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post #3601 of 5346
4/13/11 at 11:50am
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Originally Posted by Rossi Smash View Post

Anyone remember skiing in these.....?
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Yes I do!

I will sport them one retro day
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post #3602 of 5346
4/13/11 at 11:57am

Don't know why this isn't over here. Two colors of The Ski and a full ensemble:

 

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The Gear:

Originally Posted by Philpug View Post

Mine....

1974 The Ski yellow/blue

197* Scott Superlight Ski boots

1980 Spademan S4 Step-in's with brakes

1979 Scott R/W/B poles

1980 The Ski hat

1989 SOS sweater

197* White Stag Pleated pants

Repro green sunglasses

Retro multo color gloves

 



 

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post #3603 of 5346
4/13/11 at 12:14pm
Thread Starter 

Hey, where is TC posing with all her retro gear???

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post #3604 of 5346
4/13/11 at 1:06pm

Originally Posted View Postby Philpug 

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Trekchick, old school                                                            

 

 

 

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Living Proof and his girls                                                  

More pics here: FACEBOOK

 

 

Originally Posted by Philpug View Post
 

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Skiing 70's style

 

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post #3605 of 5346
4/16/11 at 6:14pm
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Some early Lange pix

 

lange_ad[1].jpg  lange_pro_and_std[1].jpg

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post #3606 of 5346
4/16/11 at 6:54pm

Rossi, sweet Lange pic on the left.  Lot of memories there. 

 

Didn't the original Langes have black liners?  Think I got my first pair, Lange Standards, in the 66-67 season; they were about $120, which was all the money for a high school kid.  The Standard was a black liner, and the Comp was either red or yellow.  Have no idea how many buckles I blew off of these things, always carried a pocket full of bails and at least one buckle Assembly in the pocket; electricians tape was the Lange owners friend.

 

Most of the people in my ski school were saying, 'those plastic boots were just a passing fad' and would never stand the test of time.  (A very familiar argument, and still a lame one in our sport)

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post #3607 of 5346
4/17/11 at 3:42am
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I got some info on those LOOK branded skis....

 

"Jean-Francois Lanvers says:
Those go back to the post 1982 era after Look was purchased by France's corporate raider, Bernard Tapie. They feature the "Mondrian" colors that were slapped on everything that was Look branded, from bindings to ski poles to bikes. My guess is 1983. The skis were made by Dynamic and they were not the first that were look branded. A small, limited series of skis were already made in 1982 by Dynamic to help promote Look's "Integral" boot-binding combination in which the "rocker-sole" boot was made by Nordica. "

 

I've got a pair of 99RS's that will go on the silver pair....

 

look tips.jpg  look bottoms.jpg

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post #3608 of 5346
4/17/11 at 7:36pm

Any Idea if they were a stock dynamic ski with a Look top sheet or a designed by Look ski manufactured by dynamic? 

(I got them boxed up.  they should be shipping tomorrow.)

 

Royal

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post #3609 of 5346
4/20/11 at 7:36pm

   copy The Ski retro 004.JPG

 

The Ski 190's

Spademan bindings

Scott poles

Nordica Polaris boots

Roffe pants

Kombi gloves

Demetre sweater

Maser turtleneck

Not such a nice day, so missing are my Olympic Rayban Tri color mirrored Vagabonds.

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post #3610 of 5346
4/20/11 at 9:07pm


sweet outfit.  I'm totaly jelaous.  you must have had a huge smile all the way down the mountainyahoo.gif

 

Royal
 

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The Ski 190's

Spademan bindings

Scott poles

Nordica Polaris boots

Roffe pants

Kombi gloves

Demetre sweater

Maser turtleneck

Not such a nice day, so missing are my Olympic Rayban Tri color mirrored Vagabonds.



 

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post #3611 of 5346
4/21/11 at 6:16am

The smiles were mostly from ski performance. That  was the first time on a vintage The Ski and Spademan ever and was impressed with the grip under foot and the ease of turning.

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post #3612 of 5346
4/21/11 at 6:34am
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Originally Posted by Joal View Post

The smiles were mostly from ski performance. That  was the first time on a vintage The Ski and Spademan ever and was impressed with the grip under foot and the ease of turning.



