Do you remember?

[CapeSkier]

Priceless. I never thought anyone would remember, let alone have a picture, or actually have used them. The orange boots look like my old Lange Banshees with the flow material inside...the stuff froze solid in my car trunk once, driving from Boston to Gunstock in NH.

 

[Razor]

I , as an adult, learned to ski on the old red, white and blue striped K2 150s. Remember the Graduated Length Method? I could never figure out why everyone wanted long skis when the 150s were so much easier. Now short skis are in vogue.

 

[gorgonzola]

the other vintage rental binding circa early/mid '70's that i remember was the solly's (?) that gripped a plate attached to the boot fom the sides, the spring tensioner was exposed on the lever. the greatest thing about these was that you could easily release your buddies binding with your pole strap in the lift line for sh!ts and giggles! :dunce:

 

[SkiDork]

Another one of my fave old ads is this one. I had the Orange version:

 

[SkiDork]

the other vintage rental binding circa early/mid '70's that i remember was the solly's (?) that gripped a plate attached to the boot fom the sides, the spring tensioner was exposed on the lever. the greatest thing about these was that you could easily release your buddies binding with your pole strap in the lift line for sh!ts and giggles! :dunce:

These?

 

[gorgonzola]

oh gaawwd that's what they were - spademan's.....(newmann)

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

How about Nava bindings
I remember my father carrying a can of silicone to put on his Hanson spiders
I started in '75, just missed leather boots and cable bindings...but my first boots had 5 buckles on them, all of them the perfect size to snag a 3yr old finger
T-bars that would knock you out...or cost a couple of teeth if you fell off.
eggbeaters...wiping out with strap bindings on...the predecessor to the yard-sale...hard to yardsale when everything is attached by a strap
Gramps and Dad had Mark IVs...still have a pair in Nana's garage
K2 Cheeseburgers
I remember the first season snowboards were allowed on the hill
When a TRIPLE chair was cutting edge technology

 

[bvibert]

The first pair of skis that I skied on were my Mom's old read, white, and blue K2s with safety straps. The thing is that when I started the safety straps were already replaced by ski brakes. I felt kinda stupid having to deal with the stupid straps while everyone else had the cool brakes... That was around 20 years ago I guess.

 

[gymnast46]

Memories

Leather laceup boots that I paid $7 for new. Wooden Erbacher skis whose length was determined by extending my arm over my head and cupping my hand. Marker Toe-release bindings with bear traps around my heels. The heel piece was releasable so the ski could double as cross country. Doing that was a sure way to get blisters on my heels.

Riding a rope-tow at a little place called Winterberg in northern Germany. T-bars at Berchetsgarden and Garmisch.

Seeing Penny Pitou and Egon Zimmerman ski at Belknap. Going off my first (and only ski jump) also at Belknap.

Never dreamed back then that fifty years later I'd have so much fun with my feet strapped to one board instead of two.

 

[jimmer]

my mom or one of my friends mom driving us too the hill every weekend ,or vacation day, sometimes in baad weather, sittin in the lodge all day then driving us home, and never really appreciating it much. until about 20 years later. she started me skiing and kept me skiing.even had to wear the stuff she knitted,while she was sitting in that lodge, guess that was her way of getting me back.[ long silly hats & mittens]

as far as the rest of the stuff mentioned, gotta say ive had a lot of those things.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

Head skis came in one color - Black
Lange boots came in one color - Black (Yellow liners were the Comps)
Wind shirts
"Rooster" hats
K2 Comps with the Red white and blue bases
A patrol toboggan was a tobogggan

 

[castlerock]

Wind shirts!

Ahhh windshirts, THE mark of cool in the spring.

Graves Skis (made in MA for a time)
Nelsap Stuff: Onset, Bedford CC
Hart Skis (Javelins were my second ski after Head JR60s)
I had Cubco bindings, and they were not ankle breakers. They were one of the great early innovations, but you had to screw fittings onto your boots
The ski swap at the ski show in Boston. It used to be great
Explod-amats, and filing grooves in your boots
Spoilers on your boots
"The Ski" (great Spademan and Burt photos earlier in the thread from the same era)
Nordica Bananas
Rossi Haute-Routes and SMs
Hanson boots were lame. Really the first "rear entry" boot. The same guys that skied those went on to the Solomons. Rear entry IS a pejorative
and STRETCH PANTS!

 

[MikeTrainor]

In addition to stapled lift tickets I can remember areas stamping the date on a lift ticket vs printing it out of a printer.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

In addition to stapled lift tickets I can remember areas stamping the date on a lift ticket vs printing it out of a printer.

Yes. I remember the stamps. Do you remember the "Pipe Cleaner" wickets?

 

[CapeSkier]

Yes! Pipe-cleaner wickets actually would break if your ticket was flapping in the breeze...but nobody checked much back then anyway. If they did, I would have been in big trouble. I was at King Ridge a lot back then, and the "base" lodge was at the top. If you were stuck at the bottom of the hill, it was a long walk back. Of course, the trip up the lift was no bargain either. It was a t-bar...I was a small kid, and there was enough spring tension on the damn thing to physically lift me off the ground. More than once I ended up hanging onto the bar and "water-skiing" to the top.

 

[ctenidae]

I remember when there was cold winters and lots of snow on the ground.

You are old.

 

[darent]

"puffy michelin man coats spewing feathers" -- Ha...

How bout the NAVA binding system- a big arm went in back of your calf, and the boots were soft like snowborad boots..

Trying to put the springs back together on the Marker bindings after a blow-out..

Trying to uncurl your hand after riding a ropetow all day..

K2 - 5500's with segmented edges

still have a pair of the K2 's in my basement, use them on retro day