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VELOCITOY
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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 7:02 AM GMT

CANTING & LIFTING...We "old timers" were doing this in the early 70's...Instead of canting the boot top, we had plastic "spacers" under the bindings. The "spacers" could be stacked to get the boot higher on the ski. The draw-back to this type of canting was you could only ski on the skiis one way...You couldn't swap edges if one edge dulled up......THE DISAPPEARING BOTTOM GROOVE...We used to (early 70's) fill-in our slalom race skiis groove with a hard wax to eliminate it so the ski would react quicker to edge initiation & speed up the ski in the turn...We didn't do this to our GS skiis bcuz the ski would get too"worbly" at speed...TWIN-TIPS...OLIN made them 1st in the 70's...SHORT SKIS...Bump skiers were using them WAY LONG ago...(& people with real length skis bitched about the size & shape of the bumps...LOL)...UPWARD TOE RELEASE...Can you say CUBCO, SPADEMAN, & BURT bindings...(xtra points if you can tell me what made the BURT binding RADICALLY different...)...SPYDER DOWNHILL SUITS...CB VAUGHN invented the skin-tight pants & tops that looked like they were your mother's nylons they were so small...But STRETCHABLE...(No, I didn't forget Mr.& Mrs. Bogner)...REAR BOOT SPOILERS...Two words...JET-STIX...SOFT TOP LEATHER SKI BOOTS..."Are you still lacing while others are racing???"...HENKE buckle boots...circa 1966...FORWARD LEAN ADJUSTMENTS...A drill, a bit, & a pocketful of rivets...>>>Any others I've missed???Fill me in...>>>SKIULATA>>>>>>>>[addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 7:06 AM GMT

Crap man! You're older than I thought!

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 7:10 AM GMT

Spademan and Cubco Bindings

Rosemont boots

Langes that came in any shell color you wanted, as long as you wanted blank

Nevada toe, explodamat heel

Graves skis

Wind shirts

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 7:25 AM GMT

SPADEMAN!!!!

I have four pair of Elan GLM skis, 2 ft, 3ft, 4ft and 5 ft with spademan bindings sitting here right now. They will eventually make their way to the New England Ski Museum. I also have 2 sets of adapter plates that will fit today's boots which makes these skis actually still skiable with this binding. (I don't know if I would trust the binding for steeper terrain, but...) It's kind of funny, the adapter plates make it sort of like the newer bindings with the extra space (lifter/riser) between your foot and the ski.

Added: Hey, just remembered the old "bear trap" bindings that came on my skis that were purchased at Aubuchon Hardware Store (also available at Spags and Sears) when I was a kid.

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:00 AM GMT

HEY YOU GUYS...SPADEMAN bindings, THE SKI (Bobby Burns invented THE SKI), and SCOTT boots were the HOT set-up for the freestylers of the 70's!!! This set-up was the bump king's dream...No flies on SPADEMAN LAURIE...GO FOR IT!!!SCOTT boots, that's another story...If you could get them to stay together...LOL...LANGE boots...YELLOW bladder top was the COMP...RED bladder top was the PRO...BLUE bladder top was the STANDARD...GREAT BOOTS if you had a narrow foot & a high arch!!!...What was the weird thing GRAVES skiis did???(it was a marketing tool)....I don't see anything about the BURT binding...C'MON NOW!!!...>>>SKIULATA>>>>>>>>>>>[addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:07 AM GMT

HEY CHRIS...I'm not too old to dust your butt on the hill!!!LOL...How old do you THINK I am???I certainly don't feel as old as you think I feel...LOL...How old are you...WHIPPERSNAPPER!!! >>>SKIULATA>>>>>>>>>[addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:29 AM GMT

Do you remember the K2 boots? Now they were "funky" for their time period. When I first bought this house there was an orange pair around here someplace that once belonged to my brother, but I think I threw them out...along with the Black Steel HEAD skis and a couple sets of Bamboo Poles...darn, I wasn't into the history aspect of skiing much then.[addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:40 AM GMT

WAAAAY before Olin came on the scene, Blizzard was making double tipped skis.
Who made the uniski that is now re-gaining popularity? First time on skis...1955 here![addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:41 AM GMT

