06/17/2022
Just found this rare ski from approximately 1964. What is really cool about this ski is that it has Amsteiner the name of the founder of the Blizzard company on the ski located above the toe piece. By 1970 no longer did Anton’s name appear on any more skis. Again finding something as rare as this in my own town is cool. below is some more info on Blizzard!!
Blizzard was established in 1945 by Anton Arnsteiner ("der Toni"), as he returned home from the second world war, in the family joinery workshop,[1] and started producing skis besides wooden furniture.
The "Blizzard" brand was registered in 1953. In 1954, Blizzard became the first manufacturer to mass-produce polyethylene ski bases. Blizzard's first expansion occurred in 1957 as well as the introduction of metal and fiberglass as new materials. 1963 saw a great part of the factory burned down. In 1970, as production reached 500,000 skis per year, company name was changed from "Blizzard Skifabrik Anton Arnsteiner" to "Blizzard GmbH". In 1976 a second production site was openen in Munich. 
In 1980 Blizzard introduced the "Thermoski", after 6 years of development. In 1996 Blizzard introduced its first Carving ski, but it also applied for insolvency and was bought up by US company SCOTT Sports.
It was sold to Karl Hofstätter (33.3%) and Anton Stöckl (66.6%) in 2005, who sold it to the Tecnica Group in 2006[2][3][4][5] and 2007, respectively. Sales of Blizzard skis are now completely integrated in the sale organization of Tecnica Group.
