Marker International is a German manufacturing company of equipment for winter sports established in 1952 and headquartered in Straubing, Lower Bavaria.

Marker remained independent until the 1980s, since then the company ownership switched hands several times until becoming part of the K2 Sports group, which in turn was purchased by Jarden in 2007.

The "Kandahar" style binding added clips to hold down the foot for downhill runs, and then released for cross-country striding.

In the early 1960s, Dr. Richard Spademan had to deal with 150 fractures during a single three-day weekend at Squaw Valley Ski Resort.

The most worrying injuries were spiral fractures caused when the ski was forced sideways and twisted the lower leg.

This was paired with a new design for the heel cable, which formerly looped around the entire boot to a lever at the front that provided tension.

Marker's "LD" replaced this with just the portion of the binding at the rear of the boot, moving the lever to the cable itself.

In 1962, Look dramatically updated their line with the Nevada II toe and the Grand Prix heel binding.

The Rotamat placed a release mechanism like the Grand Prix on short cables that ran to the boot's instep.