You might be a Gaper if

[dmc]

This guy smelled like mothballs... I was thinking about offering some money for those old K2s... Attitash had a ton of people wearing jeans that day...

 

[SkiDork]

lol!

 

[SkiDork]

This guy smelled like mothballs... I was thinking about offering some money for those old K2s... Attitash had a ton of people wearing jeans that day...

holy CRAP!!!!!

Those Bermuda Shorts RULE!!!!!!!

 

[JimG.]

You yardsale, then spend a half hour trying to put your skis back on but can't because the bindings are in the closed position and you didn't know enough to open them first. So, you walk down the hill.

 

[SkiDork]

You yardsale, then spend a half hour trying to put your skis back on but can't because the bindings are in the closed position and you didn't know enough to open them first. So, you walk down the hill.

yardsales RULE!!!!!!

 

[dmc]

We had a gaper stay at our ski house once..
He breaks out these OOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD boot... I told him to ditch them and rent cause they didn't look safe... Sure enough - one broke in half and he had to walk down with one boot on and one boot off...

 

[ski_resort_observer]

When I was in college those K2 Comps were my dream skis. They were one of the first ski to be molded not layerd as delamination was a big problem back in those days. My Strato's had a history of delaminating but once they put rubber in the tip it seemed to clear up the problem.

 

[Brettski]

Have you seen this?

http://www.gaperhunter.com/index.php?id=408&curmonth=102006

 

[eastcoastskiier]

at the shop we had a guy come in and asked up to asjust his skis.. gave us some old straights, decent shape for its age, and a pair of dated rear entries.. while doing function tests one of the heels blew up.. the plastic was do dry-rotted that just the pressure of 1 release destroyed the boot... we ended up selling hima new pair, but he didnt want to get a boot better then our most biginner/cheapest pair.. he was addimate that all boots are the same...

"you might be a gaper if you think all boots perform the same"

 

[from_the_NEK]

NEK...hope you don't mind, I just couldn't help myself.....

:uzi:

:lol: :beer: :lol:

 

[SnowRider]

http://www.gaperhunter.com/index.php...urmonth=102006

Thats a pretty website. The only thing is if a snowboarder is doing a backflip or whateva can he really be called a gaper? Some of those people are also probobly joking around (Or just wanna be on the website). I mean just watch the winter RETRO section on Born From Ice. Are they really gapers? Oviously not.

 

[CapeSkier]

Gaper or just old?

When I was in college those K2 Comps were my dream skis. They were one of the first ski to be molded not layerd as delamination was a big problem back in those days. My Strato's had a history of delaminating but once they put rubber in the tip it seemed to clear up the problem.

Thanks for mentioning this. I too am old enough to remember K2 comps as the hottest thing to have. I was skiing black Head Standards in those days. And all this crap about skiing in blue jeans? Does anybody besides me admit to doing this in the 70's...Or wearing a bandana? Or the much-regretted cowboy hat fad? Or having gel-flow boots freeze solid in the car trunk on the way to the mountain? I'm old enough to remember when ski areas had an attendant at the ticket window who would actually staple your lift ticket to the wire bail, or sometimes right to the hem of your coat.

And shut up about the rear-entry boots. I wear them because they are comfortable! The Head Standards are long gone, though. ;-)

 

[Brettski]

Hey! I still wear a bandana instead bying the neoprene face mask

Actually 2...one for an inner layer and one for an outter layer, works great when it's icey cold

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Thanks for mentioning this. I too am old enough to remember K2 comps as the hottest thing to have. I was skiing black Head Standards in those days. And all this crap about skiing in blue jeans? Does anybody besides me admit to doing this in the 70's...Or wearing a bandana? Or the much-regretted cowboy hat fad? Or having gel-flow boots freeze solid in the car trunk on the way to the mountain? I'm old enough to remember when ski areas had an attendant at the ticket window who would actually staple your lift ticket to the wire bail, or sometimes right to the hem of your coat.

And shut up about the rear-entry boots. I wear them because they are comfortable! The Head Standards are long gone, though. ;-)

Yea, back those days your talking alittle before the Rossi/K2 era and everyone had Head Standards/320's/360's, then they came out with the Killey line. I had 320's and most had Lange boots.

The Head brand has done pretty well seeing that Bode has switched from Atomic to Head this year and many others on the podium so far use Head as well.

 

[Marc]

Wasn't Head the first company to make a composite ski?

 

[ccskier]

you are a gaper if you show up to the mountain in your camaro with the ski racks that attach to the passenger window. Your snowblades are hanging on the rack

 

[Skier75]

OMG! I hate when that happens! That last post of UK was me, not my hubby..... I don't mind saying I WAS a huge gaper back in the day.....

 

[dmc]

Hey! I still wear a bandana instead bying the neoprene face mask

Actually 2...one for an inner layer and one for an outter layer, works great when it's icey cold

A cotton bandana? :-o

 

[Marc]

A cotton bandana? :-o

Serious.

There's not one ounce of cotton on me when I ski (or sail, bike or water ski, for that matter). Cotton + wet + cold = bad.

 

[CapeSkier]

Cotton and the old days

Serious.

There's not one ounce of cotton on me when I ski (or sail, bike or water ski, for that matter). Cotton + wet + cold = bad.

But it's true. Cotton bandana, cotton jeans, often frozen solid. This was life in the 70's and early 80's. Also, lots of people skied with wine skins, made from goatskin, which made your wine taste like a baseball glove. Of course, it was Ripple or something like that, so nobody really cared. Strangers on the gondola pulled out reefer and offered to share. Lots of people agreed. Lots of skiers were absolutely wrecked. And some people wore cowboy hats, which tended to blow off on the chairlift, resulting in an avalance of little b-stard college kids (like me) trying to run it over or spear it with a pole. Other people with little short skis tried to do "ballet", getting their legs stuck with two skis facing in opposite directions. hey, they looked good doing it, though, because they always used the slope most visible from the deck where everyone was drinking. Drinking? The drinking age was 18, so most college kids had been up all night partying the night before, so everyone fell all over themselves. Safety straps (what are they?) would fail, resulting in the dreaded runaway. It was a common sight to see someone winding their way down on one ski, or carrying one ski and doing a "walk of shame" down to the base lodge. (Talk about a Gaper) So yes, we wore cotton. Cotton and wool were the only things out there. There was no fleece or real synthetics, or Hot Chillys, or anything. Goose down jackets were available, but were very expensive, so most of us didn't have them. We wore CB jackets, or Bogner,if we were feeling fashionable, or whatever our general winter coat was. People skied in surplus army jackets, bomber jackets, or "snorkel coats". People actually still skied on wood skis, and when they broke, it was quite a sight. That was it, your ski was in 2 pieces. Or somebody would yard-sale, and cut themselves all up with a "windmill", which happened when your ski released then spun around on your safety strap and hit you in the head, or in the ass, and the edge cut you. Frankly, looking back, I think the cotton was the least of our worries! That's it from the Geezer Division...I'll shut up now.