PomfretPlunge
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Does anybody know the model name of those red-white-and-blue striped K2's from the 60s and 70s?
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Red-white-and-blue K2's
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Vinny
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They've made a lot of R/W/B skis. Was it Winter Heat? Very fuzzy recollection. I think it was the name of a ski movie and also a ski but I'm not certain.
mondeo
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Winter Heats were the ones Moseley used, followed by the Moseleys and 715 (such as this red white and blue ski):
I know the Mamba was an older RWB ski, but still don't think it was 60s/70s.
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The original ones were numbered. The K2 One through K2 Four.
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I remember when those came out, I was in college, around 1970. We all dreamed about them. Up until then it was all about Head, Strato, Kneissal(sic) and VR 17's. The Strato's were starting to delaminate so the K2 Comps, that's what we called them, were some sort of solid type molding molding process. Most of the other skis were a solid color so the red, white and blue was totally groovy. They were awesome until they started to delaminate down the center, I think they fixed that pretty quickly but I didn't pay much attention as I got some Strato's, not the 102's, with a new rubber core at the tip which stopped the delaminations and I totally loved them. I still have them. Going back 40 years so my memory might be alittle off.
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PomfretPlunge
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Thanks gang! Nice pic, Mondeo
I was looking at my Dynastar Twisters today gettin ready to head up to grandma's & K (??
??) and I thought wouldn't it be awesome if they had R/W/B stripes instead of the simple red/whites...
Actually gonna leave the Twistas at home and bring the roxx instead.
Willit snow....
I was looking at my Dynastar Twisters today gettin ready to head up to grandma's & K (??
??) and I thought wouldn't it be awesome if they had R/W/B stripes instead of the simple red/whites...Actually gonna leave the Twistas at home and bring the roxx instead.
Willit snow....
SkiDork
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Weren't the Bermuda Shorts also R/W/B?
Hawkshot99
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yes
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From the retro thread on Epic.
SIKSKIER
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I had something against the K2 4 Winter Heat cuz they strayed and introduced yellow into the graphics.What about the K2 Cheesburgers?
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The Cheeseburger was yellow/orange
Stache
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Way cool pic.
I'd almost forgot about those Spademan bindings.
I'd almost forgot about those Spademan bindings.
SKIQUATTRO
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i have a pair of 195cm K2 Fours back from the early 90's, actually had a little light in the vibration plate that would lite up so you could tell the ski was absorbing vibrations...who skis looking straight down??
I bored 4 holes in one of them that now holds 4 shot glasses, always fun lining up 4 folks for a team shot...might make the other one a 3 bottle wine holder or a coat rack...
I bored 4 holes in one of them that now holds 4 shot glasses, always fun lining up 4 folks for a team shot...might make the other one a 3 bottle wine holder or a coat rack...
The first time I ever skied was on some red white and blue K2s that my mom had from the 70's.
Have the same skis in 183 and loved them.
Hawkshot99
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We have a pair of the red-white-blue K2's labeled "shorts" that are the coat hangers on the back of the shop door.
mondeo
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Black dot in front of the binding on the 715s. It was actually part of the vibe system, a piezoelectric element hooked up to a diode or something like that. I skied looking straight down a few times just to see if it actually worked
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