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5000 - 2500 B. C.Stone Age: the birth of skiing as a means of locomo-tion (Scandinavia, the Balkans and Asia)

1100 The Norwegian King Harald was the first to adopt skis for military purposes

1950The Austrian Stephan Kruckenhauser in-vented the technique of the “Wedel”

1960The first dry ski slope was tested on the Asiago plateau in Italy

1967First dry ski slope in Italy built in Lodi

1860 - 1890In Norway, Sondre Norheim invented the first ski technique: the “Telemark”

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Infografica relativa l’evoluzione dello sci nel corso dei secoli

From prehistory to the present day, skiing has evolved a lot, and so have slopes: in Europe there are in fact 18,581 km of slopes, equal to the distance between the Alps and New Zealand.

AN INTERCONTINENTAL TRAVEL ON SKIS

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1890 - 1900The Austrian Mathias Zdarsky invented the snowplow, the first Alpine ski technique

1901The “SKI CLUB PONTE NOSSA” was founded in Turin, Italy (the first in the world)

1924First edition of the Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France

1967The first edition of the Ski World Cup took place in Oberstaufen, Germany

1976The American engineer Sherman Poppen invented the Snowboard

2020The MISSION of Geoski is to hold the first World Cup ski event on a dry slope

GEOSKI | INFOGRAPHIC

1998GEOPLAST WAS FOUNDED

2013CREATION OF GEOSKI

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WINTER SPORTS A GREAT TOURIST ATTRACTION

Tourism in the ski areas experiences a positive growth trend with beneficial effects on local businesses compa-rable to those in summer seaside resorts. Italy alone has 8 million enthusiasts and is experiencing rising regis-

trations with ski clubs in the cities (competitive as well as not). The presence of an adequate snow cover is a funda-mental condition for the practice of winter sports, which provides a unique experience and fun.

SNOWY DAYS INCORTINA D’AMPEZZO (ITALY)

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Snow is fundamental for winter activities in ski

resorts. Climate change is impacting significantly on snowfall with the conse-quent decrease in skiable days (number of days with skiable snow on the ground). The chart produced from data collected by ARPAV Veneto for the city of Cor-tina d’Ampezzo (Italy) helps us to understand how in a relatively short time (when

compared to the geologi-cal history of the planet) the decrease in skiable days is quite clear (over 20% de-crease). Economic players have reacted by increasing the use of snowmaking sys-tems, which undoubtedly provide benefits but are cer-tainly not an inexpensive so-lution; additionally a snow cannon consumes 300 liters / min of water and 9 kW / h of electricity.

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LESS SNOWFALL,WINTER SPORTS ARE HARDER TO PRACTICE

GEOSKI | CLIMATE CHANGE

La neve ammanta colline e montagne di bianco renden-dole ancor più suggestive nei mesi invernali.Ci sono posti, però, in cui la neve è di casa un pò in tutte le stagioni dell’anno: par-liamo delle Alpi, a latitudini superiori ai duemila metri di altitudine. Siamo ormai a fine novembre, l’inverno sta per iniziare così come dovrebbe essere anche per la stagione sciistica che in alcune località partirà in questo weekend grazie al lavoro dei cannoni spara-neve che hanno sfruttato al meglio il gelo notturno

Alpi senza neve: stagione sciistica a rischio. Deprimenti immagini dal Tirolodelle ultime due settimane.Ci sono aree Alpine, però, drammaticamente spoglie di neve. Gli operatori turistici di Innsbruck, in Austria, sono preoccupa-tissimi: neve non ce n’è se non nelle cime più alte del comprensorio, oltre i tremila metri, ma lì non ci sono piste. E la stagione è a rischio.Le foto che pubblichiamo sono state scattate da Dominic Ebenbichler della Reuters, che ha sorvolato buona parte dell’area sovrastante Innsbruck, nel Tirolo.

Qui, dove la neve è di casa, di bianco c’è poco o nulla e – cosa ancor peggiore – non ci sono prospettive fredde o nevose all’orizzonte meteorologico.

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GLOBAL WARMING

The slow but inexo-rable warming of our

climate is an indisput-able fact: higher tem-peratures cause a rising 0° isotherm, resulting in decreasing snowfall es-pecially at low- and mid-altitudes. Many winter re-sorts increasingly suffer

from lack of snow caus-ing heavy impact on their revenue: even modern and technically sofisti-cated resorts are forced to delay the ski season opening date when the weather does allow to sustain a viable snow sur-face.

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SYSTEM

GEOSKI is the revolu-tionary artificial slope

for winter sports 365 days a year. It is a technical surface that is not born by chance but is the product of the synergy between research & devel-opment and field-testing. By partnering with ski instruc-tors and world-renowned

professionals Geoplast de-veloped Geoski, effectively achieving the same perfor-mance and the same feel-ings enjoyed in the snow. An always perfect, just groomed trail, at any temperature or altitude, maintenance-free: a pleasure for skiers, a dream for those who run it.

