Coffee Table Book about Iconic Skis

[Adrider83]

Has anyone ever made a coffee table book with famous/iconic ski designs of the past?

You know...like a page on K2 pontoon, spatula, Olin Mark IV, Volkl Explosiv, etc...

I think that could be a fun book!

[TAFKALVS]

I feel like Heritage Labs should publish this book

[Marshal Olson]

I'm pretty sure there is a fairly exhaustive article on Blister about this sort of thing, might be fun seeing if JE wants to do it. I don't really know anything about print media layout/production myself, so may not be the right fella for the job though. I wish my dad still had his Olin Mark IV with Besser plate bindings though. He tossed them when he moved 10 years ago and was SHOCKED that I would have wanted them, haha

[abraham]

Wasn't there an issue of Powder several years ago that had a section about the influential skis from different eras or an I imagining it?

I found this book at a used book store last year, I've been meaning to start a thread with some excerpts and pictures from it. It was published by the national ski Hall of Fame, I wonder if there's an updated version.

[TAFKALVS]

It’s funny how we pretended that rocker, reverse sidecut etc are all new things, but really we had just forgotten about thousands of years of ski design.

Fig 4 looks suspiciously like a C132… Marshal are you copying other people’s designs?? [emoji33]🤣

I have some skis my grandpa skied on in the 1930s… they have pretty healthy tip rocker, sidecut… and are about 105 underfoot.

Why did skis go so straight and narrow in the 60s? Was it drugs?

[Marshal Olson]

This guy and his barrel staves

Let's get CyW to do it. That would be amazing.

[rideit]

My guess is that 10th mountain division skis were optimized for weight and travel over snow, and not for flotation. (Lower weight). Powder would not have been the first design parameter.
Thousands were introduced to skiing in those, I would imagine that would have influenced some designs.
But I am speculating.

[ma4b86]

It’s funny how we pretended that rocker, reverse sidecut etc are all new things, but really we had just forgotten about thousands of years of ski design.

Fig 4 looks suspiciously like a C132… Marshal are you copying other people’s designs?? [emoji33][emoji1787]

I have some skis my grandpa skied on in the 1930s… they have pretty healthy tip rocker, sidecut… and are about 105 underfoot.

Why did skis go so straight and narrow in the 60s? Was it drugs?

Right? We have an ancient ski hanging on the wall in my fathers shop here in Norway. Fully rockered, reverse sidecut, pintail, probably 150mm waist. Looks like a 230cm Lotus138.

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[Crystal Skier]

Marketable impact skis like the Salomon Screams along with the K2 Three’s were a follow through of the 1st Elan Parabolic designs.
Paramount forerunners for everything since the late 80’s and early nineties. Yes I am that old.
U.S. junior Olympian’s were smokin people that were on conventional Volkl 205 R10’s etc riding shorter Race Room K2 Three designs. It was a cool era.



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[shank]

I'd buy this book in an instant

how many pages dedicated to Soul 7s?

[rideit]

I'd buy this book in an instant

how many pages dedicated to Soul 7s?

Seven.

DUH

[powderoflavancher]

Hi !

you can follow my personal Freeride Ski Museum on Instagram.

220+ iconic freeride/freeski models to discover, with detailed pictures of the shape, profile, details and documents related to the models.

https://www.instagram.com/freeride.ski.museum/

[Adrider83]

Hi !

you can follow my personal Freeride Ski Museum on Instagram.

220+ iconic freeride/freeski models to discover, with detailed pictures of the shape, profile, details and documents related to the models.

https://www.instagram.com/freeride.ski.museum/

This is awesome. I've never skied a swallowtail! Always wanted to try those Sanouks!

[arild]

I'm pretty sure there is a fairly exhaustive article on Blister about this sort of thing, might be fun seeing if JE wants to do it. I don't really know anything about print media layout/production myself, so may not be the right fella for the job though. I wish my dad still had his Olin Mark IV with Besser plate bindings though. He tossed them when he moved 10 years ago and was SHOCKED that I would have wanted them, haha

My dad has a pair of those,albeit with 727s.. just saying.

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[sb]

Pingu

[abraham]

My guess is that 10th mountain division skis were optimized for weight and travel over snow, and not for flotation. (Lower weight). Powder would not have been the first design parameter.
Thousands were introduced to skiing in those, I would imagine that would have influenced some designs.
But I am speculating.

Wooley was around, maybe we should ask him.

10th mountain gear certainly made an impact on recreational skiing in the US. I'm pretty sure Dolores LaChapelle wrote about her first skis being US army surplus equipment.

I've been meaning to listen to this podcast about the history of the 10th mountain division and their gear from someone local to you. Just haven't had much time lately. https://christianbeckwith.com/

Hi !

you can follow my personal Freeride Ski Museum on Instagram.

220+ iconic freeride/freeski models to discover, with detailed pictures of the shape, profile, details and documents related to the models.

https://www.instagram.com/freeride.ski.museum/

Any cool new additions since your post in the quiver thread?

[TurxSki]

What the fuck kinda screen name is that? Representing the pride of Norway?

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[abraham]

Suspect it's referencing the town up valley from Chamonix.

[ma4b86]

What the fuck kinda screen name is that? Representing the pride of Norway?

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You never give up, do you?

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