Welcome to FramSki - the innovation project developing the World's fastest fluorine-free cross country ski!

FramSki is a four-year innovation project between Swix, Madshus, Olympiatoppen and NTNU. It has funding from the Norwegian Research Council, and is running from 2024 to 2028.

The FramSki project tackles friction at three scales: macro, micro and nano.

Macro scale - Ski construction

We have previously established the fundamental construction of the cross-country ski greatly affects sliding friction. In this part of the FramSki project these experimental findings will be further investigated and skis may never be the same again.

Micro scale - Surface structure

Skis have been structured using a technique called stonegrinding for many decades. We have developed a new technology for structuring ski bases by laser technology. By using lasers, fully customizable stuctures may be produced along the length of the ski. The structure can finally be tuned to match the amount of meltwater present at any point under a sliding ski.

Nano scale - Ski chemistry

The ban on fluorinated compounds in ski wax has sparked a wave of innovation in the skiing industry. In the FramSki project we aim to develop a surface modification of the ski base, where the durability and tunability is much greater than conventional paraffin-based waxes.