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Landing The New York Times

Landing The New York Times

Going to a trade show as a small company is kind of like attending the prom as the kid with the mousy brown hair and the JCPenney outfit. It’s hard to get noticed. And there we were, Renoun, a tiny...

Financing

Beginning today, RENOUN is offering financing on all purchases.  We’re excited to be taking this step backed by industry leader, Bread Finance. Bread specializes in custom solutions for unique pro...

Athletes

Athletes

We're proud to be welcoming a few new members of RENOUN Athletes this season.  It's a big deal for us to bring a new team member on. They become the face of the brand in our stead. What they do and...

Making RENOUN: Part 4 of 4

Making RENOUN: Part 4 of 4

< Continued from Part 3 Taking on the big Guys As Uncle Ben said in Spider-Man, “With great power comes great responsibility.” We learned that lesson in winning international awards just months ...

Making RENOUN: Part 3 of 4

Making RENOUN: Part 3 of 4

< Continued from Part 2 What we discovered in Tokyo So there we were, making skis with Home Depot equipment and crammed in a 12 by 20 foot room. Testing, building and calling suppliers: we did i...

Making RENOUN: Part 2 of 4

Making RENOUN: Part 2 of 4

< Continued from Part 1 or 4 Making the Leap We had just fallen flat on our faces and had probably just pulled the most rookie move in the industry. But one of us had just discovered this non-Ne...

MAKING RENOUN: PART 1 OF 4

MAKING RENOUN: PART 1 OF 4

Failing Fast Renoun’s been around longer than most people realize.   Our history goes back to our college days, when we were a group of geeky engineers who gathered every so often to chat about a f...

PugSki.com Reviews the Z-90

PugSki.com Reviews the Z-90

"I don’t get on enough products from smaller brands and independent companies because most are just not that refined, or they aren’t designs I enjoy skiing. After Cyrus Schenck, Renoun’s founder a...

Aspen Magazine Feature

Aspen Magazine Feature

Aspen's premiere editorial, Aspen Magazine, featured the Endurance 98 as a Most Wanted gear sets of the year. "the more they chatter . . . the damper they become" - Aspen Magazine

New York Times

To address the traditional problem of skis chattering, the ski maker Cyrus Schenck has come up with a nontraditional solution: injecting a non-Newtonian polymer into the core that — like Silly Putt...

UNITED Airline Hemisphere Magazine

A Silly Putty–Like Material Revolutionizes the Ski World Author Nicholas DeRenzo Illustration Jameson Simpson If you’ve ever played with Silly Putty or oobleck (that elementary-school science-clas...

Aspen Magazine

Aspen's premiere editorial, Aspen Magazine, featured the Endurance 98 as a Most Wanted gear sets of the year. "the more they chatter . . . the damper they become" - Aspen Magazine See Magazine >

Vermont Ski & Ride

Renoun featured in Vermont Ski & Ride Read Story >

Ski Firm wins LaunchVT

  Renoun ski founder Cyrus Schenck was $30,000 richer Thursday night after winning this year's LaunchVT competition for Vermont startups. The pitch competition was held at Main Street Landing on Bu...

News channel 3

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Ski season is around the corner, and one Vermonter is trying to get people to rethink the way they get down the slopes.  Cyrus Schenck started RENOUN, an innovative company that's...

Innovation gains attention

At 24 years old, Cyrus Schenck is a college dropout and the founder of a ski company — Renoun — that won a coveted gold prize at an international trade show in Munich, Germany, and may be on the cu...

Building skis with non-Newtonian fluids

It’s hard to feel upbeat about one’s own lackluster life choices when sitting down for coffee with Cyrus Schenck. The 24-year-old Shelburne native and founder of Renoun Ski Company exudes a sense o...

He Lives Major: Cyrus Schenck of RENOUN

"This summer, I finally had manufacturing all lined up, and I committed to placing an order that at the time I couldn’t pay for. I just had to take a leap of faith that I would make enough money ov...

LaunchVT announces contestants, Shelburne’s Cyrus Schenck in running

  LaunchVT, Vermont’s statewide business pitch competition announced its 2015 contestants and the addition of a new second place cash prize. Six contestants, including Shelburne’s own Cyrus Schenck...

RENOUN wins ISPO Gold

"GOLD WINNER - All-Mountain Freeride ski with a shear-thickening material that allows for variable dampening. Incorporated into the core during layup, the special material provides low dampening du...

Cyrus Schenck wins LaunchVT with RENOUN

Renoun Ski Company, founded by Shelburne’s Cyrus Schenck, took home $30,000 in cash and $45,000 in-kind services from this year’s LaunchVT competition held on Thursday, May 7 at Main Street Landing...