The story is unusual: Dynastar started out by distributing skis, namely the Starflex skis manufactured by Les Plastiques Synthétiques, and was created after a collaborative effort between Les Plastiques Synthétiques and Dynamic to design a new type of high-performance and technically innovative ski, the Compound. After this experience, a foretaste of its vocation for innovation, Dynastar then took off as a manufacturer on its own, with a name created through the contraction of the Dynamic and Starflex names.