anybody remember harts?

[Rushski]

Hart Gremlins were THE rental equipment in the early 80s. And yes, they usually had those horrendous plate bindings.

 

[SkiDork]

Hart Gremlins were THE rental equipment in the early 80s. And yes, they usually had those horrendous plate bindings.

Spademans or Cubcos?

 

[180]

I have mixed feelings. My son spencer has broken 2 pair of F17jr this year. The company claims they are not competition mogul skis, but they replaced the first pair no problem. They say he is too good and strong and they want me to upgrade to the adult. That's a lot of dough for a 10 year to run through the rocks on.

On the other hand, I have a pair of Classic F17 175 and they are great. fast turning and great edge hold, even at high speed. If you can get a good price, pick them up.

 

[SkiDork]

I have mixed feelings. My son spencer has broken 2 pair of F17jr this year. The company claims they are not competition mogul skis, but they replaced the first pair no problem. They say he is too good and strong and they want me to upgrade to the adult. That's a lot of dough for a 10 year to run through the rocks on.

On the other hand, I have a pair of Classic F17 175 and they are great. fast turning and great edge hold, even at high speed. If you can get a good price, pick them up.

Al - definitely check the Rossi Phantoms like I posted on mogulskiing. Iceman pounded on those and they held up.

 

[180]

Thanks for the heads up, searching for them now.

 

[SkiDork]

Thanks for the heads up, searching for them now.

I put a link up on mogulskiing.

 

[Madroch]

Hart Rabbits- first pair-- 150 I think

 

[legalskier]

Dynamic VR27 was one of the best skis I ever owned.....the old Black and Gold ones. Had them when I was a freshman in High School.

Dynamic seemed to be big with racers back then. Dynamic skis, Look bindings and Lange boots were a popular combination.
I heard that Dynamic morphed into Dynastar at some point, so I researched it, and came up with this:

I noticed the first pair of skis related to Dynastar in 1963 in the window of Alson Sports in Morzine, France. It was then branded “Starflex” and the model name was “Compound RG5,” the top was black phenol with clear resin sidewalls showing the fiberglass weaving. The product was made by a company called “Les Plastiques Synthétiques.” These, aside from the “Fiberglass Jean Vuarnet” by Rossignol, were the first non-traditional wood or metal skis that I had ever seen. At the same time, Dynamic skis, which only made wood skis turned to Les Plastiques Synthétiques to design and develop its first torsion-box fiberglass ski for the 1964 Olympic Winter Games and the product that came out of that collaboration was no other than the now famous Dynamic VR7. For those sticklers with details, the “RG5” moniker meant “resin-glass, five years of development” while “VR7” almost meant the same in French with “verre-résine,” but this time the development time had somehow been bumped to seven years…What’s more astonishing is that the Sallanches manufacturer wanted to create a legacy out of its collaborative work with Dynamic by subsequently changing its name from Starflex to Dynastar, a contraction between Dynamic and Starflex; it even stuck with the same lettering style....


So there you have it. He throws in a tidbit about Kerma poles too:

Claude Joseph, the French distributor of Marker bindings, who at some point had his fingers into Starflex, named his line of ski poles Kerma, just by turning the Mar-ker name around!

http://skis-dynastar.blogspot.com/2009/02/beginning.html

 

[Black Phantom]

noticed alot of hats at Smuggs, even most of the patrollers were donning hats....

I prefer hats myself.

 

[Brownsville Brooklyn]

yep....orange in 1994 or so....

the guy at peak performace, not fred, still remembers them....

 

[JimG.]

I have mixed feelings. My son spencer has broken 2 pair of F17jr this year. The company claims they are not competition mogul skis, but they replaced the first pair no problem. They say he is too good and strong and they want me to upgrade to the adult. That's a lot of dough for a 10 year to run through the rocks on.

On the other hand, I have a pair of Classic F17 175 and they are great. fast turning and great edge hold, even at high speed. If you can get a good price, pick them up.

Heh...I figured those were Spencer's or Shea's skis when I saw them in Keith's shop.

He gave me the same speech about the kids versus adult versions.

Then he offered me the proform price on the stock he has gathering dust, exactly what you paid.

I just wish he had a pair of 180's for me, but I still might settle for the 175's.

 

[mikestaple]

I flipped open the local weekly paper yesterday and saw that local kid Mike (Mark?) Mosley had made the Olympics mogul team. In this hands - a pair of Hart skis.

So there are out there and apparently will be used in the Olympics.

 

[SkiDork]

I flipped open the local weekly paper yesterday and saw that local kid Mike (Mark?) Mosley had made the Olympics mogul team. In this hands - a pair of Hart skis.

So there are out there and apparently will be used in the Olympics.

Michael Morse

http://www.usskiteam.com/freestyle/athletes/athlete?athleteId=1116

He's actually the oldest on the team

 

[Trekchick]

Julie at Hart is posting in a thread on EpicSki, with some pretty interesting .........well, you be the judge.

I know some of you are members there. Now is the time to ask if you wanna ask.
http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/91506/hart-phoenix-any-one-on-this

 

[lion833]

I prefer hats myself.

can't agree more.

 

[Philpug]

That IS Michael Morse, real nice guy.

 

[Philpug]

Julie at Hart is posting in a thread on EpicSki, with some pretty interesting .........well, you be the judge.

I know some of you are members there. Now is the time to ask if you wanna ask.
http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/91506/hart-phoenix-any-one-on-this

Now is your chance!

 

[Brownsville Brooklyn]

Michael Moore /QUOTE]

 

[faceplant]

Julie at Hart is posting in a thread on EpicSki, with some pretty interesting .........well, you be the judge.

I know some of you are members there. Now is the time to ask if you wanna ask.
http://www.epicski.com/forum/thread/91506/hart-phoenix-any-one-on-this

just read thru it....thanks for the tip TC
sure answers alot of questions i had
a ski company bought out by a food company?!
no wonder there 40% market share went poof, what a waste
now there's 'hart' USA and also 'Hart' Japan....thats whacky
but if it means a good old ski company can make a come back i'm all for it
good luck 'hart'...........

 

[mondeo]

just read thru it....thanks for the tip TC
sure answers alot of questions i had
a ski company bought out by a food company?!
no wonder there 40% market share went poof, what a waste
now there's 'hart' USA and also 'Hart' Japan....thats whacky
but if it means a good old ski company can make a come back i'm all for it
good luck 'hart'...........

Didn't realize that about the Hart Japan...which makes the F17s, a very common ski for WCers. That explains that.