numbers, as they adapt to respond to the diverse demands of the population.
ISPO Munich – the world’s largest trade fair for the sports business – is ready to reveal the trends set to take hold on and off the piste in future. The hall design has been updated and the optimized “Snowsports” segment reunites skiing and snowboarding, while forging synergies with all other winter sports.
Halls B2 to B6 are home to everything specialist dealers, retailers, and representatives of purchasing associations need to know about the trends for the new season and beyond. The halls in the Snowsports segment have been clearly divided up into different categories, giving the audience of some 85,000 trade visitors (including around 2,000 journalists and influencers) at ISPO Munich a full overview of the market.
Besides the trends in hardware, Snowsports will also be showing new products in clothing and accessories. Each hall is dedicated to the indispensable accessories for winter sports and shows colour and design trends for winter jackets, functional clothing, ski and snowboard trousers, gloves, caps, underwear and much more.
The center of the focus area Woolstreet in hall B2 is natural wool surrounded by related products made from processed wool fibers.
The ISPO Easy platform can be found in the centre of hall B3. It offers an exhibition area to accessory brands and brands with children's products.
Skiing has long ceased to be synonymous with alpine skiing. If you say skiing, you can mean carving on the piste, freeskiing in the fun park or over moguls, freeriding in the backcountry or ski touring. Hall B5 is entirely dedicated to skiing. The Focus Area “Heros of Snowsport” in your midst shows the ski legends of the past & present, including the product technology. The combination “Past to Now” creates an exciting arc that brings past and present stars and their equipment to life.
ISPO Munich dedicates the “Welcome to Snowsports” focus area to snowboarding & freeskiing, which presents all important technologies and innovations—an open meeting place with a lounge for the entire industry, where dealers, manufacturers, professionals and influencers come together.
The latest innovations & brands can be found in the Brandnew-Area.
For a long time now, skiing has meant so much more than just your traditional alpine skiing. If you’re heading out for a spot of skiing, you could be carving on piste, freestyling at the leisure park or over moguls, freeriding in the backcountry, or ski touring.
We might have to change the name to “sport and leisure in the wintry mountains” these days. The journey, depending on the specific circumstances, is made by plane, train, bus, or car. The equipment is more and more often hired on site and the piste and weather conditions determine whether skiers head to the piste, into the backcountry, or off to build igloos with the little ones under the watchful eye of an instructor. And even the evening après-ski agenda is optional these days. For one thing, you’ve got the option of going to the spa.
The sheer diversity that exists now is reflected in the Snowsports segment (but don’t worry – we haven’t neglected good old alpine skiing entirely). As a permanent entry on the calendar of international sports business professionals, ISPO Munich is responding to the latest demands within the winter sports sector.
ISPO Munich dedicates the “Welcome to Snowsports” focus area to snowboarding & freeskiing, which presents all important technologies and innovations—an open meeting place with a lounge for the entire industry, where dealers, manufacturers, professionals and influencers come together.
The latest innovations & brands can be found in the Brandnew-Area.
Safety on and off the piste has come to be an important issue within the winter sports industry – and that’s not just on the basis of helmets and goggles having been part of the standard equipment worn even by recreational sports enthusiasts for some time now. Having the right ski goggles can prevent accidents during spells of bad weather, while the widespread use of ski helmets has reduced the number of serious head injuries by some considerable margin.
Special hardware, such as protective gear, avalanche transceivers, avalanche airbags, snow shovels, avalanche probes, and even emergency radio technology, is also appealing to an ever expanding range of customers. ISPO Munich is putting the issue of safety firmly in the spotlight with its Snow and Safety Platform, which you’ll be able to find in Hall A3.
Some leisure athletes like it less adventurous. For people who move comfortably through the snow landscapes, there is now an impressive portfolio of sports and locomotion equipment. Cross-country skiing has its place in ISPO Munich's snow sports segment just as much as snowshoe hiking, sledging or ice skating. Their common home is Hall B6.
The new diversity is a development that also affects service providers and manufacturers of service machines who have to offer their services for a growing range of different products. In the new snow sports segment you will find the latest innovations for waxing, grinding and fitting shoes, skis and boards. Winter sports are twice as much fun with perfect material.
The whole spectrum of winter sports - in the snow sports halls of ISPO Munich. We look forward to seeing you!
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Retailers selling equipment, clothing, and accessories for skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, ice skating, and sledding
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Retailers based in chains and department stores with sports departments
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Managers of hotels, resorts, and facilities that offer winter sports
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Skiing and snowboarding instructors, trainers, and coaches
