randoskier wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:35 am

Bonjour lad!

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Welcome back.........wherever you've been!

One day late, but nonetheless Happy Birthday Telemark Talk.

I’m surprised no one else seems to have noticed – first forum entry: Wed Dec 18, 2013.

tkarhu wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:35 pm

His left foot ski is actually triple tip

Better a triple tip than a tipple trip - although Joe seems to be good at tripping up without the tipple.

There is a photograph in Morten Lund's 1972 book The Pleasures of Cross-Country Skiing that shows several Fischer Europa model cross-sections with voids: Very interesting read – the first source in particular. The description of the Europa 77 is significant (Fiberglass Sandwich, Aluminium Edges, Pl...

Make America Fall Again — the counterpart. rodrigueb_ulaval_15617_Joe_Biden_cross_country_skiing_--v_5.2_4d839d20-f9aa-4053-880e-6a2ca236555c_2.png Very funny! There is a novelty here: twin tip cross country skis with alpine cross country bindings... That means he doesn't know if he's coming or goi...

They've left out the MAGA cap.

Make America Glide Again

If those are 84/85, how old are these Europa 99’s? I thought they were from the early to mid ‘80s. These were found on a Finnish website – so your graphics were not just for the American market. If the mounted bindings give a clue to the age of the skis (which, of course, cannot be assumed), then t...

Maybe I should go with a women’s fit? You could try these, although I'm not sure if the forward-lean is adjustable: Heels on Skis.jpg You mean with the risers up? :lol: Skiing with the risers up is quite feasible, as long as the risers are well protected from frostbite. Some time ago a member here ...

I also am an E99 aficionado. I have three very different ones, but the following post is of purely historical interest. The Fischer E99, in various incarnations, has been on the market since round about the mid-70’s, although I don’t know exactly which year it was introduced. Recently I was rummagin...

The pull-over spikes depicted afford some protection to the NNN BC bar. There are several such spikes designs on the market, perhaps even some where the rubber continues up the sides in front – in which case some metal or plastic discs could be fixed to the inner sides to prevent the pins from pokin...