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post #61 of 98
9/17/06 at 8:03pm
My first skis that I owned, as a young kid, were Blizzard TC23's (not sure if that was the actual model, but it said that on the skis), and some blue Dalbello 3-buckle boots.
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post #62 of 98
9/17/06 at 8:16pm
First I remember is:

Hexcel Comps
Caber Boots like Ingemar
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post #63 of 98
9/17/06 at 8:31pm
Memory is very foggy...I was just a kid...My dad got a line on some army surplus skis...either from or just like those used by the 10th Mountain division in the WWII... "Touring" skis with metal edges and everything.
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post #64 of 98
9/17/06 at 9:07pm
I don't remember any brands, dates or anything about the equipment other than it felt like a "great jump" in technology. It made me feel like I just stepped into the real world of skiing. Probably late 60s.

All in one year I went from cable bindings to step in's, Metal edged skis that I didn't have to move the edges from one pair to another. These were part of the skis, and hard rubber buckle boots.

Prior to this year cable bindings leather buckle boots and wood skis that had "reuseable" metal edges. I do remember helping my dad unscrew and re-attach the edges on my next pair. The leather buckle boots were a step up from 2 years before that we were skiing on leather lace ups.

I probably was a horrible skier having a great time and not knowing any better but it felt great to "graduate" to the new equipment But what does an kid know! In my mind I was the best skier on the mountain!
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post #65 of 98
9/18/06 at 12:24am
1986:
Fischer Vacuum SL 200cm
Fischer Vacuum SSL 210cm
Both with Tyrolia 390 bindings
Dachstein Racing boots - neon yellow with neon orange buckles.

I had several setups before this one, but this was my first "top of the line" gear.
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post #66 of 98
9/18/06 at 12:55am
In the mid 80's, Dynastar GS (the goden ones with the orange thing on the tip), look pivot bindings, Nordica Air Sytem boots. Don't remember the exact names...
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post #67 of 98
9/18/06 at 1:15am
first skis i remember skiing on were hand me downs from the old man...
160cm Elan Hot Dogs with Salomon S555 Blue bindings

first set up i purchased myself...
164 Stoeckli Stormrider XL
Look P12
Nordica Beast 12 boots and some crappy leki stocks...
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post #68 of 98
9/18/06 at 8:33am
My first real skis: (disregarding spending 10 years buying only very used boots and skis)

1989
Boots: Lange (can't remember the model}
Skis: a. Volkl Renntiger 208 cm with Look turntable bindings (really hard to turn, horrible in deep powder, great built for speed skis - took them to Sun Valley, making high speed runs down to Warm Springs base.)
Skis: b. bought same year Dynastar Vertical 197 cm or 198 cm (don't remember which - before the Assault model was brought out) with Salomon bindings
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post #69 of 98
9/18/06 at 9:58am
1970 Fischer Alu in 195. Look-Nevada Gran Prix with long thongs and 1970 Lange "pro" boots.

Next were Head "Killy" GS skis that would not turn at all with some Salomon binding I got at a ski swap for 30 bucks. These got sold later (2 years maybe) in the same ski swap for the same 30 bucks.

Then some new bright green Munari??? boots that KILLED my feet and got taken back after one days clomping around my dorm room.
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post #70 of 98
9/18/06 at 10:15am
Winter of 1968 had leather/lace boots (Koflach?), bamboo poles and wood skis (Bavaria?) with the screwed in edges and cable bindings. Can't remember for sure who made any of them but I count it as a REAL ski/setup and being my first year of skiing was the first setup as well.
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post #71 of 98
9/18/06 at 10:43am
2006:
Head im77
Head mojo 90
Nordica Hot Rod boot
Real ski pants

Been renting LOOOoooong enuff.
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post #72 of 98
9/18/06 at 11:03am
K2 XR10s: shiny red topsheets with tiny engraved graphics.

Salomon bindings: I forget the model. You cocked the heel by opening the cover on the back?

Lange boots: The original ones. Basic black with black liner. No flo or nothin'. In a previous thread here, I recently learned that the liners came with pieces you could use to adjust the fit, but I got them used and didn't know anything about that. They either fit or they didn't, and to the extent they didn't, you lived with it (and you lived with the raw skin on your shins too).

