The finishing touches are applied to a JOSKA crystal globe by highly-skilled glasscutters, who carve intricate snowflake shapes into the trophies. CNN The FIS crystal globe — ...

The finishing touches are applied to a JOSKA crystal globe by highly-skilled glasscutters, who carve intricate snowflake shapes into the trophies. CNN The FIS crystal globe — ...

It first manufactured the crystal sphere trophies in 1987, with the first FIS globe handed over in 1989. The process has since become part of winter sports tradition.