I have never seen numbers cut into the P-Tex base of a ski only on the side wall of a ski. I am not sure a race ski would want to have any additional friction on the base so not sure what is going on with those skis. Maybe a warranty replacement and that was the number of the original ski?
Wondering what year it is from? Hard to tell from the skis but my guess is early to mid 1960's.
It looks like a "special make up" ski. Shops would order say 500 pair of skis in assorted lengths from a company like Rossignol and the company would make a ski with has Rossignol name but a model name not in the regular product line. The shop would use these as a package ski or sometimes their rental ski. They were at best an intermediate level ski. Rossignol used a two different core designs one was an all wood core and the other was a wood and foam core combination, the foam was in the middle with wood on each side. The foam and wood core was the better performance ski.
Wow good collection of boots! Thanks for the offer but I’ve luckily got a couple pairs now. It’s taken a good few years to source them mind.
The suspension on the 7S actually worked better on a GS ski ... but not as good as that Derbyflex
Such nice skis, the only one I don't recognize is the Rossi Eagle. What is the story behind that ski?
I don’t know anything about them. Super 2” camber and the tail says soft.
Wow that is a lot of camber, maybe the ski has sprung from poor storage.
Sometimes if a ski is hung upside down supported only at the tip and tail for a long period of time gravity can spring a ski. That can cause the camber to increase some on each ski and when you put the two together it adds up to 2 inches.