Anyway, they seemed pretty real to me at the time. Before that, I had wood skis and leather boots (some with laces: inner and outer).
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post #73 of 98
9/18/06 at 11:22am
Circa 1966/1967 - Head 360s, Tyrolia Bindings, the original Lange boots
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post #74 of 98
9/18/06 at 11:28am
Killy won his three gold metals in 1968 on Dynamic skis. He was on Head in the 1964 Olympics and started endorsing Head skis after the 1964 World Cup season was over. (Remember, World Cup racers couldn't endorse brands back then.) When he raced professionally in the US during the 70s he used K2s.
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post #75 of 98
9/18/06 at 11:42am
1980 (10th grade) K2 610 Comps with Look N57 bindings - crappy boots

1987 - (College graduate) upgraded boots to Dynafit 9S Comp

1988 - Upgraded skis to Rossi 4S

I don't turn over my inventory nearly enough
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post #76 of 98
9/18/06 at 12:12pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by sjjohnston View Post
Salomon bindings: I forget the model. You cocked the heel by opening the cover on the back?.
If it was all silver, it was probably the 444, the most popular binding in its time.
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post #77 of 98
9/18/06 at 12:44pm
Not my very first setup, but:

Hart Freestyle Honeycomb skis
Hanson Exhibition boots
Burt retractable bindings

Beat that!
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post #78 of 98
9/18/06 at 2:49pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by MWskier View Post
Not my very first setup, but:

Hart Freestyle Honeycomb skis
Hanson Exhibition boots
Burt retractable bindings

Beat that!
You forgot to mention the bandana tied around your leg.
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post #79 of 98
9/18/06 at 2:58pm
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Originally Posted by Phil Pugliese View Post
If it was all silver, it was probably the 444, the most popular binding in its time.
the 555 was the same you had to cock the heel piece and was available in blue or gold...
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post #80 of 98
9/18/06 at 3:18pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MWskier View Post
Not my very first setup, but:

Hart Freestyle Honeycomb skis
Hanson Exhibition boots
Burt retractable bindings

Beat that!
I think we have a winner. It doesn't have to be your first setup but your first set that you knew that you made it as a "skier"

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Originally Posted by rednut View Post
the 555 was the same you had to cock the heel piece and was available in blue or gold...
The 555 was a defferent heel that had the seperate flap cover. But it could be. The 202/222 (and 101) did have the same (basic) heel as the 444 though.
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post #81 of 98
9/18/06 at 4:34pm

Those were the days

First set up: 1961 (3 y/o)
wood skis, leather toe wrap binding (free heel like snowshoe binding), street boots

First real set up: 1963
wood skis w/screw-on edges, cable bindings, leather lace ups

First metals: ~ 1966/67
Head JR90's, Salomon S-JR step-ins "flap backs", Caber (?) leather buckles

First memorable set up: 1969
Dynamic VR17 SL (177cm), Look Nevada turntable, Lange Comp w/ jet stix riveted on
All bought at Gorsuch Vail mid-season sale
First time I really could "take" my father when we raced - not everytime, but gratuity-time was over.
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post #82 of 98
11/30/06 at 10:27am

Started Late

I started skiing at the age of 44 on the following equipment:

The origional 186 cm Dynastar SkiCross 66 Autodrive ski with Marker 8.2 binders. ( Great hardpack/crud/ice ski )
Nordica Grand Prix RS boots
Leki Viper Alu/Carbon trigger poles
Leedom hardhat

I have added to the collection but still use all the origional equipment.
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post #83 of 98
11/30/06 at 11:52am
Volkl Renntiger 207cm (glow in the snow yellow)
marker bindings
Dachstien boots with foam liners

Go big or go home!
180 for ladies and 210 for men!!
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post #84 of 98
11/30/06 at 12:09pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by gobig View Post
Go big or go home!
180 for ladies and 210 for men!!
180? Pffft. My wife was skiing 193 Rossi 7S's and my mother in law was skiign 195 Dynastar Cross Comps.
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post #85 of 98
11/30/06 at 12:33pm
Rossi 2S's (with this new thing called VAS). Lange Flowflex boot that murdered my feet. Sollie bindings.
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post #86 of 98
11/30/06 at 12:40pm
<SNIFF>
2006/2007
Fischer RX6
Nordica Beast 10
custom footbeds
</SNIFF>

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post #87 of 98
11/30/06 at 12:48pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by trochilids View Post
<SNIFF>
2006/2007
Fischer RX6
Nordica Beast 10
custom footbeds
</SNIFF>
Better late than never!
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post #88 of 98
11/30/06 at 12:54pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Philpug View Post
Better late than never!
Story of my life, baby...!
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post #89 of 98
11/30/06 at 12:56pm
Wow, what a long time ago. Let's see....

71/72?

205 cm Olin Mark II V.C.E
Nordica Astral Slalom (foam injected, the original yellow Banana Boot)
Salomon 555, fully pre-releasable bindings (I hated those things)
Scott poles of some kind.

Actually, before the Olins, I had some Yamaha All Round III's that were pretty hot skis (almost gagged typing that) in 205 cm that I got when I was 12 years old and all of 5'-4" tall. I really thought they ripped!
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post #90 of 98
11/30/06 at 6:35pm
Rented till I was 14
First pair of skis I owned were soloman 1080's skied them 2 years
This year is my first serious ski setup. Rossi B-squad, tyrolia mojo 15 , head boots
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