Indeed they are...great eye Uncle-AThey look like a pair of Rossi ST Comp skis in the age 14 picture?
Indeed they are...great eye Uncle-AThey look like a pair of Rossi ST Comp skis in the age 14 picture?
Hinged gates! What year did they come in wide use?1984, Gold Peak beer league race. Solid ice, my 205 Kastle WC carved it up nicely and the New England background let me come out ahead of all the western skiers.
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Seems they were a bit new then. They hit the world cup in 1980, but it took a while to dripple down to my level. I found they threw me off balance, in that I'd lean into the gate and when it offered no resistance, I'd about fall over forward.Hinged gates! What year did they come in wide use?
Here's another one of Dad's photos: Tuckerman's Ravine, New Hampshire 1944. (Please don't correct me on the 's. Some call it Tuckerman Ravine, I know, but Dad was a native and taught at UNH)
I posted this on Epic, and received an inquiry as to whether I had the rights to the photo. It ended up in the 50 Classic Ski Descents book.
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I would absolutely rock either one of those sweaters!I think I was a fan of Spyder sweaters. Aspen about '72.
Yup, hand selected and cut by one of the local land owners who was also a ski racer!View attachment 145837
Scottish bamboo?
wow!
What year? Great picture.
Sorry, I don't know. He never told us anything about his service except that he taught men to swim who were afraid to be in water up to their knees, and once he backed a jeep into a post. When we saw the pictures with skis, he added, "I learned to cross-country ski in the Army." That's it.What year? Great picture.