The global sports composites market was USD 2.73 Billion in 2015, registering a CAGR of 5.59% between 2016 and 2021. In this study, 2014 has been considered as the historical year, 2015 as the base year, and 2016-2021 as forecast period for estimating the market size of composites-based sporting goods.

The 2016 Naish Monarch kiteboard is designed to ensure unique durability, lightweight and flex characteristics due to the basalt fiber in the board construction.

The PACIFIC company, which acquired Fischer Racket Division in 2009, introduced a new series of tennis rackets produced of basalt fibers according to INP2 technology.

Daniel Neururer and Maria Wibmer, a young couple from Tyrol, have started their small ski manufacturing business with an emphasis on local materials and special customer requirements. Basalt for the layup drew them primarily because of environmental reasons.

Well-known ski manufacturers began to use basalt in their technologies, this led to significantly less weight and perfectly balanced elasticity, and in addition, basalt is an environmentally friendly material.

Surfboard manufacturers appreciated the excellent quality of Basalt Fiber long ago, since 2013 a lot of big-named brands have been producing surfboards based on basalt technologies, constantly improving and developing manufacturing processes.