People in the Sports Business

Schöffel senior partner Hubert Schöffel, who died on August 8, 2018, played a decisive role in the success of the family business. In autumn 2017, together with his son Peter Schöffel, he remembered the beginnings of mountain sports clothing and how the breakthrough came with Gore-Tex. ISPO.com was there.

Susi Mai is one of the most successful female kitesurfers in the world. After 16 years as a professional athlete, she has successfully gone from sports to a life as an entrepreneur. In our interview, she talks about the change, how she got to meet Tesla founder Elon Musk, and why she was one of the first 200 Twitter users.

Hubert Schöffel died with his family. He is considered a pioneer in the outdoor industry and has set numerous milestones in outdoor clothing.

Record Grand Slam winner Roger Federer has been a Nike athlete since the beginning of his career. Now the contract with the supplier has expired. A Japanese brand signs Federer with a spectacular deal. Federer now has unexpected problems.

Reinhold Messner made himself immortal in 1978 as the first mountaineer to ascend Mount Everest without artificial oxygen. ISPO.com spoke with Messner about his feelings at the summit, the climbing of today, and the ambitions of his son on the mountain.

Overall World Cup winner Marcel Hirscher has not yet commented on his future. Now, however, it appears that the 29-year-old will remain in the ski circus.

The Snowboard ace is the second ambassador of the #itsgreatoutthere campaign of the European Outdoor Group. She follows a well-known motivation trainer.

The freeriding legend sees snowboarding on the upswing again. As the founder and owner of Jones Snowboards, the American athlete also explains why he’s disappointed by large parts of the winter sports industry.