Kickin' It Old School

[TallGrass]

I think this might be what Bill Koch is shown using at 0:24.

Source: http://oldposter.sneakerlab.net/adidas/ ... 60118.html


Source: https://crosscountryskihistory.us/equip ... n-binding/

[randoskier]

And so, with all true appreciation for the subject and the original post, may I suggest someone starting a new 10th Mtn. thread, and letting this one pick up where it left off?

Done.
https://telemarktalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5816

@phoenix @wooley12 @lowangle al @Chisana Feel free to edit and move respective posts, with links as you like.

Neither olive drab nor gun powder is a requisite for "Kickin' It Old School."

Stand at ease.

[TallGrass]

It looks like the tongue clamshells around the pin, or goes under it. I dunno, odd looking. Sharkfin is an interesting way to keep the heel from sliding sideways. Anyone ever use them?



You can zoom in on a bunch of photos of them below, even buy them, but they note they're in "KYIV" so "DELIVERY DELAYS ARE POSSIBLE."
https://dladushyvintage.com/products/vi ... port-shoes

[TallGrass]

Soviet Adidas life hack, related to above.

[wooley12]

I had that Adidas setup. There are no "pins". The binding clamped over a bulge at the end of the toe. Sole was hard plastic. The toe box too narrow for my narrow foot and painful so I only used them for one season.

[lowangle al]

I had a pair like that in the 70's. I think they were 50 mm. They cracked on a real cold day.

[TallGrass]

1960
"All You Schussboomers, Watch your Ski Language
What's a schussboomber . . . a bathtub . . . the fall line . . . suicide straps . . . "
https://www.mwlsap.org/images/Detroit_Free_Press_Fri__Jan_29__1960_skitermsschussboomer.pdf

1939