Sven Coomer, founder of ZipFit and a ski boot design visionary, passed away on Monday, March 10, at 84 in Carbondale, Colorado. According to the International Skiing History Association, he was with ...

Rose, Nevada. In 1968, Doug Pfeiffer of Skiing magazine hired him as a ski tester at Mammoth. In 1969, Coomer launched a series of revolutionary boots with Nordica that set the design for every ...