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On 14th and 15th January the 5th Nostalgie Ski WM (Nostalgia Ski World Championships) was held in Leogang. More than 260 participants took part using old style ski equipment (and clothes!). There is a You Tube video report (in German) here:
http://youtube.com/v/w7f9ucG5YJ4
Translating, it seems on the first day a 3.5km long race was held, with the quickest competitor finishing in 12mins 46s and the slowest in 1 hour 41 mins 30s! On the second day a 250 metre long race through gates was held - the difference between fastest and slowest competitor in this case was only 1 min 16s.
Nice to see people having fun on the old ski gear.
However, although some of the gear seems to be free heel so that shouldn't put too much strain on the legs in the event of a fall, I think I saw shots of at least one person on the old style Kandahar cable binding which holds the heel down but of course is not a safety release binding, so in the event of a fall you might if you were unlucky end up with something broken.
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However, although some of the gear seems to be free heel so that shouldn't put too much strain on the legs in the event of a fall, I think I saw shots of at least one person on the old style Kandahar cable binding which holds the heel down but of course is not a safety release binding, so in the event of a fall you might if you were unlucky end up with something broken.
