Explosiv Vintages

[Tri-Ungulate]

One of my 2 pairs:

[TeCeBe]

So I found these at the local 2nd hand for $15. What did i get and what should I do with them?

[bodywhomper]

mount them up and ski them.

i used my be-loved pair yesterday....

[irul&ublo]

So I found these at the local 2nd hand for $15. What did i get and what should I do with them?

paging mntlion

[DJSapp]

paging mt. lion

The Mrs. has the same graphic CMH explosiv, and it says explosiv, not Vertigo.


My guess would be a g40/41/4/724ax4. I want that ski back.

[mntlion]

its the same 95mm ski as all the rest of the skis that CMH use to use.

99+% of the CMH labled volkls are the explosive

[TeCeBe]

Sweet. Thanks for the info.

[tuco]

My guess would be a g40/41/4/724ax4. I want that ski back.

Looks like G series to me too.

[Ted Striker]

So I found these at the local 2nd hand for $15. What did i get and what should I do with them?

Take a metric ruler or tape or calipers, and measure the tips/waist/tail. Everything else is a guess.

My guess would be a g40/41/4/724ax4. I want that ski back.

Yeah, that's my nostalgia ski too. Back in the day it was "fat" and I had a pair of g31s as well. Awesome two ski quiver.

[Sillygoat]

Forgive me for gloating but look what I picked up today... They were advertised as "Free Skis"



Oh... and are explosives still popular? Who else will be riding a pair this year?

[bodywhomper]

Happily guilty.

Nice find!

[wasatchback]

I haven't gone through the whole thread but a funny story concerning those two skis...

I ran the race room at Volkl US HQ in West Lebanon, NH when I graduated college in 1999. I believe it was that first winter (or maybe the next) that I opened a box from Europe that contained 6 or 8 pairs of those Blue Explosives with that G40 topsheet on them. They were made specifically for pros here in the US. I think we got maybe 20 pairs total of the 190s. I literally still remember exactly where I was standing when I opened the first box. They just took old 190s they had sitting around the warehouse in Germany and painted a G40 graphic on them. I distinctly remember the blue sidewalls and the ghetto paint job.

[lordf]

I have my home rockered Explosiv's which I rather love, I use them in Scotland when the snow in the alps is shite. Mounted them at +2 and quite like them there.

[riff]

I've got some neon yellows , home rockered also. They're mounted with axial 2's for groomer days. I can't recall the mount point, I was shooting between all the previous mounts and didn't really have a choice. It works though!

[riff]

I've got some neon yellows , home rockered also. They're mounted with axial 2's for groomer days. I can't recall the mount point, I was shooting between all the previous mounts and didn't really have a choice. It works though!

[JayPowHound]

Likely taking my Neons out tomorrow. Wondering if anyone has a functional link to the original Powder article that was an ode to all things explosive???

[fomofo]

Likely taking my Neons out tomorrow. Wondering if anyone has a functional link to the original Powder article that was an ode to all things explosive???

Haven't been able to track it down (yet), but if someone wants to poke around in here it might be found...

https://web.archive.org/web/20041101000000*/powder.com

Knowing the year the article was (likely) published would be helpful. And warning, if you go down that rabbit hole you might not come up for a while. ;-)

To drift a bit, while looking I did come across something that was kinda fun...

All Things Wide and Wonderful

[Core Shot]

To drift a bit, while looking I did come across something that was kinda fun...

All Things Wide and Wonderful

That was a good flashback. I knew explosive was 95 ish. Crazy to see snow ranger at 79. And that was a great ski. But damn.

Flaming neon yellow was the first. Bought them at Garts. In year two. Great ski. Good memories.

[JayPowHound]

Found the article on Page 36 of Winter 2006 Buyer's guide. I must be a god, because this was the first edition that I pulled from the shelf, and I opened it right onto the article:

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The article was written by Ingrid

Haven't been able to track it down (yet), but if someone wants to poke around in here it might be found...

https://web.archive.org/web/20041101000000*/powder.com

Knowing the year the article was (likely) published would be helpful. And warning, if you go down that rabbit hole you might not come up for a while. ;-)

To drift a bit, while looking I did come across something that was kinda fun...

All Things Wide and Wonderful

Found the article on Page 36 of Winter 2006 Buyer's guide. I must be a god, because this was the first edition that I pulled from the shelf, and I opened it right onto the article:

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The article was written by Ingrid

I got here: https://web.archive.org/web/20051004...mag.com/bg.htm but no further and no article. Still looking...

[chicken feathers]

To drift a bit, while looking I did come across something that was kinda fun...

All Things Wide and Wonderful

That was fun to skim through. One of the guys I work w/ at the ski hill still skis K2 big kahunas as his dd. He’s in his 70’s.

Vertigo's were mentioned up thread too and I was just thinking about Vertigo's earlier today. Some of my first telemark turns were on a pair of G41’s that my home ski hill had buried in the rental shop. They must have been at least 190cm, and the boots were 2 sizes big for me. I remember they seemed like absolute monsters to me.

[Phall]

Just got my 180s mounted. Thanks fat yeti for the skis and bindings hella cheap.



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[altacoup]

Good call with the powder cords. Neon to the max!


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[fat yeti]

Just got my 180s mounted. Thanks fat yeti for the skis and bindings hella cheap.



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Those look great I hope you enjoy them.


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[fat yeti]

Just got my 180s mounted. Thanks fat yeti for the skis and bindings hella cheap.



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Those look great


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[singlesline]

Saw a pair of CMH vertigos on the hill today.

i think they were wasted on the old guy skiing them—he looked like he would have been way happier on a modern more forgiving ski with some rocker.

cool to see them in the wild though!