The Evolution of Gear
Jim's post about retiring his Timberland boots started me thinking about our ski gear and how it's evolved in the past ten years. In 1999, I was rocking a yellow Market ski jacket (purchased at Ski Barn in Paramus for $135.00), black non-cargo ski pants that I'd had for way too long, Marmot gloves, Gordini goggles (GORDINI!!) and some sort of balaclava...
More importantly, my hardware: Volant Z-Max SL slalom skis (195cm), Raichle Flexon Comp 9.0 GT Racing Boots (black with chartreuse accents), hi-end (circa 1995) Salomon bindings purchased at Herman's in Norwalk and a tattered, scarred pair of black/gold Scott poles (not the lame Scott poles but a previous iteration).
Not much has changed in terms of my corporate sponsors, still rocking Volant/Raichle/Salomon combo, just upgraded to newer, better models.
Domination.
More importantly, my hardware: Volant Z-Max SL slalom skis (195cm), Raichle Flexon Comp 9.0 GT Racing Boots (black with chartreuse accents), hi-end (circa 1995) Salomon bindings purchased at Herman's in Norwalk and a tattered, scarred pair of black/gold Scott poles (not the lame Scott poles but a previous iteration).
Not much has changed in terms of my corporate sponsors, still rocking Volant/Raichle/Salomon combo, just upgraded to newer, better models.
Domination.
3 Comments:
Gordini was the official goggle of Dave Marshack.
By
JV, At
1:29 PM
True.
If I only had a pair of light blue Rossi's from 1991.
By
Tomas_Volant, At
2:24 PM
If only I had Victoria's phone number again.
By
JV, At
5:03 PM
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