Angora goats
The term "skins" is misleading and dates back to first half of the last century, when the material was still the fur of seals, which had been pulled in a cruel way over their heads.
Angora goats originally come from the Ankara province in Turkey. However, they are also kept in Australia, Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa for wool production. A goat is shorn twice a year and produces between 3 and 6 kg of wool.
Mohair
The word mohair comes from Arabic and refers to the hair of the Angora goat. This natural fiber is the lightest textile fiber. As one of the most exclusive natural materials, mohair has offered optimal properties for use in climbing skins since the mid-1970s - initially as a strap-on skin and for the first time as an adhesive skin at the end of the 1970s.
Mohair yarn
With a diameter of just 0.03mm, the extremely fine yet very robust natural fiber is hollow inside and remains soft and supple even in very cold temperatures. No chemical fiber has yet managed to match the properties of mohair. The mohair yarn is shorn and processed in accordance with the "Sustainable Mohair Production Guidelines".
Gliding on snow and ice
Since October 2012, we have been a partner company for the world's only tribometer system at the Technology Center for Skiing and Alpine Sports at the University Sports Institute in Innsbruck. This device can measure the friction coefficients of various materials and shapes at -20°C over a length of 24m. For professional sports on snow and ice, it is of the utmost importance to use the measuring system to scientifically substantiate sporting experience values regarding the sliding friction behavior of winter sports equipment in research projects.
