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Lange Comps just don't look right without the duct tape holding on the buckle bales. Those bad boys look like they were never used.
The Lange Standard and Lange Comp may have changed skiing more than fiberglass skis did. Think they were also the reason heat guns became standard equipment in the shop too.
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Just returned from 9 days in Summit/Eagle counties in Colorado.
I stopped and met
MastersRacer in Breckenridge .
I also met master boot fitter Jeff Bergeron from
Boot Fixation in Breckenridge. He mentioned he knew quite a few members from EPICSKI.
In Dillon I met up with my friend Glen Johnson. He has an old Keystone gondola car in his yard.
Last Monday I visited the
Colorado Ski Museum in Vail. They had a wall of bindings with the dates included (near the bottom of this photo section).
click to zoom in
Just before heading home I stopped at
Recycle Ski in Frisco in hopes of finding some retro treasures. No luck but it was pretty cool to see their wall of ski boots.
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MidwestPete. Looks like you had a nice trip
You must have felt like a pig in ........, well, you know what I mean!
We had a great time -- it's tough to get used to this heat and humidity back here in Omaha. (we got in the middle of a tornado on the drive out on I-76 just outside of North Platte -- even though we pulled off the road I thought the wind was going to flip us over or at least rip our bikes off of our vehicle).
We also biked a lot and went for a 5 hour rafting trip on the Arkansas river between Buena Vista and Salida. The rafting was great -- we had Class 3 whitewater in quite a few spots. I am in the front right - my wife front left and my son in the blue helmet. The boy behind me was washed out of the boat shortly after this photo. I was upset with my wife for buying this picture -- there was a really cool photo where you couldn't see us at all because of the waves but she bought this one since she could see our faces.
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Could this perhaps be the largest ski boot ever? I placed a dollar bill beside it for scale. I took this photo in the Colorado Ski Museum.
Edited by MidwestPete - 7/7/2009 at 03:25 am GMT
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^^^ is that a boot that someone actually skied in, or was it a salesman's sample?
This guy's boots are pretty big. I hear he takes frequent trips to Colorado to ski.
Smell that? Winter's coming!
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MastersRacer
It was nice to meet you too, MidWestPete! How did the trail run go for your wife?
I have gotten a lot of gear at Recycle. Nothing terribly retro, but good contemporary gear, including the Chubbs and my ooh so favorite Elan Quad Ones
My T-shirt in the picture MWP took is a 'retro' shirt as I got it on a trip in the mid '90s at the refuge at the top of Alanga, Italy. Just a coincidence that I had it on. Although I have T-shirts date back to the '70s that I got as shwag from ski racing. Should I dig those out?
MR
It was great meeting you as well -- you have about the best view in Breck from your home!!
My wife really enjoyed her 10k. They had great weather for the run (although morning weather at that altitude is usually pretty sunny). Post race photo of wife and son and beautiful Breck!
Dig out your old t-shirts. I posted these before. Actually the top left one is from North Conway, NH. I have some more vintage T's but these are my favorites.
I purchased the
Swatch one in 1988 in the mini mall which was demolished for
Main Street Station.
Did you end up going skiing in 4th of July Bowl?
Edited by MidwestPete - 7/7/2009 at 01:29 am GMT
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crgildart
^^^ is that a boot that someone actually skied in, or was it a salesman's sample?
This guy's boots are pretty big. I hear he takes frequent trips to Colorado to ski.
I am guessing it is a sample -- I would hate to ride on the lift with anyone who would fit in that boot!
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Originally Posted by
Snowdogskier
Just two pair.
Alas, I haven't matched up any period specific bindings yet.
Canadian, don't you know.
I can't believe you even had a couple pair of these!!
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Snowdogskier
This wall/shrine is noted in an article on the last page of the latest issue of The Ski Journal. The writer notes that his buddy has built this wall over the years, and now it is 3 skis high, and 100 feet long. The shrine in the middle is where people drop skis off to be added to the wall. He notes that if they can create this in a town of 30,000, imagine what a national call to donate could create!
