Posts by Joal

Quote: Originally Posted by Rossi Smash  Damn Joal, you're missing out on the fun (maybe you can find another pair to actually ski on ),plus to my eye they look incomplete without the proper binding...

Maybe these Look thingies would do the trick.            Seriously now, (sort of).......these babies get handled only with white gloves and will never be drilled as much as I can...

These are 203. Thinking hard about the replicas (still says 'made in France' on the tail). They still have 9 pair but they are all 175.    

RS, those toe pieces do not remind me of anything Tyrolia. They seem more influenced by Look.   Here are some early Salomons. They have an external screw to move the heel piece back and forth.  

He does his shopping at the Gap.

Someone , some thread, maybe this one, said they had 'the ski' poles but there was no picture. Does anyone know if they were actually made for 'the ski' under license or a pole co just trading on the popularity of their color scheme....

195 super slalom from early 90's I think. Doesn't say where they were made but a sharp looking ski. Price tag says ' Heavenly' something '$495.00'    

Quote: Originally Posted by Chairman  JSM 9/8   Joal - Please tell me how pointing out that 70,000 people are injured each year on ordinary bindings is fear mongering.  I would think it is...

Well Mr. Chairman...your last paragraph addressing RS is sounding like a hysterical Al Gore and your metaphor is lame. I am not against trying them but the more you talk the easier it is to dislike the way you disseminate your...

Nice work dchan.     This may be fruitless but here goes. I thought there would be more woodworkers in the ranks but did anyone build anything interesting over the summer?  Anything at all ? With wood?  I...