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Daftest name for a ski

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"Enforcers" indeed. Reminds me of seeing elderly folk in matching cardies in cars towing caravans called "Avenger" and "Marauder" (genuine examples). Any dafter ones about?
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pam w, I believeb there was a Swiss brand called 'W*nk' or 'W*nker'.

It never caught on in this country for some reason.
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Ignore my last post.

The brand I was thinking of was a ski called 'Wally'

The other names were shops in Austria that were popular in British holiday snaps.

My confusion is down to memory loss with old age.

http://www.wally.com/jumpNews.asp?idLang=IT&idChannel=25&idUser=0&idNews=151&Attivo=undefined
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Latchigo, Laughing Laughing Laughing

I always wondered why the cleaner which was for many years called "Jif" became "Cif" and wondered if "Jif" was unspeakably obscene in some important export market.
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Latchigo, you W..................















..ally
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pam w, what about Oil of Ulay? Or Marathon bars? Or Opal Fruits?

Stupid ski names? Hippy Stinx....(although when you meet someone who uses them, it kinda makes sense wink )
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I've always had a soft spot for "Sir Francis Bacon" as a ski name.
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Linds, but do they have spots, like those rather nice Roxy helmets - and jackets - of a few years ago? If so, perfect name. "Opal fruits" is about as unexceptional as you can imagine. They have to be called something. If they were called, say "jealous killers" or "poisonous infidels" or "perfidious underminers" it would be worth remarking, and about as appropriate as calling a ski an "Enforcer" or a caravan a "Marauder". Maybe a nice smooth piste ski could be called a "placator"?
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http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=22728

The Rossignol Bipolar Clanger and K2 Splurge Nurd are clear winners from where I'm sitting.
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pam w wrote:
"Enforcers" indeed. Any dafter ones about?


They all seem pretty daft to me ... usually with XRI, GTI, TIs, FFS etc added for go faster stripes .... and the concept of 'oversize' must have come from a particularly poorly hung marketing nerd .. and as for K2 , do they have to prove they were smoking illegal substances at the time ?
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If they were called, say "jealous killers" or "poisonous infidels" or "perfidious underminers" it would be worth remarking,

pam w, Not what Easiski said when she saw some at Mondial ski a few years ago on the 1st PSB Laughing
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Well in terms of odd ski names I'm looking at the thread entitled 4frnt msp and hoping that it must be an acronym or something for forefront rather an an actual ski name
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Ninthward comte 1870


comte is a v pleasant cheese....................they did a butterlicious as well, which i know is a park rat term, but is comte?
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Don't Rossignol make a rather inappropriately named junior ski - the Lolita?
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paulio, Laughing
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paulio, Do you have to get them shorter?
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Narrow Ass Snowboards,

Commikazi
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Volkl "Chopstick" - not the sort of name I'd expect for a 128mm waisted reverse camber ski.
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I want a pair of those Perfidious Underminers! Laughing
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paulio, yes, I saw a pair of "Lolita" skis on eBay. Shocked
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Just came across the Lolita skis on Ski Republic's website, and was sure it would have been remarked upon on Snowheads. Sure enough, a quick search found this thread.

I rather think that no-one at Rossignol has any idea what the book is actually about. Or perhaps I am wrong and next year they will launch a whole "Young-Nympho" line of skis for little girls? Some more names for them to consider: the Rossignol Strumpet? The Rossignol Hooker?
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Daft names I like:

AMPLID TEDDY BARE
ATOMIC PIMP
K2 OBSETHED
LINE MOTHERSHIP
MOVEMENT YAKA JAM
SALOMON ROCKER
SCOTT STUNT
VOLKL TIGERSHARK

Daft names I don't like:

DYNASTAR LEGEND MYTHIC RIDER FLUID
LINE SIR FRANCIS BACON
MOVEMENT KAMASUTRA
NORDICA HOT ROD NITROUS / AFTERBURNER / SPEEDMACHINE MACH 2 etc
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Cunners wrote:
I've always had a soft spot for "Sir Francis Bacon" as a ski name.


Seems to be rather idolized among some tribes.
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shorely, the upcoming DYNASTAR BIG DUMP wins hands down
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Arno wrote:
shorely, the upcoming DYNASTAR BIG DUMP wins hands down


Ew.... I'd rather the Big Dump didn't win hands down. They have come up trumps though and I expect to see a splattering of them on the mountain.
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Latchigo wrote:
pam w, I believeb there was a Swiss brand called 'W*nk' or 'W*nker'.



Totally off topic but reminds me of a 100% true story from my days working in a call centre.

We used to have to spell out postcodes and were meant to use the proper phonetic alphabet (H for Hotel etc).

Anyhow, I'm checking some spelling with this old guy on the phone and said "Is that Y for W*NK?" There was a long silence as i realised what i'd said wasn't sure what to do, then the guy goes "my dear, i think you'll find that w*nk begins with a W".
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Also Off topic (since it's a bike, not a ski), but the "Cove Handjob" (http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/frames/mountain/product/handjob-9308) bothers me everytime i see one.


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http://www.scottybob.com/telemark/fatbastard.html
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magic_hat, Laughing Laughing Laughing Classic!
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I always thought that K2 "Burnin' Luvs" referred to STDs Toofy Grin
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troublemaker wrote:


LINE SIR FRANCIS BACON


I don't get it - did Line just randomly go through famous Brits in wikipedia??? Can't wait for the Geoffrey Chaucers or perhaps Ethelred the Unready Very Happy rolling eyes Actually the Ethelreds have gotta bit of a ring to them!!!
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One of Eric Pollard's heros, I understand.

If I were naming skis I'd start with the Sir Humphrey and then work my my way though the rest of Yes Minister.
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Sleipnir, I 'most died laffin when people asked for reviews of them.


Cunners, I want some Father Jack Hacketts.
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magic_hat wrote:
Also Off topic (since it's a bike, not a ski), but the "Cove Handjob" (http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/frames/mountain/product/handjob-9308) bothers me everytime i see one.


I prefer the "Cove Stiffee"
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Cunners, I want some Father Jack Hacketts.


A pair of fecks please! Laughing Laughing
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I believe there was a Swiss brand called 'W*nk'
Actually, a name I gave to my beloved RX8s on the first day in Austria after their 'service' at well known sports superstore near where I work, presumably with a knife and fork. The credit note that the French workshop guy subsequently gave me said 'goodwill refund', which was somewhat of an irony...Laughing
(And no, it wasn't the workman blaming... NehNeh)
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Skied on Vank mountain in Garmish Germany. Spelt With a W, I thought it was good rolling eyes I was skiing with the American Army at the time, and they did not get it at all Puzzled Thats because most of them were Vankers Twisted Evil
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Nordica 'Doberman' for crying out loud. rolling eyes
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