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K2 5500 Unlimited

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In that picture is Chris Ryman, a very good friend on ours. We get to ski with him quite a bit here at Northstar. I wills ay the first 5500 that is shown in that picture was not my favorite, the next generation with the Triaxal braiding was a more playful ski.
 

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In that picture is Chris Ryman, a very good friend on ours. We get to ski with him quite a bit here at Northstar. I wills ay the first 5500 that is shown in that picture was not my favorite, the next generation with the Triaxal braiding was a more playful ski.
Like these?
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5500s with a brownish top sheet were my last pair of 'straight' skis!
 
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The 1983-1984 K2 5500 Unlimited is a terrific mid-level + all-mountain ski. It is more than enough ski for the recreational expert. Nelson Carmichael, the best mogul skier ever, would have won the 1997 pro-mogul championship skiing the 5500 Unlimited. It is my prototype.

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<---I was a big fan of the 812s. I've easily put more hours/days/years on that ski than any other ski I've ever owned.
 

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The 1983-1984 K2 5500 Unlimited is a terrific mid-level + all-mountain ski. It is more than enough ski for the recreational expert. Nelson Carmichael, the best mogul skier ever, would have won the 1997 pro-mogul championship skiing the 5500 Unlimited. It is my prototype.

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Wasn't Nelson on Rossignol?
 
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It will not damage your knees because it is light enough and turns easily enough. It does not turn so easily that it turns itself. The paradigm:

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In that picture is Chris Ryman, a very good friend on ours. We get to ski with him quite a bit here at Northstar. I wills ay the first 5500 that is shown in that picture was not my favorite, the next generation with the Triaxal braiding was a more playful ski.
Who skied in the Sybervision tape with Jean Claude Killy?

Yes, that ski...the graphics before though...
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The third one down was my favorite skiing 5500
Had the second from the bottom.
If shape skis would not have been invented....I still wouldn't be skiing it. Went to P20's.
 

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Yes he was in Sybervision.
That's some great skiing he did with Jens Husted. Still relevant today. The 4-5 minutes of JC Killy skiing powder with real piano music, not synthesized like the rest, is one of the great sequences ever filmed in rec skiing. Despite all the mistakes from JC. Then it morphs into Ryman and Husted skiing moguls with JC. Really great stuff.

That dvd is still worth getting people! Check ebay. I have the vhs i got years ago off the bay for a couple $.

Anyway, tell him his skiing is still appreciated!

Very crappy cut off vimeo. Don't know who's who:
 

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I just got a pair of 185CM 5500's, in the first photo they are the second from the top so I have to guess 1985 season. I posted some pictures in the all things K2 thread. Not sure if I should post them here as well.
 

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