Today
Today´s Snowbike is the result of more than 50 years of research and development. With only approximately 7 kg, the bikes evolved into a high tech product with remarkable riding performance and transportation comfort features.  

50 patents and trademarks
Within the Brenter company history, more than 50 major patents and trademarks have been applied for to improve the evolution of the Snowbike. From the very beginning with the "Sitzski" in 1949 all the way to the moderen active suspension system, Brenter has always been the leader in this industry.

2007 World Record
 107.400 vertical feet 62 runs within 11 hours NONSTOP topspeed 112km/h. Harald Brenter and Hermann Koch set up this marvelous record in Obertauern on March 21 2007 both on their C4´s.

From the heart of the Alps
 Built in the hometown of the famous christmas song "Silent Night, Holy Night", the Brenter Snowbike comes from Oberndorf (near Salzburg), the heart of the European alps.

2003 BRAND NEW AWARD
Snowbike S8  achieves a highly reputated ISPO brand new award

2002 NEW teaching method established
 Not only the Snowbike itself has been improved over the years. The Brenter team, lead by CEO Dr. Bernd-Eric Brenter, also developed a new and unique teaching method: with the reflex based "fun to learn" technique the learning curve is very steep. The Snowbike and this teaching method come as one unity. See a Snowbike rent&learn partner station to check it out.

1998 Snowbike goes international
2003 Snowbike Canada established
2001 First Snowbike Station in Japan
2000 Start in South America
1998 Snowbike goes USA , programs start in Vail, Colorado

1972 Erich Brenter and GRACE KELLY
Snowbike has always been enjoyed not only by the public but also by the High Society. Whether it was the royal families, movie or pop stars, Erich Brenter became the personal trainer for many of them (e.g. Grace Kelly and her family).

Ranheid & Erich Brenter
Erich Brenter (born in 1941), the son of the company´s founder  Engelbert Brenter, and his wife Ranheid grew the company from its modest beginnings to a worldwide operation.

70 ies World champions on Brenter
Erich and his Norwegian wife Ranheid were the leaders of the the Brenter Snowbike Racing team in the 60íes and 70-ies winning countless trophies and titles. Among them the European and World Championships.

1968 Big fire destroys the factroy
On November 19, 1968, a disastrous fire destroyed the entire Brenter facility. The production of one year was lost in one night!  With a restart in Oberndorf, Brenter built a modern factory which is still the base for the worldwide Snowbike operations.

1967 Erich Brenter becomes CEO of the Familybusiness
As a racer or as a CEO Erich Brenter always enjoyed sharing his passion with his family and friends.

1964 Guinness Speed world record  
1964 in Cervinia, Italy. Erich Brenter sets the world speed record on his wooden Skibob with 166 km/h. This grants him an entry in the "Guiness Book of Records". For more than 30 years this record was unbeaten.

1950ies
The Brenter Snowbike technology roots go back to 1949.
Only the Orignal can offer a long-lasting tradition and unreachable know-how.

1949 Engelbert Brenter invents the "sitski"
on March 10, 1949, Engelbert Brenter (born in 1887) submits his patent for the "Sitzski" which is the origin to the todays Snowbike.
 

1923 Company foundation
In 1923, Engelbert Brenter starts his family business in Hallein (near Salzburg Austria) as a cartwright, manufacturing his first skis and sleighs.