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old school is alive> the contemporary old school thread!

Post by nils » Thursday 20 March 2008, 18:39

Seen at Serre-Chevalier, France, two weeks ago!

Incredible!! Straight out of 1988 without a bruise...
Same day i ran across a guy that had a Burton M6, old burton plates ( wire) and UPS boots of the time, with fluo gloves and full outfit of the 80's!!

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Post by Franck Lehmans » Thursday 20 March 2008, 19:45

You're a real chinese "paparazi" Nils :chinese: !

What I prefer in his style is not the board... I love his big black sunglasses :lol:.

Notice that these old Emery bindings had pink rubber to make the connection between the hardboots (skiboots !) and the board more flexible. An other advantage was that it absorbed the small vibes.

Did someone actualy ride with a thin rubber plate between his boots and the bindings ?
Did he notice an advantage ?
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Post by pokkis » Thursday 20 March 2008, 20:01

I've had also thhose damn breaking bindings, but luckily i have totally forgotten how they worked, beside breaking.
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Post by tommaso2k » Thursday 20 March 2008, 20:02

Just Awesome :wink:
This guy would be a perfect candidate for the carving masters festival in sölden 1st of may.........
Brand doesn´t matter, the spirit does!
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yes

Post by nils » Thursday 20 March 2008, 20:54

my first snowboard was a board i pressed under custom mold in a windsurf shop, i then added the emery bindings and of course after the first descent the screws ripped out and i had to go to a shop and they screwed them through all the way to the base....it was in baqueira, one of the biggest spanish resort, in which i actually was the first allowed snowboarder. ( they changed the rules banning snowboarding a day before i arrived !!)...
the emery plates were very good, damp and also very dangerous...but remember a LOT of people won race on them so :)
it was suicide times ;)

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Post by oliv » Friday 21 March 2008, 9:11

Looks like a D1 on the picture!
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Post by Viviane » Friday 21 March 2008, 19:56

Hé, found my old Burton on the attic.
Used it somewhere netween 1983 - 85. Not sure exactly. I better do not throw it away :!:
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Post by ngsam » Friday 21 March 2008, 22:33

you have a really nice living room Viviane....
SWOARD
EXTREMECARVER GEN 1 161 S + 161M
EXTREMECARVER GEN 3 161 M
DUAL 158
HEAD STRATOS PRO sont trop belle et font trop pas mal aux pieds
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Post by Viviane » Saturday 22 March 2008, 9:58

Hé Sam,
it is the board that should track attention :lol:
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You should have seen my first board.

Post by simima » Saturday 22 March 2008, 11:39

Hey - my first board back in 86 had a swallow tail, and - sit down - a fin in the middle of the board, a piece of bent metal that stood out at the bottom about a 1 or 2 cm. Don't remember what brand it was...
It's a miracle I learnt boarding on this thing (that was in Morgins).

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Post by kurtsk8 » Saturday 22 March 2008, 19:02

ngsam wrote:you have a really nice living room Viviane....
i agree with her :)

but the board is nice too :D
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Wait :)

Post by nils » Saturday 22 March 2008, 19:04

Wait until Viviane shows us her new Swoard she will receive ;)
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Post by Viviane » Saturday 22 March 2008, 22:33

Oh, WHEN WHEN WHEN :?: :?: :?:
I am still waiting, seems like eternity :!: :wink:
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