Word: skis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...skis today are laminated and the best combination in wooden skis is hickery with ash; flexibility is determined by the ratio of the two. In the lower price ranges ash is mainly used. The ski should have a durable plastic base, preferably "Kofix" or "P-Tex" which are polyethylene bottoms, require very little waxing and are easy to repair. Steel edges should be interlocking and slightly offset at tips and ends of the ski. The top should have a plastic cover or lacquer and plastic top edges...
...ski with the abovementioned features sells for about $35 or $40 and is definitely adequate for the beginner. The advanced skier will have to pay from $4 to $70 for an ash-hickory laminated ski if he thinks he has outgrown the stage when he looks up at better skiers mostly from the bath-tub perspective...
...proper length of the ski is concerned, a rule of thumb is for men from nine to twelve inches over their head, depending on weight and physical fitness. Never buy them any shorter than that because it is dangerous. For women the rule would be from six to nine inches...
...Ski Hardware...
...hardware that ties the boots to the skis is called the binding: don't say harness or "the works on the ski." It irritates skiers. Except for some old-timers in the backwoods of Maine or the Black Forest, everybody uses a release binding today...