Fritz Barthel

Fritz Barthel, father of the pin binding, and Eric Hjorleifson, freeride legend and material freak, enjoy working together on ski boots and bindings and have brought a joint project to series maturity with the Hoji Boot. Hoji's involvement gives hope for uncompromising big mountain performance, while Barthel's focus was on handling and ascent. Dynafit promises an egg-laying, revolutionary wool-milk sow.

After Arcteryx and Black Diamond, Dynafit is now also launching an online video series. The four-part Connections series is about the connection between the past and the future. In the case of Dynafit, Fritz Barthel, the legendary inventor of the first low-tech binding, stands for the past while working in his basement workshop, while North American Dynafit athletes represent the future with their "hard-charging" riding style.