About us
Who we are
Sport has always been an integral part of our lives, and for more than 30 years we have created a company that combines passion with business.
Inspired by the values that accompany sportsmen and sportswomen every day in pushing their limits, we are constantly developing and setting ourselves new goals. From the beginning of our adventure in the sports industry, we have focused on solidly building partnerships and business relationships with our customers.
Logistics center in the Beskids
The company's location was chosen not by accident - in southern Poland, in the heart of the Beskid Mountains. At the same time, it is in close proximity to the Silesian agglomeration, Cracow and the national border with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The strategic location of our company makes it possible to take full advantage of the extensive network of roads, motorways and logistics networks, which contributes directly to an efficient distribution channel. The company is headquartered in a modern facility, an office building with an area of 2500㎡ and a warehouse building with an area of over 5000㎡, which gives a total usable area of over 7500㎡. The facility is suitable for lorry access.
Key location in the Beskid
Distribution to 31 European countries
Large warehouse facilities
Proximity to state border
Our own brand
Viking is a brand created by LARIX in 1996. From the very beginning, we have focused on selecting the right materials of the highest quality and design in line with the latest trends in sports fashion. This combination has made hundreds of thousands of people fall in love with our highly comfortable and functional products, and customer satisfaction with our brand has transformed into ever-increasing improvements in manufacturing technology.
Company history
Sport has always accompanied our lives. Since childhood there was football, cycling, swimming, then mountain hiking and skiing. No wonder then that during the political transformation in Poland at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, entering our adult life, we decided to start a business in the sports industry. Since then, our small, family-owned business has grown significantly and continues to operate uninterruptedly to this day, being an important supplier of sporting goods on the Polish market.
Janusz & Krzysztof Pieła
1992
Start of the commercial activity of LARIX as supplier of ski gloves – cooperation with the first sports shops in Poland.
1996
Launch of own brand VIKING.
2001
Start of cooperation with the German company UVEX.
2003
Signing of contract with REUSCH, the world leader in ski and goalkeeper gloves.
2003
Start of sales of technical clothing of the German brand KILLTEC.
2003
Start of cooperation and distribution of footwear by German brand MEINDL.
2006
Signing of contract with the Swiss company ODLO.
2012
The company takes part in the ISPO, International Trade Fair for Sports Equipment and Fashion in Munich for the first time.
2014
Signing of a partnership between the UVEX brand and the Polish Ski Association, providing the opportunity to work with top athletes who are known around the world.
2016
Taking up cooperation with SEA TO SUMMIT and 360o Degrees.
2017
New brands in the portfolio: K2 SPORTS, STREET SURFING, BCA.
2017
Start of sales of the Scandinavian brand REIMA.
2019
Establishment of cooperation and start of distribution with the PROTEST brand.
2020
Starting cooperation with the SILVINI brand.
2021
Increase in warehouse space to over 5000m².
2022
Completion of a modern company headquarters together with over 2500m² of office space.
2023
New brands in the portfolio: TREZETA, ZEROC SHOES, BBB CYCLING and SUPER NATURAL.