2x Olympic Gold Medalist and 2x winner of World Cup crystal globes Eileen Gu isn’t just a world class professional skier. She’s also an established model and Stanford University student. It seems like it’s about time for her to get a limited edition ski, and now Faction Skis has made that happen.
The Year of the Wood Dragon ski collection features artwork that aims to celebrate both the Year of the Wood Dragon on the Chinese zodiac and Eileen’s growing influence as a world renowned professional freeskier. Made by Colorado based artist and skier Elsa Grace, it looks to blend the concepts of prosperity, abundance, evolution and growth.
“The dragon is widely known as a symbol of authority, prosperity, and leadership; combined with the element of wood, it brings connotations of evolution, improvement, and abundance. The wood cores at the heart of our skis are the product of tireless evolution and development – the same process by which Eileen propelled her skills to bring her to stardom.” – Faction Skis
The Eileen Gu Year of the Wood Dragon design is available in the all-mountain twin-tip Prodigy 1, the park and half-pipe focused Studio 0, and the Gu 8 Skateboard Deck.