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Maggie wants to be "the next Lange Girl" :
http://www.freeskier.com/articles/article.php?article_id=3081
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| I should be the next Lange Girl because I have been ripping it up on the ski hill all my life and skiing will always be my passion. I am outgoing and I show what an awesome, athletic, ski chick I am on and off the mountain. |
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For those unaware of the long traditions involved, the first Lange Girl was:
http://www.insyt.biz/Galleries/Dynastar/170.jpg
From memory, the poster dated from about 1973. If you press me to admit it, I recall the poster being on the wall of Alpine Sports, Brompton Road, London around that time.
Are Lange really still involved in this, or is Maggie having a laugh?
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 17-12-08 18:32; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A bit of research reveals that the poster goes back even earlier - 1972 - when the great majority of skiers still had their feet in leather [Lange did the most effective job in converting people to plastic, though the boots could be cripplingly uncomfortable]. 'Lange Girl' is current 36 years later:
http://lange2008.freeskier.com/
Never let it be said that the ski industry isn't at the sharpened edge of progressive thinking!
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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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Is this about the dear Mrs. T 
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So Herr Goldsmith, how does one pronounce "Lange"
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Yoda, As the son of a Berlin-born skier, I recall my late father (a buyer of Lange Pros in the mid-1970s) pronouncing it with the 'e' - i.e. 'Langer'. I imagine in Germany that's still the case, but it's a couple of decades since I've heard an English tongue using that pronunciation. It always seems to be 'Lang'.
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The Lange girl is a legend. Last year, they recruited a real skier - Julia Mancuso - as the ...er...face (??) of Lange.
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Thank you - in case you don't visit those parts of the forum, there is a thread on this very question 
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Thanks, Yoda - hadn't seen that.
Here's a tricky one on ski pronunciation: Back in 1979 I imported the first ten monoskis into the UK, made in California by the same company which innovated the plastic (urethane) skateboard wheels that led to the revolution in popularity of that sport in the Seventies [Their wheels were called Cadillac].
The monoski was called the Bahne Single Ski and it was highly advanced, with a wrapped aluminium honeycomb core, made in proper European ski presses. It was designed by then world champion surfer Mike Doyle who wanted a surfing sensation in the snow on a single deck.
How do you reckon the manufacturers - Bill and Bob Bahne - pronounced their surname?
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History of the monoski: http://www.monoski.net/history.html
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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That's a surprise and thrill to see the name still in business, with their original logo (I've a Bahne Single Ski in the attic)! Thanks.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Yoda, As the son of a Berlin-born skier, I recall my late father (a buyer of Lange Pros in the mid-1970s) pronouncing it with the 'e' - i.e. 'Langer'. I imagine in Germany that's still the case, but it's a couple of decades since I've heard an English tongue using that pronunciation. |
In Cork he would be known as a Langer
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Latchigo, spot on, no bother boy!
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks, Latchigo. My old man would have been amused by that!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Lange Banging Mama…Skiing is my greatest passion. By August I am itching |
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Poster: A snowHead
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I was impressed with the way she sat down for a fag half way down that black off the back of the Schilthorn...
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Is anyone actually reading what these very attractive women have actually typed.....? I'm trying to, but my eyes keep wandering!
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Update, two months on.
Lange have named the four regional winners of the Local Lange Girl contest, with photos: Amanda Jean, Becks, Lizzy Lou, T-Rip:
This report from FirstTracksOnline.com
Warning to Mods: The link above includes 'strategic braces'
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