Before World War II, Bill Kirschner, the founder of K2 Sports, started manufacturing splints and animal cages.
By 1968, K2 Sports separated from Anderson & Thompson to start its own distribution and marketing.
Sales boomed, and by 1976, the company was sold to a private group of investors called Sitca.
Anthony Industries is a Los Angeles Based company that allowed K2 to expand in its facilities.
In 1994, with the help of an expanded factory in Washington, K2 manufactured an award-winning line.