Fischer was founded in 1924 in Austria by Josef Fischer. Today, Fischer produces over one million alpine and cross-country skis every year, and is world-famous within cross-country skiing amongst both amateurs and elite skiers. For the last ten years, Fischer has also produced ski boots and has quickly established itself on the market, perhaps mainly thanks to its unique Vacuum Fit – a special technology based on heating and then shaping the ski boot shell so that the shell can be adapted to fit each individual foot.