Renoun Debuts Impact-Resistant Skis
This winter, his new Renoun will unveil the first of its line of skis made with D3O to adapt to changing conditions. Renoun's website describes the patented process, to debut in the 2015 Endurance ...
RENOUN 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 Burling...
Renoun: one quiver skis built with hyper-dampning material
Consider what skiing feels like following a big temperature swing. Yesterday was a sunny 50 degrees. But today the temperatures plummeted, hardening slush and creating a rough mine field. Typically...
This Ski season, imagine taking giant S-turns on a pair of skis that physically adapts, second-to-second. Essentially, having a set of planks that becomes more rigid or soft depending on the condit...
There are many ways to describe something, but some are better than others. I’ve found this is especially true for the cornerstones of RENOUN. You can spend all day describing the thing, waffl...
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect last winter. We had this idea we thought was pretty cool. But a lot of people probably think their ideas are pretty cool. I went into last winter with a mission:...
— Mike Nick, 3-time X-Games medalist
Mt. Hood, Oregon I’ve been up at Mt. Hood for the past few days with some pretty cool people. It’s funny how things can fall in place at the last minute. This trip was originally planned to be a ...
New York City, New York Who’s in your room? I learned a concept from a successful entrepreneur once about the importance of your network. For me, it was one of those things which just made sense ...
Change is hard. Well, to be less ambiguous, deciding the moment to enact change is hard. Ever noticed how you can brainstorm, dream and talk and plan all you want, but it’s the moment before the ...
Steamboat Springs, CO I had the opportunity to do my first ‘backcountry’ snowmobiling trip the other day. It was probably one of the coolest things I’ve done in my life. We loaded up in the hear...
Aspen, CO It was my good friend’s birthday the other day. We got to talking about the perception of getting older and what that means for how people view you. We must have spent half-an-hour tryin...
Zurich, Switzerland People always ask me how I got into making skis. It’s simple actually: Accidentally. Myself and five other friends started to design and make skis about four years ago while ...
When you look back on the history of any company, there are always a few milestones which it and the people who created it. Today is one of our milestones - one of those events we will always l...
Here’s a company who is doing it right. When you think of starting something totally new, something with an objective to change an entire industry, there are so many pieces of the equation to be ...
It’s been almost 2 years to the day since I left college to work for Renoun. I was coming off 2.5 years studying aeronautical engineering and a nice 9 month stink working for General Electric. T...
I probably should have done more prep for this trip, like figure out where I would sleep, transportation and what not to eat, but I didn’t. Those are the kind of things that you can make up as you ...
Almost two years ago to the day we decided to take the idea of Renoun and make it into something. It’s been two years of hard work, little sleep and constant re-directing. But it’s been worth it. ...












