title: GOODE Ski Technologies
text: # GOODE Ski Technologies
  
  GOODE Ski Technologies is a sporting goods manufacturing corporation headquartered in Ogden, Utah. Its main products are carbon fiber-based snow skis, ski poles, water skis, and accessories.
  
  ## History
  
  Dave Goode founded GOODE Ski Technologies in 1975. During the first fifteen years, the then-Michigan-based company manufactured and marketed a full line of ski accessories.
  
  In 1989, Goode patented a method for making carbon composite ski poles, then in 1996, the company patented a carbon fiber composite ski.
  
  In 2001, the company expanded its factory and purchased the production assets of Volant skis, and currently produces a full line of carbon fiber snow skis.
  
  In 2004, the corporate headquarters were relocated to Ogden, Utah to be closer to world-class snow and water skiing.
  
  On January 15, 2020, the founder, Dave Goode, died in a small plane crash near Roy, Utah. Goode is survived by his parents, wife, four children, and two granddaughters.
  
  