About
Central Park Skiers makes ski touring equipment for skiers who make their own tracks.
The focus is backpacks. Each one is designed, built, and refined in Helsinki – tested through real use and ongoing conversations with other skiers. The Adapt-Alpine 28 is currently in its fourth generation. There is no final version.
Complexity in pack design isn't a feature. Working at small scale means every panel, seam, and component has to earn its place. That constraint produces simpler, more dependable equipment – and keeps the connection between design, making, and actual use intact.
Central Park Skiers began in New York. On snowy winter days I would take my son to Central Park, strap on skis, and loop around Sheep Meadow. In the middle of one of the world's busiest cities we found our own rhythm on snow.
Skiing doesn't depend on where you live. It depends on how much you care about it.
Today CPS is based in Helsinki, where I design and build ski touring equipment – one pack at a time.
Founder, Designer, Maker, Skier
