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Why were skis so long in the '80s?

 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
2005 article, but it's history, innit?

https://www.skiinghistory.org/history/evolution-ski-shape
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Timc wrote:
There was the macho thing with "the longer your skis then the better the skier you were". Including the "Look how good a skier I am" when standing with your skis in a queue for the bubble either resting them on your boot like the chap on the far right of the picture or holding them off the ground like the guys in the back row.


I used to do the bubble thing!

I'm also in the back row of that photo!
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If you look closely the guy on the right has lifted his toes off the ground so as to make his skis appear even longer. Laughing
We all did the bubble thing. Laughing

These days the macho thing appears to be who has the widest ski on wind blown blue ice day.
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Skiers these days don't need to compensate with fast cars, neon head bands and long skis etc because they are so much better endowed, or is that just me? Toofy Grin wink
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skimastaaah wrote:
Had a pair of Salomon 9000 Equipe 2S (Power-8 ) 210cms. Salomon produced iconic "monocoque" skis at a time when laminate skis were mass produced. The 9000 S2's skied exceptionally smoothly, held a perfect medium to long GS turn, very progressive fairly stiff flex

Now that brings back memories - I too had these exact skis in the mid eighties, then went down to much shorter (2m) Fischer RC4's!
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I got talked into buying a pair of 210 Kastles by an Austrian ski instructor- talked my skiing right up he did!! Great for schussing, couldn’t turn em. Got them off his hands I guess.
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Timc wrote:
If you look closely the guy on the right has lifted his toes off the ground so as to make his skis appear even longer.

He hasn't changed at all, saw him during the summer and was still as much of a joker.
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
Timc wrote:
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If you look closely the guy on the right has lifted his toes off the ground so as to make his skis appear even longer. Laughing


Toes lifted, skis tucked above the 2nd buckle for maximum amplitude. Always pro. Full style points...
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