what year explosiv?

[mr_gyptian]

just got a pair given to me.

oh, and does anyone need a pair of takeoff M41's?

[mntlion]

1 st or 2nd generation..

[mr_gyptian]

so, 98 or 99?

I think it is 188 or 190 cm.

any ideas where to find the other dimensions?

[El Chupacabra]

Those are 1st generation, circa 1994-95.

Stated lengths were 165, 173, 180, 190; they all run about 3cm shorter in reality. All sidecuts were 120-95-112.

I don't remember the measurements offhand, but when you remount with whatever bindings you're going to use, I recommend mounting at the more modern boot center on the newer Explosivs (wizard version onward to the maroon Buddha version). It's roughly 2cm forward of where you'll end up if you use the schuhspitze boot toe mark.

[Vitamin I]

so, 98 or 99?

That topsheet was reviewed by the ski magazines in Sep-Nov 1993, so it was likely on the market at some point during the 1993/94 season, and same topsheet again in the 1994/95 season.

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[mntlion]

[ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140083"]Explosiv Vintages - Teton Gravity Research Forums[/ame]

[garyfromterrace]

I bought 2 pair in 96 off a cat ski operation, then got another set given to me by a buddy a few years later. I still tele on a pair, and one pair are my "rock" touring skis. I've got one extra ski as a spare (broke one back in 98). They're an ass kicking backcountry ski. At a 190 length they float, brake, make easy work of breakable crust and it's lots of edge when things are harder.

Love em and won't ever sell em.

[mr_gyptian]

WOW, what a steal.