On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:05:29 +0000, "
wrote:

Ace wrote:

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:48:55 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Ace wrote:

My first skis, in ~1994, were 205s. Seems incredible, but there really
was a general belief that longer was better, although very few people
could demonstrate why that should be the case, except at racer level.

Back in the day, when wooden skis demonstrated a remarkable coefficient
of friction, you needed long skis if you wanted to move at all.

I guess. But there you're talking about pre metal-edged ones, so 1920s
and earlier, I'd have thought. And I know you may remember them, but I
don't ;-)


My 1940s era wooden skis have no metal edge.

When and where metal edges came in I could not say for certain, but
probably mid 1950s

The first ones were used at least two decades before that, but they
took a long time to be generally adopted.
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Ace
Prime Ski School, Engelberg, CH
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