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She has arms?1971 (or so) – just look at that AWFUL ski technique – sitting way back and one arm completely behind her.
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Phil, I did not notice that she had arms either.She has arms?
I actually had these and did ski them and liked them. I agree with you. What a way to totally ruin good technique.1971 (or so) – The WORST ski equipment ever invented was thrust on the market and we bought into it. The “Jet Stix” was a plastic rear support that attached to your boots and allowed you to do the “Jet Turn” – just like Jean Claude Killy! Unfortunately the ski magazines and manufacturers did not seem to tell us that the “jet turn” was a very subtle release of energy from the rear of the ski to accelerate out of a turn. It is supposed to be a very minor and short-lived rear flex. But all of the photos and cool pictures in the magazines showed people sitting back on their skis, tips flying in the air and “jetting” down the mountain! In reality, this set skiing back about 5 years and ruined many knees as skiers would “Jet Turn”, fall backwards twisting, and tear knee ligaments. Yes, I bought some Jet Stix. No, I never skied like Jean Claude Killy and I never had a date with any of the Lange Girls either. Pull your eyes away from her open ski suit and just look at that AWFUL ski technique – sitting way back and one arm completely behind her. The next photo in the series is sure to be one of her laying in a ski patrol toboggan with her left knee ligaments torn to shreds.
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She has arms?
Transitional is a good term for the product. It was for the skiers that purchased their boots just before the manufacturers started to build high back boots. It was made to add hight to the back of the older low top boots. We sold them in the shop I worked but probably only two seasons. Shop owners would rather sell the customers new boot rather than cheap work arounds.It was a transitional product, marketed for just one year by Jack Nagel, former US Ski Team racer, shop owner at Crystal Mountain (WA) and father of the spectacular Nagel sisters. Jetstix inspired Lange to create a similar product that could be bolted to the back of the original Lange Comp, and Rosemount had something similar. The real solution was to build up both the back and the front of the boot (hugely increasing leverage in loading the shovel), which was how the Nordica Sapporo (and then the Astral Slalom) came to be in 1972-73. By 1971 it was obvious to me that a spoiler in back was only half the solution, and I created this for my own use -- as you can see the built-up Rosemount is about the same height as the Lange I use today.
You are entirely correct, although her 'turn' is a lot like the Wayne Wong poster. Patrick Russel of the French national team was the best at accelerating his skis with this technique, wasn't it called Avelment or something? To catch him in the back of tails position one needed a motor drive on a camera that could shoot 5 frames a second. The guy must have had quads of steel.1971 (or so) – The WORST ski equipment ever invented was thrust on the market and we bought into it. The “Jet Stix” was a plastic rear support that attached to your boots and allowed you to do the “Jet Turn” – just like Jean Claude Killy! Unfortunately the ski magazines and manufacturers did not seem to tell us that the “jet turn” was a very subtle release of energy from the rear of the ski to accelerate out of a turn. It is supposed to be a very minor and short-lived rear flex. But all of the photos and cool pictures in the magazines showed people sitting back on their skis, tips flying in the air and “jetting” down the mountain! In reality, this set skiing back about 5 years and ruined many knees as skiers would “Jet Turn”, fall backwards twisting, and tear knee ligaments. Yes, I bought some Jet Stix. No, I never skied like Jean Claude Killy and I never had a date with any of the Lange Girls either. Pull your eyes away from her open ski suit and just look at that AWFUL ski technique – sitting way back and one arm completely behind her. The next photo in the series is sure to be one of her laying in a ski patrol toboggan with her left knee ligaments torn to shreds.
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