Tribute to the Pioneers of Skiing

[@auntiefan4202]

My grandparents were skiers in the PNW in the early-mid 1930s. Its hard to believe that was almost 100 years ago, and I am now teaching my kids to ski.

[@richardpare3538]

I started my skiing using my Mothers 1930's skis and leather hiking boots! Todays equipment is so easy to ski on in comparison!

[@yougotmossed3592]

Amazing skiing when you consider the equipment they had in those days. Much harder to ski on than today’s equipment and if you took a bad fall you didn’t have great bindings to protect your ankles and legs. Real impressive.

[@hypothalapotamus5293]

These are some of the smoothest jump turns I have ever seen and the form reminds me of my dad's before he got some shaped skis (some time in the 2010s). Equipment matters so much... Someone should do a video on people like Hjalmar Hvam who was so ticked off that his leg was broken that he designed a primitive release binding (1937), Howard Head who made the first composite ski, and the various people who did the ski shape revolution of the last 30 years.

[@humanbeing2420]

@@hypothalapotamus5293 Elan pioneered the shaped ski.

[@gregh3248]

I still have a pair of Kneissl skis from the 1940's-50's. Wooden skis, Segmented edges so if/when you blew one out you just replaced it and filed it down to match the edge. Bear trap bindings and leather lace-up boots. And tip Turns The good old days.

[@willhicks2259]

Cut our teeth on the snow capped peaks in the snow belt of western New York in the 60's. The internationally acclaimed areas of Glenwood Acres, Holiday Valley and Grosttal challenged the legends of the day. Actually, its amazing how many of the " legends " migrated to the real mountains of Colorado, Utah and Montana to start new lives and live out there graying days. Thanks for the flashback to techniques and equipment that got it rolling.

[@Cmoredebris]

We started skiing at Sugar Bowl in 1954 and I remember Junior Bounous starting our kid's ski program. Toni Marth came in after Junior left and started a race program which was very popular. I also remember folks complaining when an all day lift ticket reached $5.

[@CarlPolson]

Wish you had more clips with the original Warren narrations. Always appreciated Warrens sense of humor and was trying to show my daughter some of the clips from the movies back then.

[@BulcsuMolnar-id4zr]

this season i will definietly dig up my fathers old skis from the garage and make a few turns with them

[@stevegerhartz9932]

Love the long poles!

[@victorh.truman3954]

Love that swing skiing with a little mambo.

[@OKuusava]

Wedeln.

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

More stile in the 60s than nowadays!

[@norwegiangadgetman]

You can't mention Stein Eriksen without also mentioning his brother, Marius Eriksen. The Sweater Stein is wearing is actually named after Marius from when he wore it in a 1954 movie. Marius was Norwegian Champion, and competed in the 1948 olympics but didn't place higher than 20th. I blame it on the years he spent in Stalag Luft III.(He was actually a Fighter Ace during WWII, but was shot down in 43)

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Junior Bounous became my hero when he was asked if he used a snorkel on deep powder days. Junior said, no, I prefer to surface to breath!

[@JB91710]

Boy, did that bring back memories! 1968 Killington Ski School! I Hate being 67! Youth is Definitely wasted on the young! Hey, who said that?

[@stevestegman8181]

JB91710 - yea. Took a Killington trip with my Mom in ‘68, January I think. I was about thirteen. Great times. Snowden, Rams Head, I think we had pretty decent snow, and it wasn’t all that crowded.

[@avoumvakis]

This is gold

[@scottsmith3593]

On an entirely different note, can anyone tell me the song/artist on this great video? It reminds me so much of the song played at the end of the movie Office Space.

[@JohnMcRae-zs2lc]

No helmets. Boots are basically at the ankle-tops. Long, long skis. Rudimentary bindings. You had to really employ the technique.

[@sandratessem9980]

The day when skiing was great

[@HauptmannRSW]

The background music is awesome, would you be able to put up a link for it?

[@raked2112]

Absolute shredders!

[@tbrenner2374]

Any info on the background music?....really cool

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Had the commedian Gallagher seen this video, for sure he would have said "Those cats got Styyyyyyyyyyyle" !

[@guillaumecoutuure]

can i use some of your clips for a video on the history of skiing im doing for school?

[@Thisabadusername]

Not sure if elegant is the right way to describe it but there is certainly something about this classic way of skiing that is more aesthetically valuable to me than the contemporary

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Elegant is the correct adjective.

[@geerstyresoil3136]

I still miss the stability that only long skis can provide.

[@richardpare3538]

@@geerstyresoil3136 They were stable simply because they were a bitch to turn with! Almost no such thing as carving back then - you hard to push the tails or jump turn, and all of that took a lot of leg and ankle muscle! Todays skis are extremely easy in comparison!

[@bjrn-erikmichalsen2825]

Sondre NOrheim from Norway. Lived in the 1900-century. Born and dead in 1800 something. He was the founder of skiing as a sport. He jumped, run slalom(slalom is actually an old norwegian word meaning the opposite of steep hill) and went cross country. He invented his own skis. he found that parabolic skis would be easier to swing.

[@vjr5261]

R.I.P. Jon Reveal 2022

[@Mcbayzi]

Jumping Jim Mcconkey - father to the legend, Shane Mcconkey!

[@retromoden]

Großartig - !!!

[@schnick58]

If you are the right owner of this great footage, I would like to ask for your permission to use some of it in a vintage sports film I'm currently composing. Mike Maurus

[@treborhi]

the guy at 1:07

[@OKuusava]

Funny that all mention were the guys and still we saw plenty girls doing the same...another funny thing is nowadays people ski very bad, and in the same time they say how easy nowadays sking is. So, why ski badly then, if easily could ski ok? And where I know that? Well, open any webcam from slope and see it...

[@moosemountainskiboardareaa3615]

ankle high boots and long thongs

[@OKuusava]

Those pants were in vogue still in later part of 80.s in US, but of course not in Europe anymore.

[@davidstepro7486]

Do you realize how strong your legs need to be in order to ski on these long, skinny skis?

[@OKuusava]

No, how strong? I havev skinny legs and skinnys skis. Perhaps I'm missing something. Of course mys skis are only 207, not the 240 these seems...