Rossignol

[beswift]

Although you may have seen this in an obscure response to another thread, I think that it deserves it's own. This is the definition I found for Rossignol in Larousse's Pocket French-Eng., Eng.-Fr. dictionary.

m. nightingale; (pop.) false key, skeleton key, pick-lock; (pop.) white elephant, unsaleable article.

What were they thinking when they started using that label?

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

It's a common French surname. I'll go out on a limb and say it was the original owner naming it after himself.

 

[beswift]

When they merged into some conglomerate, I read something like that. However, it can be a chicken-egg sort of thing. They also use a rooster and not a nightingale in the Logo. A rooster is a coq.

 

[RossiSkier]

Rossignol is a sports equipment company based in Isère, France. Originally, Rossignol was started as a textiles company in 1907 by Mr. Abel Rossignol which produced skis on the side. In the 1950s, the company was bought by Laurent Boix Vives who shifted its focus almost entirely to ski manufacturing. By 1960 Rossignol skis had achieved much success, winning their first olympic event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, USA. The Rossignol corporation continued to innovate as demand for their skis grew, producing some of the first plastic skis in the 1960s. Rossignol's success continued as they bought Dynastar in 1967 and became a publicly traded company in 1969. After a partnership with Lange ski boots in the 1980s, Rossignol acquired several other sports equipment companies. Today, they are a leading producer of ski and snowboard equiment, as well as equipment for golf and tennis.

The rossignol word means nightingale in French.

 

[ctenidae]

One does have to wonder why the logo looks like a rooster, though. It would be a serious stretch to imagine it's even a severely stylized nightingale.

 

[RossiSkier]

One does have to wonder why the logo looks like a rooster, though. It would be a serious stretch to imagine it's even a severely stylized nightingale.

you got me thinking. . . Breeding Birds of Europe. ..

The Nightingale, Luscinia Megarhynchos, a small songbird that belongs to the thrush family. Nightingales have an incredibly rich, loud, complex, and melodious song. They sing mostly at night. Nightingales live in deciduous forests and thickets in much of Europe (excluding the far north) and central Asia. They spend the winters in north and central Africa. The Nightingale is about 6 to 7 inches (15-18 cm) long and weighs about 1/2 to 1 ounce (14-28 g). Males and females are similar in appearance. The head, back, tail, and wings are brown; the belly and chest are cream-colored. The eyes are large and black.

That aint a chicken.

 

[beswift]

It doesn't look like the pic you have for an avatar, does it? By the way, I've skied the 4S and 7S, the 4 was a better ski than the 7, but they were both great skiis. However, Rossi's aren't built to last, and I wouldn't buy one unless it was a steal. Of course, who would think that plastic skiis were built to last? When I skied Chamonix and returned on a ski train to Paris which was loaded with attractive French women and their Rossignols, I wondered who would want to keep these people in new skiis? Notwithstanding, I love French-built skiis, cheap domestic Fr. wine and well-built Fr. women. I own a pair of their skiis that is 14 years old and still a source of personal joy.

 

[RossiSkier]

Look at the two champion German Ski Team members riding on Frenchie Rossignols.

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Huhn fährt Felsen Ski (Chicken Skis Rock!)

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Brennen sie es aus Ihnen esel durch!

 

[Lostone]

Could be worse...

What were they thinking when they started using that label?

Not as bad as the Chevy Nova. In Spanish no = no . va = it goes.

Therefore, Nova means it doesn't go. :blink: :lol:

And as for Rosi skis, I have a pair of Bandit XXs that I bought as demos. I have since put 85 days on them. And today, (before reading this thread) I was thinking about how good a pair of skis they are. :wink:

 

[RossiSkier]

The XX's are a fantastic mid-fat. I just bought the RPM 21 which is a clone of the XX, since my wife won't authorize a B2 purchase. Everybody needs a midfat for just after a big dump.