How many times did you look down and get freaked out not seeing toe pieces...  eek.gif

 

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post #3613 of 5346
4/21/11 at 7:02am
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Originally Posted by Joal View Post

   copy The Ski retro 004.JPG

 

The Ski 190's

Spademan bindings

Scott poles

Nordica Polaris boots

Roffe pants

Kombi gloves

Demetre sweater

Maser turtleneck

Not such a nice day, so missing are my Olympic Rayban Tri color mirrored Vagabonds.


heh, I am thinking about mounting the spademan butterflys on my Polaris's too. We could be twins.

 

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post #3614 of 5346
4/21/11 at 9:46am
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heh, I am thinking about mounting the spademan butterflys on my Polaris's too. We could be twins.



You've GOT rental plates.......

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post #3615 of 5346
4/21/11 at 2:06pm

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Originally Posted by Joal View Post

   copy The Ski retro 004.JPG

 

The Ski 190's

Spademan bindings

Scott poles

Nordica Polaris boots

Roffe pants

Kombi gloves

Demetre sweater

Maser turtleneck

Not such a nice day, so missing are my Olympic Rayban Tri color mirrored Vagabonds.

Very nice!

I would put you in a three way tie with Phil and Master's Racer with this outfit except for the helmet and goggles.

Love the poles.

Those sweaters have never been equalled. I loved the ones with the padded arms.
 

 

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post #3616 of 5346
4/21/11 at 6:00pm
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How many times did you look down and get freaked out not seeing toe pieces...  eek.gif

 


I was told there is no elasticity in the release so it took a couple of hours before I could relax and ski. I cranked them half ways and they held. I believe there may be nothing made today that will allow a ski to flex like the Spademan can, and the metal on metal  retention is better than any of today's plastic bindings. But very awkward to put on. I would hate to have to do that in a couple of feet of powder. The step-ins would be on my shopping list.

 

And Phil, I had Scotts with those butterflies on them but they were too painful to ski in so the first time out was a short one.  I took them off the Scotts and was happy to find the reinforcing plate inside and mounted them on a spare pair of Polaris but of course they won't work in a normal binding now. A bit of a trade off but I think I will be using them more than I thought.
 

 

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post #3617 of 5346
4/21/11 at 7:16pm
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I was told there is no elasticity in the release so it took a couple of hours before I could relax and ski. I cranked them half ways and they held. I believe there may be nothing made today that will allow a ski to flex like the Spademan can, and the metal on metal  retention is better than any of today's plastic bindings. But very awkward to put on. I would hate to have to do that in a couple of feet of powder. The step-ins would be on my shopping list.

 

And Phil, I had Scotts with those butterflies on them but they were too painful to ski in so the first time out was a short one.  I took them off the Scotts and was happy to find the reinforcing plate inside and mounted them on a spare pair of Polaris but of course they won't work in a normal binding now. A bit of a trade off but I think I will be using them more than I thought.
 

 


Heh, It was interesting putting the Spademans on the Huber calibrator and the 'interesting (and inconsistent) results". The step ins do make skiing these much easier...especially with the brakes.

 

I skied these with the Scotts and it makes me wonder how the hell people skied these back in the 70's....they suck. On the other hand...I skied the Polaris's the week prior and while they were inefficient in skiing with a modern ski, they were still damn comfortable.  I will probably mount up the Polaris's with the butterflies. Oh, and how many spare Polaris's do you have? 

 

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post #3618 of 5346
4/21/11 at 7:56pm
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Originally Posted by Joal View Post

   copy The Ski retro 004.JPG

 

The Ski 190's

Spademan bindings

Scott poles

Nordica Polaris boots

Roffe pants

Kombi gloves

Demetre sweater

Maser turtleneck

Not such a nice day, so missing are my Olympic Rayban Tri color mirrored Vagabonds.

Naw, you need Vuarnets.  Hey, what kind of retro hat is that anyway?th_dunno-1[1].gif
 

 

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post #3619 of 5346
4/21/11 at 9:38pm



 

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Heh, It was interesting putting the Spademans on the Huber calibrator and the 'interesting (and inconsistent) results". The step ins do make skiing these much easier...especially with the brakes.

 

I skied these with the Scotts and it makes me wonder how the hell people skied these back in the 70's....they suck. On the other hand...I skied the Polaris's the week prior and while they were inefficient in skiing with a modern ski, they were still damn comfortable.  I will probably mount up the Polaris's with the butterflies. Oh, and how many spare Polaris's do you have? 

