Cyrus the virus

You don´t know Horizon Snowboards.....ist the world famous Markus Müller from Switzerland.....since 20 years Building very high end boards! But cool down...also don´t know him and since 34 years in buisiness! And I guess no Picture in his Gallery is from him! Markus Müller was born in a carpenter family in Switzerland. When he started learning woodworking at an age of 17 from his father, he exhibited extraordinary talent in craftsmanship, and after years of hands-on experience he mastered all the carpentry skills, which laid the foundation for him to become a snowboard maker later. When snowboarding hits Europe in the 1980s, just like many others, Markus was deeply fascinated by the sport. Instead of continuing his career as a carpenter like his father did, he pioneered to build his own snowboard. At that time snowboard making was not as mature and many boards were literally not usable. When making his own board, Markus realized the board should have different stiffness at different locations to ride more stably and turn more smoothly. He experimented various thickness along the board initially and later with different wood combinations. Steadily, his snowboard find popularity among his friends and local snowboarders. In 1997, Markus established Horizon Snowboards. Over the years, Horizon has successfully become recognized in the snowboard making industry. Driven by a passion for the sport and a thirst to innovate, Horizon fuses the talent of top engineers and athletes with cutting edge technologies, premium materials, and Swiss precision. The result is a wide range of snowboard products developed to suit the individual needs of anyone from the seasoned professional, to the weekend warrior, to someone just getting their feet on the mountain. Until today Horizon boards are still handmade in a small Swiss workshop. Horizon believes the best board comes from the most experience hands, and so when you get the board it has 20 years of board making experience in it. On the other hand, Horizon relies in word of mouth more than marketing and campaign. This has benefited Horizon to focus more on researching, testing, sourcing new materials, and lowering costs. And the acceptance of our satisfying customers is the motivation for us to continue our Business.

The thing is do you want to go racing or carving...for carving I had the problem when I want to go deep into my knees that the boot was blowing ...which means it gets wider in the ankle area which let the heel slip upwards....with no bending of the knees and bending your hip in a 90 degree ankle ...race style....the boot works excellent without any doubts.....second thing is which liner it will come with...thats the biggest question mark! A proper well fitting liner takes a while until its really working! UPZ for example was delivering a crappy liner which was really a disaster for the first 3 year...now its excellent! If somebody has problems with his shin...its 99% that the boot is too big!

Steve Retsky took pics and one other guy filmed.... can you send me their email adresses to get in contact with them..... frank@virus-snowsports.com

startet November 1983 glacier in Sölden....I think it was burton performer with military boots....

its always starts where it ends... you never let other brands join your event in Zinal to compare ther products against yours.... I know why... your famous Swoard will turn into a kids wooden toy against the most other brands products... your buddys P&J started that war... making your faults try to turn in mine.....

Huhuhu how new....!? Availlable since 5 years from Virus Xtremecarver titanium.....

New toy just had rollout at Soelden / glacier in Austria last weekend! Sweeeeeeet[ATTACH]35914[/ATTACH] Hungry for Aspen SES now!

Corey, why do you think I could be biased;)..... just checked the dates for SES and already booked flight and hotel then I saw that post and thought a little bit of spice in the soup will help! Looking forward to see you and the rest of the Aspen gang!

If you want to buy the best buy a Virus, if you ask why its the best!? It is! Come to Europe, check the conditions here and look which board works best for carving in any condition.... Ice, slush, fresh groomed.....

If you want to buy the best buy a Virus, if you ask why its the best!? It is! Come to Europe, check the conditions here and look which board works best for carving in any condition.... Ice, slush, fresh groomed.....

The secrets around the Northwave point 950 but are still a big thing in the racers scene! I stored mine.... which I never loved!!! I prefered always the Burton Furnace to the Northwave! I now use Virus UPZ boots and I´m very happy the last few years! Let me know what you think about that boot!

VIRUS contact..... still the same adress: frank@virus-snowsports.com

Basalt has almost the same abilities like a normal E-glass fiber! It was used by the Russians and should replace the much mor expensive carbon fiber by the look! To make cheaper boards look more worthy! We tried out that new super fiber about ten years ago! No difference! Marketing crap! ( my personal opinion!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Nice vid from Zinal http://www.vimeo.com/19406013