More Retro memories????

I bought my HEXEL 542 SLR, 200 cm, mated with Tyrolia 360R, Nordica Astral Slaloms(banana boot) in '80-'81?  Awesome tree ski, turn on a thought.  Those are long gone.

In 1986 I bought SPLITAIL FR, 205 cm, Salomon 747 Equipe, Raichle RX-8.  Quick, light, hard edge ride on the flat groom.  Inferior ski in lift line!!

Neither were high speed skis ... but

      put me on a cliff ...

   throw a tree in the mix ...

   just unweight(not hop), swivel, unreal how easy it was to put the skis where they needed to be. 

Still have the SPLITAILS. 

  -smortski

Make some Hexcel shaped skis,now that would be cooler.

This is an old photo, but so are the skis!

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I was a Hexcel Rep in the 70s in Colorado and tested the Blue Ices before they came out. All the Hexcel test skis were marked Skunk Works, tested and sent back where they were usually destroyed. So James Bond like! But boy did those babys hold on hard snow! I have several pair, 205 Comps, 207 Internationals, 205 Primer Cords, that I ski in Vintage races, including one today at Beaver Creek for the Heuga Center. I will race and ski bumps on the 205 Comps. Salamon 555 Gold bindings, still ski great!

I have a pair of Hexcel Firelite 160's that I bought in 74/75 in Northern Indiana.  Only used them 5-6 times - cuz I moved south.

Only owner last used in '70's.  If you want them for your collection, let me know.  Look Nevada bindings.  Also have color-matched Kastinger Boots, size 9.5.   Mike Ge

Here are a few of mine and a pair of Nano's.  I also have a couple chairs/tables I made out of Hexcels, Harts, etc. for my cabin deck in Idaho.  Grew up in Sun Valley and skied Hexcels for years.  Great ski 'til you bent 'em!  I'll take some more pics for you and post. 

Another pic with my lovely wife relaxing in the "Adirondacks" of Idaho!  A smattering of retired and redistributed Hexcels, etc. that I repurposed for the fire pit area.  Enjoy!  if you'd like more pic's of '70's/'80's skis, just send a message, I have over a hundred pair Mr./Ms. Stvbck!

A weird but absolutely true story about Hexcel skis.  From 1965 through 1970 I worked for an aerospace firm in Chula Vista, CA, Rohr Corporation.  One of my jobs for a couple of months was trying to figure out why the inventory of aluminum honeycomb core was always off by a huge amount.  During that time I learned a lot about the material and thought it would be really cool as the core in downhill skis.  We bought the stuff from two companies, American Cyanamid(I think) and, you guessed it, Hexcel Corporation.  One day I had the opportunity to meet the Hexcel sales engineer who was our contact for technical and commercial issues.  After we finished our meeting about the inventory issues I mentioned that I thought the stuff would make great skis.  He thought about it for a couple minutes and said it wouldn't work, but now I don't remember why.  In 1972 I moved to Denver and maybe a couple years later I wandered into either Dave Cook or Gart Brothers and there they were, Hexcel skis, my idea.  I was seriously pissed off.  Never did own a pair.

I still have a pair of Hexcel Comps I bought in 1976 or 1977.  I haven't skied them in years but they were a great ski.

Does anybody have a pair of Hexcel comp skis 200cm  downhill  for sale? I use to ski on them, i am looking for the dark blue with bright green on them If anyone has a pair please call me or e-mail me My name is john , my tele# is 616-249-7277 Thx. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by jonsweet90 

Does anybody have a pair of Hexcel comp skis 200cm  downhill  for sale? I use to ski on them, i am looking for the dark blue with bright green on them If anyone has a pair please call me or e-mail me My name is john , my tele# is 616-249-7277 Thx. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!

Which version, see below;

My high school buddies and I saved our money and one evening in about 1975/76 went to the ski shop here in Minneapolis and bought brand new Hexcels. I bought 195cm Comps, my friend got 190cm Comps, my brother bought 190cm Spectralites. We thought we were the coolest things alive. Whether we were or not, we sure had fun skiing on those boards. I've still got mine, as well as a couple other pairs. I'm looking for a pair of 190-195cm Sundances---anyone have a pair for sale or trade? Mike 

Where were they made? I used to work for a company in Bellingham WA, that was formerly known as Hexcel.

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Originally Posted by mtcyclist 

A weird but absolutely true story about Hexcel skis.  From 1965 through 1970 I worked for an aerospace firm in Chula Vista, CA, Rohr Corporation.  One of my jobs for a couple of months was trying to figure out why the inventory of aluminum honeycomb core was always off by a huge amount.  During that time I learned a lot about the material and thought it would be really cool as the core in downhill skis.  We bought the stuff from two companies, American Cyanamid(I think) and, you guessed it, Hexcel Corporation.  One day I had the opportunity to meet the Hexcel sales engineer who was our contact for technical and commercial issues.  After we finished our meeting about the inventory issues I mentioned that I thought the stuff would make great skis.  He thought about it for a couple minutes and said it wouldn't work, but now I don't remember why.  In 1972 I moved to Denver and maybe a couple years later I wandered into either Dave Cook or Gart Brothers and there they were, Hexcel skis, my idea.  I was seriously pissed off.  Never did own a pair.

Great story