The BURT binding would automatically retract. i.e. two cables {heel & toe} would pull the ski back to the binding. Side benefit..... no need for runaway strapes! [addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:46 AM GMT

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HEY CHRIS...I'm not too old to dust your butt on the hill!!!LOL...How old do you THINK I am???I certainly don't feel as old as you think I feel...LOL...How old are you...WHIPPERSNAPPER!!! >>>SKIULATA>>>>>>>>>

heh...

alright, you're on! 90 year old guy versus 26 year old guy

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 9:03 AM GMT

HEY SKIBOY...You're right!!!...HEY MISSDAEAST...Blizzard made twin tips for a JAMES BOND MOVIE so Willy Bogner could ski backwards down a bob-sled run...I don't think the general public could buy them???BTW...When you say UNISKI, do you mean a (one) ski with a raised platform with a set of bindings mounted on it???...I invented that...LOLhahaha...HEY CHRIS...I think MISSDAEAST is the old fart here!!!LOL...I wasn't born in 1955....HEY CHRIS...I just noticed your response..hahaha...I can STILL dust your butt...GATES or FULL MOUNTAIN BOOGIE???...Can my 14 year old boy play too???...Where did you say you ski usually???CANNON???HMMM!!! Don't forget, Age & experience can usually beat youth & exuberance...or sumthin like that...LOL...26 huh?I forget what it was like to be that young!!!You look MUCH older in your avatar!!!hahaha>>>>>>>>BTW..No answers on the GRAVES ski question!!!There motto was I DIG GRAVES...That ISN'T the answer though...WHAT DID THE GRAVES SKI DO THAT WAS UNIQUE???>>>>SKIULATA>>>>>>[addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 9:20 AM GMT

I certainly think you're more hyperactive than this 26 year old ... kidding of course

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 9:37 AM GMT

Ouch! What a way to speak about an old lady! There must have been at least two pairs of those Blizzards, because a friend of mine had a pair...and he's no Willy Bogner! The uniski I'm refering to looked like a snow board with the bindings mounted as if Stein Erikson might ski it. I'm not sure about the platform...I only spotted this thing from the lift in the late 60's. As we said back then, "Peace!"[addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 9:38 AM GMT

Here's one for New Jersey:

The CUBCO bindings were made in Nutley, New Jersey!

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 9:41 AM GMT

So was Martha Stewart![addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 3:19 PM GMT

Graves were solid fibre glas. In the day when "De-laminating" skis often was teir demise, this was thought (birefly) to be a good thing. Their only problems were that they were heavy and they skied like 2 x 4's. Other than that, a great ski

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:23 PM GMT

With the exception of Graves skis (which were real dogs) I actually have sold all of the aforementioned items when they were NEW!

TRIVIA: Where were Graves skis made?[addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:26 PM GMT

1 more trivia. What lange boot had the white bladder?[addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 8:42 PM GMT

HEY MISSDAEAST...Let's not drag Martha into this...She'll want to bring back those animal hats...LOL...BTW...I was just funnin with you, no disrespect over here!!!...Now CHRIS, that's another story!!!...HEY SLEDHM...My ski bud Kurt(may he R.I.P.), had a pair of GRAVES & he liked them...That boy could make ANY ski sing tho!!!...NOW THE ANSWER to the question...(drum roll please...), GRAVES skis had SELF-HEALING top skins!!!If you poked them with your pole tip, the mark would disappear by the end of the day...faster in warmer temps!!!...ANOTHER QUESTION...Do you guys remember HEXCEL skis & what was UNIQUE about them???...Do any of you remember DURAFIBER skis???Or SIDERALS skis???HEY MISSDAEAST...I think the FRENCH were first with the MONOSKI...I don't know who in particular was responsible tho...On that same note tho...I met a guy at STEAMBOAT that invented a "slalom water-ski" type set-up that looked pretty KOOL tho...As a matter of fact, I think I have the brochure he gave me...I'll check to see if I still have it...Stay tuned for more baloney!!!>>>>>SKIULATA>>>>>>>>> [addsig]

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Posted: Jan 08, 2003 - 9:01 PM GMT

This post makes me wanna mount some descent bindings on my Graves. I never actually skied on em, my father gave them to me as a joke since I have a tendency to break a lot of skis. Said "lets see you break these". [addsig]

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