The Rossignol brand was launched in 1907 by Abel Rossignol who started by carving his first wooden boards in Isère and more precisely in the town of Voiron, France.

His skis were made of lightly varnished, solid wood. The design impressed members of certain organizations so much that in 1911, they gave Rossignol an award for his skis. This recognition spurned Rossignol to expand his ski operation because, despite his passion for skiing, his company kept its wooden part manufacturing division. The ski division of Rossignol’s business continued to improve its designs over the decades.

In the 1930s, the company switched from solid wood skis to laminated skis made of multilayered wooden boards, which weighed less and were tougher than the previous design. The switch proved to be a wise move. With the previous models, Rossignol was producing a few hundred skis a year. After they started making laminated skis, production leaped to thousands by the early 1950s. It was in 1970 that Rossignol took a new turn since Rossignol skis became the world number 1.  Read more about Rossignol; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skis_Rossignol