A little more on this topic. Mark Mclaughlin, in a 1978 column, wrote of a mailman in the Sierras:
http://Meanwhile, Thompson was flying down mountainsides making crisp turns, jumping cliffs and offering to torque 360-degree...
The need for speed is timeless. This is a little outside retro parameters but it is Summer after all. This article appeared in Nov 1977 SKI magazine. The waxing concoctions are...
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That photo is 1974. Stefano Anzi. No idea what the binding is ... was there an Italian binding manufacturer back then? I'm drawing a blank....
Blizzards with Lotork anti-friction devices from the usual source with very cool Blizzard poles. The Fischers (205's) and Centurys I got during a little road trip.