Florian Kohlbecker is a businessman, architect and ski builder.
Florian was born in Karlsruhe to German mother Kristine Kohlbecker and father Prof. Christoph Kohlbecker, son of legendary industrial building architect Karl Kohlbecker.
Florian studied architecture at BTU Cottbus, Brandenburg.
From a young age Florian’s main passion was race skiing, he went onto founding the handmade ski brand Black Forest Skis in 2006 using his background in architecture and carpentry, to produce technically advanced freeride and carving skis out of glass and carbon fibre, with white ash and paulownia wood cores.