The writer also laments that he has burned skis in the past, in a sacrifice to Ullr.
Note: I would scan and post the article here, but I just visually scanned the latest issue at the local bookstore, after balking at the $15 Cnd. price.
Absolutely great photos throughout the mag, as always, although no pic of the wall is there.
Snowdogskier is right - the magazine is a bit pricey but has great photos/articles. I just bought this issue last week. There is a lengthy article on
Hexcel skis with plenty of old photos. Since this is a recent issue I probably shouldn't scan due to copyright issues but for all of the Hexcel fans it is worth the price.
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I thought these boots were pretty cool at the time...
SKIING Sept 1988
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Mackware
MidwestPete! They were a great boot.
Mackware
Sweet! I didn't realize they actually had the Pink Panther on the back.
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My binding collection is posted up here already.
For starters.....
http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/63181/garage-binding-project#post_950120
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This ad is pretty dated with Reagan and counterpart.
SKIING September 1988
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I remember it very well, in fact a couple of my friends are in one of those NG pictures digging out the summit building. Can you scan that picture? I donated my NG collection last year.
I was staying at my friends place (who is in the picture) at Homewood while working my first exam at Squaw Valley. The first day of the exam we were relegated to the Searchlight lift at the bottom of Squaw. By mid morning the snow was so deep you could barely make a turn on the steepest section. I lived in South Lake Tahoe at the time, & decided I better stay closer when I saw the storm was coming in. I barely made it into Lee's house that night. The next morning I couldn't get my car out so I walked to the highway & hitched a ride to Tahoe City. I met up with a couple of examiners there when the road between Tahoe city & Alpine was closed due to an avalanche. I made my way back to Lee's house where we spent a few days shoveling snow before I could finally make my way around the lake the long way & get back home. At Homewood it snowed 18' in 3 days! There was 10' in my driveway when I got home. There is much, much more to this story, but that is the condensed version. It was the biggest most brutal storm I have ever seen, & will be etched in my mind for eternity.
Thanks,
JF
Edit: We skied till July 4th that year at Alpine.
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Quote:
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4ster I remember it very well, in fact a couple of my friends are in one of those NG pictures digging out the summit building. Can you scan that picture? I donated my NG collection last year.
I was staying at my friends place (who is in the picture) at Homewood while working my first exam at Squaw Valley. The first day of the exam we were relegated to the Searchlight lift at the bottom of Squaw. By mid morning the snow was so deep you could barely make a turn on the steepest section. I lived in South Lake Tahoe at the time, & decided I better stay closer when I saw the storm was coming in. I barely made it into Lee's house that night. The next morning I couldn't get my car out so I walked to the highway & hitched a ride to Tahoe City. I met up with a couple of examiners there when the road between Tahoe city & Alpine was closed due to an avalanche. I made my way back to Lee's house where we spent a few days shoveling snow before I could finally make my way around the lake the long way & get back home. At Homewood it snowed 18' in 3 days! There was 10' in my driveway when I got home. There is much, much more to this story, but that is the condensed version. It was the biggest most brutal storm I have ever seen, & will be etched in my mind for eternity.
Thanks,
JF
Edit: We skied till July 4th that year at Alpine.
4ster - I scanned the rest.
MWP
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Thanks for posting that MWPete,
JF
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Thanks for posting that MWPete,
JF
No problem. I can't imagine 10 feet of snow in my driveway! I think the most we have ever had has been about 3 feet (and that was just drifts). That alone was hard work for my little snowblower.
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MidwestPete
No problem. I can't imagine 10 feet of snow in my driveway! I think the most we have ever had has been about 3 feet (and that was just drifts). That alone was hard work for my little snowblower.
I didn't have a snowblower, had to shovel it all, but after shovelling for 3 days at Homewood I was in good shape for it. Then I had to shovel the roof & the deck too
.
JF
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Dynastar's Racing Series --
SKI Jan. 1983
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