All Things Misc. (Ski Related)

[Bill Talbot]

Interesting. 1st generation? Buckles instead of a ratchet strap and two extra pivots on the strap.

Yes, the pair I skied were with the earlier buckles, same as these.

 

[Dave Petersen]

I am trying to figure out exactly how these work - any ideas???

 

[crgildart]

I am trying to figure out exactly how these work - any ideas???

SKIING Nov 1974

First you grow your hair out and get a perm. Then you manicure your porn star stash. Next you try not to wreck yourself on that disastrous looking contraption. Finally, you troll the singles lines at Sun Valley.

 

[Dave Petersen]

SKIING Nov 1970

Had lunch with my buddy today and he gave me two pair of his Jet Stix from when he was a kid. They are in really nice shape.

 

[Dave Petersen]

Had lunch with my buddy today and he gave me two pair of his Jet Stix from when he was a kid. They are in really nice shape.

Jet Stix courtesy of @TimD59

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Jet Stix look like they were designed to just tear your ACL right off.

 

[Bill Talbot]

Look what the mailman brought me...

 

[crgildart]

Jet Stix look like they were designed to just tear your ACL right off.

There is probably also solid correlation between the advent of booster straps and ACL injuries, shaped skis too.

 

[OldSchool47]

Ernie Blake skiing at Taos.



1970s Dillon Colorado zeitgeist.

 

[crgildart]

A friend just texted and said he would give these to me!

It just occurred to me that these were likely the first de facto booster straps. I know the rear spoiler was the primary initiative, but the strap around the front acted as a booster strap as well.

 

[Joal]

Hal Shelton poster Jackson Hole

 

[Joal]

Grandoe air pump gloves seen on ebay

 

[crgildart]

^^^Socker Boppers for skiing?

 

[Carl Kuck]

... I took a chance on this Toko waxer.

I have a Wax-O-Mat as well! The only problem the rubber cover on the drum is more worn in the center (as would be expected with the narrower skis of that era), I'd be totally stoked if I could get a replacement cover! And, yes, it does lay down a nice even coat of wax. I use this for summer storage...

 

[Carl Kuck]

Does anybody else have a pair of these?

 

[Joal]

I have a Wax-O-Mat as well! The only problem the rubber cover on the drum is more worn in the center (as would be expected with the narrower skis of that era), I'd be totally stoked if I could get a replacement cover! And, yes, it does lay down a nice even coat of wax. I use this for summer storage...

If you are in fact referring to the TokoMat, the drum cover, at least mine, cannot be replaced. It seems to be a hard plastic layer about half inch thick fused to the metal drum. The surface has a bit of structure. If you were handy you could mount a small laminate trimmer (router) on a jig over the drum and flatten the surface as the drum is turning and sliding the router back and forth.

 

[Carl Kuck]

If you are in fact referring to the TokoMat, the drum cover, at least mine, cannot be replaced...

By golly, you're right; it is a TokoMat! I got this for $20 from a ski shop in San Diego that was upgrading (they've since gone out of business)...

 

[Dave Petersen]

 

[Dave Petersen]

SKI PAK
SKI TOTE
SKI LOKR
For whatever reason locking ski carriers were big in the late 70s. All three ads were in the same issue of SKIING.

 

[Dave Petersen]

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