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The Raidlight Story

Benoît Laval, founder and CEO of Raidlight has been running since the age of 10. A seasoned athlete and marathon runner, he’s been running on trails for several years, orienteering, snowshoe racing and skiing. When he’s on the trails he thinks. This is how he came up with the idea of creating Raidlight. The first prototype products were made and tested by himself. Benoit would then take his products to trail races around France. They became an immediate success with trail runners and within a short period of time Benoit had to start mass-producing them.

Benoît Laval doesn’t just run to air his neurones, or to train, but also to put to the test, under race conditions, the products that his company designs and markets. In fact the whole team participates in this practical and collective creation process, reflecting the enthusiasm of its founder.

For Benoît Laval “the core business of Raidlight is the passion for sport”. Its products meet the customer’s needs and are tested by those who use them. A powerful driving force, because the turnover of the company at St Pierre Chartreuse progresses year after year.

During these years, Raidlight has learnt to walk in the footsteps of its customers. It has followed them in the Marathon des Sables, from trail runs to races worldwide, and then along the Compostelle Route, forever adapting its products to their needs. The idea is to welcome as much feedback from customers as possible regarding the products. The Raidlight website encourages customers to post reviews of the products and to suggest any design changes they feel would be beneficial.

From initial design to a constant evolving product Raidlight can truly state that it produces products that are designed by runners for runners.