All Things Bobbie Burns and The Ski

[DaleWindle]

Brian McClary, Heavenly Valley, 1977 I think.

 

[Philpug]

From Facebook, quite the collection

 

[crgildart]

From Facebook, quite the collection

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I showed him where he should put those Spademans he has in boxes..

 

[Joal]

From Facebook, quite the collection

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Awesome! My kind of collecting. If one is good more is better! He does not have green ones though but appears the cubist BAS are undrilled and are hand signed by Bobbie. Most excellent!

 

[dan ross]

I believe the Green ones were a Japan only color. I have a picture somewhere in a Japanese catalog, next to Kazama’s and Nishizawas. That is a hell of a collection.

 

[cchambski]

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A little more out of THE Black Hole. The ski Fat Albert Cira 1988

A different skittles…the gator is part of the top sheet (not a sticker/decal).

 

[Philpug]

A different skittles…the gator is part of the top sheet (not a sticker/decal).

I have never seen that version. thanks. Looks like you have the left ski on the right and vice versa for the left. With the gator, I wonder if they were custom graphics for someone.

 

[cchambski]

I have never seen that version. thanks. Looks like you have the left ski on the right and vice versa for the left. With the gator, I wonder if they were custom graphics for someone.

They could be custom…the finish is not smooth…pretty sure the “956” is Bobbie’s handwriting.

 

[Uncle-A]

They could be custom…the finish is not smooth…pretty sure the “956” is Bobbie’s handwriting.

Maybe they only made a thousand pair and they are 956 of 1,000.

 

[crgildart]

Maybe they only made a thousand pair and they are 956 of 1,000.

I'd be shocked if they made 1000 pairs of alligator skis. I'd be shocked if they made more than 1000 pairs of any model in a single year pre Scott Skis

 

[Uncle-A]

I'd be shocked if they made 1000 pairs of alligator skis. I'd be shocked if they made more than 1000 pairs of any model in a single year pre Scott Skis

Maybe a 1,000 skis as in 500 pairs because I only see the number on one ski?

 

[cchambski]

Maybe a 1,000 skis as in 500 pairs because I only see the number on one ski?

The number is on both….

 

[Uncle-A]

The number is on both….

I guess I didn't see it.

 

[dan ross]

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That’s Chris Thorne ^

 

[dan ross]

The early ( 74-75 )The Ski patch logo. This logo was on a T-Shirt as well. If I ever locate

my “ Black Magic” t-shirt, I’ll post it.

 

[dan ross]

I'd be shocked if they made 1000 pairs of alligator skis. I'd be shocked if they made more than 1000 pairs of any model in a single year pre Scott Skis

According to the man himself, they made 2000 pairs for the 75-76 season. That was one model .I don’t know if they ever exceeded that when they had three models but if they did I’d guess it wasn’t by anywhere near a factor of 3 . The great sagebrush shortage of ‘78 couldn’t have helped much either