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THERMAL EXPANSION

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

INNOVATIVE

FUNCTIONALPROPERTIES

Geoplast’s great experi-ence and knowledge

of plastics, matched with the technical and practical expertise of professionals of the ski industry, have allowed the creation of a product unique in its kind. From the overall design to the shape of the individual stems which create the contact surface, GEOSKI

perfectly recreates the ex-perience of snow. The num-ber and distribution of the stems are not random but carefully studied in order to reproduce the sensation of flow and support of natu-ral snow: the immediate advantage is that it is pos-sible to use the same sports equipment normally used on snow.

Thanks to its revolution-ary spring coupling

Geoski responds perfectly to thermal expansion: the tiles always remain at-tached to one another avoiding any issue or al-teration of the dry ski slope. The surface remains

smooth, without inter-ruptions or obstacles that would otherwise make ski-ing difficult. GEOSKI per-fectly recreates a ski slope just just groomed by a snowcat guaranteed to re-main unchanged over time.

GEOSKI | THE SYSTEM

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NONWOVEN FABRICGEOSKI

Geoplast has always been very careful in the

selection of environmen-tally friendly materials and the use of plastics that are not harmful to the health. Geoski uses the highest quality materials designed to withstand any kind of degradation over time due to weathering. The tiles can be safely used in hot and dry as welle as in cold and wet conditions main-taining its elastic proper-ties and strength. Special

care and concern for the environment are taken during the installation of the dry ski slope by using special plastic screws and avoiding any additional intervention. A protective layer of hot-weld non-woven fabric is installed in order to ensure proper separation between the surface and the soil whilst maintaining the necessary water permeability.

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GEOSKI is the fifth sea-son, it allows enjoyable

skiing 365 days a year. With Geoski the lack of snow or high temperatures are no longer an emergency and in the summer months Geoski is an alternative to glacier skiing increasingly threat-ened by global warming. Ski enthusiasts will be able to

enjoy the sun while skiing down into the valley without having to “surf” the waves or be forced to ski in the morn-ing only while the snow is still firm. Beginners do not have to stop terrified in front of clots snow created by previ-ous skiers the a trail is always perfect and they can experi-ment without fear.

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PACKING SIZE

GEOSKI TECHNICAL DATA

MATERIAL 100% HDPE (Polyethylene high density)

WEIGHT 5.8 kg/m2

DIMENSION 4.8 x 40.8 x H 2.7 cm

120 x 80 x 145 cm

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GEOSKITESTIMONIALS...

MAUROBERNARDI

MATTEO NANA

F omer Italian alpine skier and member of the national team in the ‘nineties, he achieved two third places in

the World Cup (Alta Badia 1996, Beaver Creek 1999), twice Italian slalom champion (1999-2000), giant slalom Italian champion (2000). FIS Coach, Instructor and National Pro-moter of the Nordica Tecnica Group

36year old, lives in Albino, Italy, a truck driver until the morning of the 31sto of August 2005 when an acci-

dent changed his life. In 2013 he became the first disabled ski instructor in the world.

I must say that Geoplast has devel-oped a great product, especially as it makes it possible for us disabled people to get to ski in a non-hostile environment totally devoid of archi-tectural barriers. We can go back to being independent and having fun in the snow, without the inconvenience of feeling cold and wet, and with risk factor for injury: zero.

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One must be trusting, have more trust , you glide a lot and have to manage the slide. Not being used to it I do not carve enough yet and then slide a lot: my impressions? Guaranteed fun!

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GEOSKI | RANGE

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PRODUCTRANGE

Racing- and training-courses Departure and arrival area of skilifts

Tubing, Snowboarding and so-lutions for fun activities

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GS TOP

GS TOP is the artificial snow surface especially

created for the realization of the ski slopes. Geoski was developed with a built-in marking system, so as to ac-commodate the poles for the creation of the slalom trails, a useful feature when cre-ating training facilities for competitive athletes during the summer season. Pole-

bases in the form of thread-ed cylinders are inserted in the ground at the time of the installation of Geoski. The poles are simply futted when a training- or a racing-trail are prepared, avoiding any need to bore the ground during the trail set-up. Cus-tom trails can be created on customer demand.

Designed for dry ski slo-pes with a high tech-

nical level that enable any skier (beginner or profes-sional athlete) to experien-ce the same sensations of grip and glide as real snow skiing

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Designed specifically to replace the snow sur-

face in those areas where transporting snow is too expensive and time-consu-ming: along skilifts, depar-tures and arrivals of chai-rlifts, crossings and linking roads

Perfect for creating a street park, snowboar-

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PREPARATIONLevel the ground eliminating bumps and ob-stacles to make the installation easier and to ensure an even surface.

PROTECTIVE FABRIC Lay the nonwoven fabric to protect the soil and prevent debris from fouling or deteriorat-ing the trail.

INSTALLATIONInstallation and the coupling of the GEOSKI artificial snow surface should be performed according to the instructions contained in the Installation Manual.

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FIXINGTo fix the tiles to the ground use the GEOSKI screws to ensure the stability of the surface

GEOSKI TRAILThe end result is a dry ski slope as good as the best snow surface.

ENJOY!Whether you are snowboarders alpine-, or cross-country skiers, pick up your gear and have fun!

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