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Old December 9th 06, 04:16 PM posted to rec.skiing.alpine,rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic,rec.skiing.resorts.europe
Weathercam
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Default Anyone remember Scorpion skis?

Anyone on here remember the short Scorpion ski, late 70's early 80's - I
seem to recall quite a lot of hype over them when launced, but want to know
what they were primarily designed for.

Reason is that I have picked a pair up via Ebay which I intend to use as
short approach skis for touring as they are quite a bit wider (90mm) and
longer than my normal approach skis (108) so should be a little better for
climbing in deep powder.

I'll fit my Dynafit bindings to them - point is that for normal use the
binding was towards the back - and I intend to move them more to the middle,
or as far as I can get away with for fitting my ski crampons.

Any advice / help appreciated.

Regards


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Old December 9th 06, 06:57 PM posted to rec.skiing.alpine,rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic,rec.skiing.resorts.europe
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Default Anyone remember Scorpion skis?

Weathercam wrote:

Anyone on here remember the short Scorpion ski, late 70's early 80's - I
seem to recall quite a lot of hype over them when launced, but want to know
what they were primarily designed for.


Skorpion with a 'k', IIRC, but I may be wrong.

They were designed for fun. Total waste of time really, but these fads
come and go.

Who else remembers those little ski-bikes you sat on?

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Old December 9th 06, 10:57 PM posted to rec.skiing.alpine,rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic,rec.skiing.resorts.europe
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Default Anyone remember Scorpion skis?

Ace wrote:

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 18:57:21 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Weathercam wrote:

Anyone on here remember the short Scorpion ski, late 70's early 80's - I
seem to recall quite a lot of hype over them when launced, but want to know
what they were primarily designed for.


Skorpion with a 'k', IIRC, but I may be wrong.

They were designed for fun. Total waste of time really, but these fads
come and go.

Who else remembers those little ski-bikes you sat on?


They're still going strong, in various guises. The oldest, and I
suppose original, are the patented ones they use (only) in
Grindelwald. e.g.
http://www.rubi-holzbau.ch/velogemel/index.htm


Blimey; made of wood!

I had a vague recollection that a lot of resorts banned the things on
the slopes.


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Old December 10th 06, 09:40 AM posted to rec.skiing.alpine,rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic,rec.skiing.resorts.europe
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Default Anyone remember Scorpion skis?

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:57:29 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Ace wrote:

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 18:57:21 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Who else remembers those little ski-bikes you sat on?


They're still going strong, in various guises. The oldest, and I
suppose original, are the patented ones they use (only) in
Grindelwald. e.g.
http://www.rubi-holzbau.ch/velogemel/index.htm

Blimey; made of wood!

I had a vague recollection that a lot of resorts banned the things on
the slopes.


Lots of Swiss resorts in particular are very popular with sledgers and
have special runs reserved for them. These are often open to
'snow-bikers' as well, whereas many ski runs are not. Signposts and
piste maps attempt to make this clear, but don't always succeed.

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Old December 10th 06, 10:06 AM posted to rec.skiing.alpine,rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic,rec.skiing.resorts.europe
The Older Gentleman
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Default Anyone remember Scorpion skis?

Ace wrote:

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:57:29 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Ace wrote:

On Sat, 9 Dec 2006 18:57:21 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

Who else remembers those little ski-bikes you sat on?

They're still going strong, in various guises. The oldest, and I
suppose original, are the patented ones they use (only) in
Grindelwald. e.g.
http://www.rubi-holzbau.ch/velogemel/index.htm

Blimey; made of wood!

I had a vague recollection that a lot of resorts banned the things on
the slopes.


Lots of Swiss resorts in particular are very popular with sledgers and
have special runs reserved for them. These are often open to
'snow-bikers' as well, whereas many ski runs are not. Signposts and
piste maps attempt to make this clear, but don't always succeed.


Ah. Ta for that. It's been many years since I skied in Switzerland.


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Old December 11th 06, 09:44 AM posted to rec.skiing.alpine,rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic,rec.skiing.resorts.europe
Florian Anwander
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Default Anyone remember Scorpion skis?

Hi

Blimey; made of wood!

What did you think you're the skies are made of?

Florian
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Old December 11th 06, 06:57 PM posted to rec.skiing.alpine,rec.skiing.backcountry,rec.skiing.nordic,rec.skiing.resorts.europe
The Older Gentleman
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Default Anyone remember Scorpion skis?

Florian Anwander wrote:

Hi

Blimey; made of wood!

What did you think you're the skies are made of?


Clouds and blue stuff.



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