All Things Spalding

[Nostar]

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Found yesterday ....
Too late to try them on the snow !
I just cleaned them and ajusted the bindings for my Salomon SX-91 Equipe

These are from 1986 and are in good overall shape .
Enough to ski powder next year .... in fact enough to burn the slopes of the little ski hill I go to .
The 09 means it is the Slalom version so it should be perfect for deep powder ... next year !

It is a shame , throwing away perfectly good skis . I got them for $9.99 Cdn .
The bindings are bombproof and should do the job even if I hate Marker .
If I could reach out the general public , I would try to save every pair over 2 meters : give me your ski and I will find them a place forever .

Spalding is my favorite ski brand ....
All I have to find now are Sideral and Formidable .... that can still be skied .

My ultimate goal is finding a pair of Toni Sailer - my first pair of skis - but I am dreaming there !

But what is life without dreams ?

I think those used to be mine... if picked in the Montreal area.

 

[LeVieuxCrouton]

Not a lot of these around ...

They are yours - probably - but don't ask me to send them back !!

I love Spaldings ...

 

[Nostar]

Not a lot of these around ...

They are yours - probably - but don't ask me to send them back !!

I love Spaldings ...

No worries, that was a long time ago. I found another pair this winter. Just the heel of one of the bindings is broken. Ski are in great shape.

 

[Nostar]

I love, Blossom skis come from there. This are my 4th and 5th pair.
The skis you have if were mine were purchased at Andre Lalonde sports in Pointe-Claire. 1st and last time I owned marker bindings till the duke.

 

[Joal]

Found these on a fence. Offered a few pair for a trade. Really nice condition with S747 equipes original mounts, toes were moved once. Bit of corrosion on the tail edges but cleaned up nice.

 

[Uncle-A]

Found these on a fence. Offered a few pair for a trade. Really nice condition with S747 equipes original mounts, toes were moved once. Bit of corrosion on the tail edges but cleaned up nice.
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223 cm have fun turning them, I hope they didn't drill all the way through when mounting to the fence.

 

[Joal]

They were held on with just wire. He has a bit of racing history and does appreciate a good ski even if it is on a fence. Drilling a hole right through would be sacrilege.

 

[Andrew Read]

Finally got around to digging out the undrilled skis from my dad's collection. Thought you guys would get a kick out of a certain pair. New undrilled Spalding Sideral 210cm absolutely dwarfing the Heads next to them. Can't even imagine how big those 223cm must look.

 

[LeVieuxCrouton]

Well ... it has been a while since I had something ''new'' ...

Spalding being my ''fetiche'' brand , I decided tu update the Spalding Super Geant 204 that I own but could not ski with .
Thus I went to a store , bought a new pair of bindings and had them mounted .
I got them a few minutes ago !

Now , all that is missing is a ski hill that is open . The ''Lepton'' that is close to my home ( 35 minutes ) won't open before Xmas because they hire only college kids and until school is off for Xmas ...

Well , I will check what is open in Maine or NH ... I live 15 minutes from the border ( when there is snow on the ground .

So , what do you think of my ''new'' 204 ?