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The B. F. Moore Company in Newport Vt got its start with workingman's clothes, "double seamed and riveted".

https://books.google.com/books?id=0K...ewport&f=false

By the 30's they were manufacturing the Slalom Skiwear line of clothing and continued at least into the 70's. Porter Moore, the last of the family to run the company, became the GM of Jay Peak for a while after he sold the Slalom business to Bogner.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Ak...kiwear&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=-f...kiwear&f=false

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/1716391...6&rmv SB=true

There was a story going around high school about some teenage skiers who lost their amateur status because they posed with skis for Slalom ads.

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Another nugget - "B. F. Moore outfitted the Byrd Antarctic Epedition of 1933"

From Skisport to Skiing: One Hundred Years of an American Sport, 1840-1940
By John B. Allen, p. 157.

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Earlie I posted that B F Moore had been purchased by Bogner. Ski Magazine Sep 1969 says that it was actually Profile that purchased B F Moore.

https://books.google.com/books?id=AF...20wear&f=false

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Like Slalom/B F Moore, Profile started as a maker of overalls for farmers and railroad workers, Carter & Churchill & Co not far away in Lebanon, NH. The company published an inside look, including some history, in an inside-back-cover ad in Nov 74 issue of Ski -

https://books.google.com/books?id=UT...20wear&f=false

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On 1/17/15 4:14 AM, Richard Henry wrote:
Like Slalom/B F Moore, Profile started as a maker of overalls for farmers and railroad workers, Carter & Churchill & Co not far away in Lebanon, NH. The company published an inside look, including some history, in an inside-back-cover ad in Nov 74 issue of Ski -

https://books.google.com/books?id=UT...20wear&f=false

Specialty clothes, pshaw.

I learned to ski in my Dad's WWII Army Air Force officer's wool trousers
- he called them his "pinks." Mom shortened the legs and I was good to
go. Fit like another popular WWII era item - the Zoot Suit.

Only major purchase in the early years was $5 for a set of (wood, of
course) army surplus skis, too-big leather boots with a fancy in-seem
leather strap, and bamboo poles.

A character building experience.

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lal_truckee wrote:
Specialty clothes, pshaw.


The official ski clothes of Hunter Mt. jeans and a puff jacket......

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On Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 10:17:03 AM UTC-8, lal_truckee wrote:
On 1/17/15 4:14 AM, Richard Henry wrote:
Like Slalom/B F Moore, Profile started as a maker of overalls for farmers and railroad workers, Carter & Churchill & Co not far away in Lebanon, NH. The company published an inside look, including some history, in an inside-back-cover ad in Nov 74 issue of Ski -

https://books.google.com/books?id=UT...20wear&f=false

Specialty clothes, pshaw.

I learned to ski in my Dad's WWII Army Air Force officer's wool trousers
- he called them his "pinks." Mom shortened the legs and I was good to
go. Fit like another popular WWII era item - the Zoot Suit.

Only major purchase in the early years was $5 for a set of (wood, of
course) army surplus skis, too-big leather boots with a fancy in-seem
leather strap, and bamboo poles.

A character building experience.

The year I skied at Tuckerman Ravine (1968?) with my brother, my gear was second-hand double lace-up boots, 208 cm Toni Sailer Fiberglas downhill skis (that I got for Summer clearance price in the Slalom factory store in Newport), fitted with Marker Rotomats and long thong bindings (that I found in a little sports shop in Potsdam, NY,) wool-blend pants and a factory-second Slalom parka. I realized after the trip that kicking steps into the headwall was starting to delaminate the layers of leather that made up the sole of the boots.

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On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:03:55 -0800 (PST), Richard Henry
wrote this crap:

I learned to ski in my Dad's WWII Army Air Force officer's wool trousers
- he called them his "pinks." Mom shortened the legs and I was good to
go. Fit like another popular WWII era item - the Zoot Suit.

Only major purchase in the early years was $5 for a set of (wood, of
course) army surplus skis, too-big leather boots with a fancy in-seem
leather strap, and bamboo poles.

A character building experience.

The year I skied at Tuckerman Ravine (1968?) with my brother,
my gear was second-hand double lace-up boots, 208 cm Toni Sailer
Fiberglas downhill skis (that I got for Summer clearance price in the
Slalom factory store in Newport), fitted with Marker Rotomats and
long thong bindings (that I found in a little sports shop in Potsdam,
NY,) wool-blend pants and a factory-second Slalom parka.
I realized after the trip that kicking steps into the headwall was
starting to delaminate the layers of leather that made up the sole of the boots.



Such luxury. We made our own skis. We screwed old high top tennis
shoes to the skis, no bindings. We brought our own food because we
couldn't afford to pay for it, and they didn't sell hot food. Lifts
were all rope tows. The lodge was a shack with a fireplace, which was
built by the owners themselves in the off season. There was no bar,
everyone brought a bottle of booze and we shared.
It must be nice to have lived such a life of privilege.


Well, its time for my piano practice. The piano room is too cold so I
guess I'll practice on the grand piano in the living room.


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On 01/18/2015 09:06 PM, wrote:

Such luxury. We made our own skis. We screwed old high top tennis
shoes to the skis, no bindings. We brought our own food because we
couldn't afford to pay for it, and they didn't sell hot food. Lifts
were all rope tows. The lodge was a shack with a fireplace, which was
built by the owners themselves in the off season. There was no bar,
everyone brought a bottle of booze and we shared.
It must be nice to have lived such a life of privilege.

That actually sounds like "Ski Green Valley" in the San Bernardino
Mountains here. At some point it turned snowboard-only and a few years
later it closed completely. No lodge, just a small cabin where tickets
were sold. You just tossed your stuff in a corner while you were
skiing. People brought their dogs. We only went once, but I'm glad we did.

Well, its time for my piano practice. The piano room is too cold so I
guess I'll practice on the grand piano in the living room.

If you haven't seen this, you should.

http://www.pbs.org/program/note-by-note/
Note By Note: The Making Of Steinway L1037

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On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:45:23 -0800, The Real Bev
wrote this crap:

On 01/18/2015 09:06 PM, wrote:

Such luxury. We made our own skis. We screwed old high top tennis
shoes to the skis, no bindings. We brought our own food because we
couldn't afford to pay for it, and they didn't sell hot food. Lifts
were all rope tows. The lodge was a shack with a fireplace, which was
built by the owners themselves in the off season. There was no bar,
everyone brought a bottle of booze and we shared.
It must be nice to have lived such a life of privilege.

That actually sounds like "Ski Green Valley" in the San Bernardino
Mountains here. At some point it turned snowboard-only and a few years
later it closed completely. No lodge, just a small cabin where tickets
were sold. You just tossed your stuff in a corner while you were
skiing. People brought their dogs. We only went once, but I'm glad we did.

The places I went to you didn't bring a dog. We weren't so bad off
that we'd eat 'em, but we couldn't afford to feed them.


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