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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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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? -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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Anyone remember Scorpion skis?
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 -- Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club. |
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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. -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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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. -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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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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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. -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |
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