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Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 01:08:54 GMT

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 03:42:23 GMT

I think I saw pavelski damaging his knees in there somewhere.

The guy was right, things haven't changed much over the years, half the trick jumps still don't show the landings :lol:

Trencher

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:17:08 GMT

Trencher wrote:I think I saw pavelski damaging his knees in there somewhere.

The guy was right, things haven't changed much over the years, half the trick jumps still don't show the landings :lol:

Trencher

Pav seems far too sensible for tricks like that :wink:

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:35:11 GMT

Well spotted, Pablo. That was me in the second b&w clip, just before Hannes Scheider! Gosh, it certainly brings back memories. Then you could go into a ski shop with a GBP5 note, and come out with ski jacket, racing trousers, pair of boots and two pairs of skis. You can't do that now. Too many CCTV cameras about.

Great shot at 2m 50s of the guy in the deep. The most striking thing for me is all these guys bouncing down in the deep on 210 skinnies.

Faaantastic!

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:32:17 GMT

took me back ...I remember taking a HB week in westendorf in a single room in the early 70s for GBP26...most of the clips where from the late 60s early 70s ...not a cable binding in sight ...all nevada n17s or ess 3s...bet they would not have done that without

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:41:42 GMT

So True. I wish I could take this vid and post it at work on one of our TV's. There are alot of knuckle draggers out there that have no respect for what came first. All I have to say is Ullr.

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:40:19 GMT

IceGhost wrote:There are alot of knuckle draggers out there

:shock:

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:09:44 GMT

daved wrote:took me back ...I remember taking a HB week in westendorf in a single room in the early 70s for GBP26...most of the clips where from the late 60s early 70s ...not a cable binding in sight ...all nevada n17s or ess 3s...bet they would not have done that without

In my first season, 71, I fixed Ess 3 bindings on to my 215 Kneissl White Star. The skis were as stiff as, I don't know how any of us managed to make any turns at all ~ the length was a macho thing.

The bindings were lethal, a very high COF!

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:26:31 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

IceGhost wrote:There are alot of knuckle draggers out there

:shock:

slang for snowboarders.

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:18:42 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:

daved wrote:took me back ...I remember taking a HB week in westendorf in a single room in the early 70s for GBP26...most of the clips where from the late 60s early 70s ...not a cable binding in sight ...all nevada n17s or ess 3s...bet they would not have done that without

In my first season, 71, I fixed Ess 3 bindings on to my 215 Kneissl White Star. The skis were as stiff as, I don't know how any of us managed to make any turns at all ~ the length was a macho thing.

The bindings were lethal, a very high COF!

and they were the best there was..along with the nevadas but i had short skis back then ...a pair of Head jck specials from ellis brigham ..209s...

Re:Dave Mac... are you the skier in the 1930s?

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:37:33 GMT

A better binding of the time was the Marker latch up. Still slightly more efficient than a modern heel binding. Not a step in though so it is out of the game.

Two weeks ago, I assisted with two accidents where the heel binding failed to open. It's still happening.