Absolutely fantastic documentary. I started skiing in 1970 and have worked in the ski industry since 1975. When I first started it was common to see this cable bindings, leather lace up boots and wood skis. My first skis we Wood Fischer skis with screwed on segment edges. I had the new technology Salomon step in binding and laminated leather boots with buckles. I can really appreciate how ski equipment and skiing technique have evolved. We have a display of vintage boots and skis at the Ski Shop where I work.. Customers love seeing the vintage gear. I am sure that my friends that teach and coach would love watching this video. Modern ski equipment is so much easier to learn to use. Every time I use my cross country/ backcountry skiing equipment with the leather lace boot and free heel I am reminded how easy my Alpine downhill gear make skiing. I am sure that skiers that use Telemark equipment or pin tech backcountry equipment will appreciate this video. I loved the Mohair skins that buckled on. I never crossed my mind to ask what they used before glued skins were developed.
@NovaRedBaron2 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see these skiers on a run between previous avalanches on either side. Their skiing ability was definitely expert level for that era. The quality of the cinematography was top notch as well. Thanks for posting.
@StevenSnow-ln4qo4 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, great cinematography! I have been skiing and snowboarding now for 60 years. I grew up learning on equipment like this. I am interested in these Backcountry, classic techniques like the stem christy and kick turns. These guys are shredding! 😊
@MrDogonjon2 жыл бұрын
thank you for posting this. A reference to long lost source forgotten and ridiculed by Professionals for decades only to surface again as "The New Way to Ski".
@jerrymcsendee2 жыл бұрын
I'm watching all these as a "how to." I came across a crate of NOS 10th Mtn. skis a couple years ago, tips wrapped in the original excelsior, and bought it. I took one of the four pair and mounted Look 14s, filed the screw heads flush, and corked kick wax on them. Took them out for a day in lovely spring corn and nearly killed myself a half dozen times. Best I could manage was snowplow turns and stops. And you'd think the length would give an advantage to stopping power but it took so long to stop. I assumed modern edges were all about advantages to turning precision and never thought about stopping power. The other three pair are display pieces but I'll review these tips and take them out again this season.
@funhog246 жыл бұрын
Love all your videos! Reminds us of how good we have it today!
@morphyon Жыл бұрын
I still can use aspects of the technical details for cross country skiing. You have to instill some stability when going downhill. The equipment won‘t do it, so bend the knees!
@williewanker4213 жыл бұрын
Great old video! More please.
@richardpare35387 ай бұрын
Basic turn techniques that are still valid with todays equipment - other than the facing into the hill positions it shows.
@Daz5Daz Жыл бұрын
These guys would have loved carving skis!
@elmoreglidingclub30304 жыл бұрын
So is this what was referred to as, or perhaps the basis of, a Stem Christie turn in the 1980s??
@weirdbeard19804 жыл бұрын
Stem christie is a turn that starts in a gliding wedge and ends parallel. They're making down stem followed by an uphill stem with whole body rotation to initiate their turns. No upper and lower body separation.
@karlk93162 жыл бұрын
0:00 "Stem turn in principle a snow plow (aka wedge) turn linking one traverse with another" 3:35 "Stem Christiana (aka Stem Christie) speeded up advanced stem turn ending in a sweeping skid, which is characteristic of every higher speed turn"
@jenalexander54754 жыл бұрын
this was a great video
@LordHaveMercyOnUs2474 жыл бұрын
Wish they had snowboards back then. Would love to see classic filmography and lessons.
@TerryMasri9 жыл бұрын
Thank God for modern skis!
@willhicks2259Ай бұрын
Looks like Sun Valley
@dudleylitz736912 жыл бұрын
Try THAT with a 120 pound pack of 1942 technology!