Huber Joins Völkl in Wave of Austrian Equipment Changes
Katharina Huber has officially signed with Völkl/Marker, becoming the fifth Austrian athlete to leave Fischer ahead of the 2025–26 season. The 29-year-old slalom specialist from Lower Austria joins Elena Riederer, Leonie Raich, Natalie Falch and Ricarda Haaser in departing the brand. Only Haaser, who is currently recovering from injury, has yet to announce her new equipment supplier.
Huber now skis on the same brand as her longtime roommate and teammate Katharina Truppe, who celebrated the move with an Instagram comment: “It suits you.”
Reliable Slalom Contender
Huber has delivered 10 top-10 finishes in World Cup slalom during her career. Her best result came at the 2024 World Cup Finals in Saalbach. This past season, she posted her top finish in the night slalom at Courchevel, France.
She has qualified for the World Cup Finals in six of the past seven seasons. She ranked 10th in the 2024 slalom standings and 14th in 2025.
Consistent Form, Mixed Discipline Results
In the 2024–25 season, Huber placed in the top 18 nine times in slalom and failed to finish only once, skiing out in the second run at Levi.
She struggled to find success in giant slalom this winter, scoring points only once with a 19th-place finish in Mayrhofen-Hippach.
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