Live in Ski Town USA, and at some point you might as well get a glimpse of how the products behind the moniker are made. For that, and a sneak peak at a new model the company is banking its ski press on, iconic, 100-year-old ski manufacturer Volkl invited a cadre of international ski journalists to its factory in Straubing, Germany, this fall to see how its new Mantra M5 is made and, more importantly, skis. Touching down in the ski-terrain hotbed of Iceland before landing in Munich, we — a ragtag group of editors from such magazines as Ski, Freeskier, Ski Canada, RealSkiers, Gear Junkie, BlisterGearReview and more — were quickly whisked away to the quaint Bavarian town of Straubing for the...
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