 



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Maybe 'spare' was the wrong word to use. I have 3 full pair and need them all. Notice I have 2 right uppers on the ones I use with the Spademans. Neither upper is original to the lowers. The hinge holes are slightly canted on the lowers but equal on the uppers so the uppers work on a left or right lower. One bolt is origal but I had to find suitable flat replacement bolts so they have a bit of a Frankenstein look to them. As you suggest, they lack a bit in performance but they sure are comfortable.

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post #3620 of 5346
4/21/11 at 9:46pm

Obviously a fine line to which will release first, the binding....or the boot. It could go either way with this gear. 

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post #3621 of 5346
4/22/11 at 6:59am
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Dug out these original Look Nevada II/n17 Grand Prix mounting instructions from 1969. (No plastic turntable covers in sight)

 

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post #3622 of 5346
4/22/11 at 7:40am
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Originally Posted by Philpug View Post

Obviously a fine line to which will release first, the binding....or the boot. It could go either way with this gear. 



Gotta admit is is pretty hilarious to see a ski with half a boot on it careening down the mountain (as long as it isn't headed right at ya that is..).

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post #3623 of 5346
4/22/11 at 10:20am



 

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Maybe 'spare' was the wrong word to use. I have 3 full pair and need them all. Notice I have 2 right uppers on the ones I use with the Spademans. Neither upper is original to the lowers. The hinge holes are slightly canted on the lowers but equal on the uppers so the uppers work on a left or right lower. One bolt is origal but I had to find suitable flat replacement bolts so they have a bit of a Frankenstein look to them. As you suggest, they lack a bit in performance but they sure are comfortable.

Impressive^^. Ya know there's this show called "Hoarders"...smile.gif
 

So what year are these things? Are we talking before the Soloman rear entries or after?

 

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post #3624 of 5346
4/22/11 at 10:56am
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Impressive^^. Ya know there's this show called "Hoarders"...smile.gif
 

So what year are these things? Are we talking before the Soloman rear entries or after?

 


After...The Salomon came out in 80, the polaris 81-82. The red ones are second year ones. 

 

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post #3625 of 5346
4/22/11 at 3:00pm

RS, any chance you could take some high quality pics or scans of those instrucrtions.  It would be a great resource and fun reading too.

 

Royal

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post #3626 of 5346
4/22/11 at 3:18pm
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RS, any chance you could take some high quality pics or scans of those instrucrtions.  It would be a great resource and fun reading too.

 

Royal



Royal...I don't have a scanner BUT if you click on the picture, it will open in a new box. Then do a save as. This will get you a much bigger picture that you should be able to read.

 

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post #3627 of 5346
4/22/11 at 6:34pm

These 2 items have some sort of publishing number that may contain the year it was published,  250071/6, which could be 1971. They were in a box of unused, new Ess Nevada that I posted a while back. No pictures of the plastic covers and no plastic covers in the box.

 

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post #3628 of 5346
4/24/11 at 6:52am
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some "thigh-highs" are to the right of the Hanson's
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THe orange and black boots on the top row are the first Salomon rear entry boots. (Before that, they were just a binding company.)

The orange ones were the expert version -- they had an exterior metal plate riveted on the inside ankle. One of my friends had them, threw them out on a house move or something along the way and regretted it.

I had the non-expert version, which were gray and black. Same but without the metal plate. They were great boots.

Unfortunately, the internal heel hold down cable snapped (later inspection showed rust) skiing down STH at Snowbird. I stuffed a spare sock inside and kept skiing.

At the end of the day, I couldn't get them fixed (the shop suggested finding the Salomon rep, as if I would have any idea how to do that). Wound up buying new boots that eveining at the base area store for full MSRP retail.:

(Much later, back home, a shop tech tried to fix them by splicing the cable, but it made too big a lump. I saved them for a long time, gave somne parts (the front part of the sole with the toe lug, held on with screws, I think) to my friend with the orange ones. Eventually decided there was no hope of resurrection and pitched them.)

Salomon made a few technical improvements later (and much later dis-improvements which helped kill the category), but I think that first year was the best looking.

I thought you were still skiing those!
;-)
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post #3629 of 5346
4/26/11 at 5:41pm

Posted this in another thread.

Technically, it could go here since it's 1984. And there's some boots pictured.

 

video by diagonaluk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WfQSY39vQg

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post #3630 of 5346
4/26/11 at 6:50pm

How about retro goggles? This is my (Mom's) Mom....

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