Last week, I wrote about how stretch pants helped increase skiing’s popularity during the 1950’s and 1960’s.  Indeed in-the-boot stretch pants were an integral part of the skiing “uniform” worn during that era. The upper body portion of the uniform… Continue Reading →

Following World War II there were less than 50,000 skiers in the United States.  By the end of the 1960’s there were more than 4 million U.S. skiers!  There were many factors that influenced that growth: better skis, safer bindings,… Continue Reading →

The Cubco was the creation of Mitch Cubberley, a mechanical engineer from New Jersey.  He started working on ski bindings in the early 1950’s and used his engineering know-how to address many binding-related issues.  His binding was a step-in; the… Continue Reading →

(Following was contributed by Ed Pearson via e-mail.) “All three of our children learned to ski at ages 2 &3 at a small mountain in upstate NY on the same pair of skis passed down from the oldest to the… Continue Reading →

So when was the Look Nevada toepiece created? It surprised me to find out that it was 1950!  The Look Nevada designed by Jean Beyl in Nevers, France, was way ahead of its time. To give some perspective, the first… Continue Reading →