Word: skis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Look down for this season's principal changes in ski equipment...
That's the word from local ski shops, which report that about the only real changes in equipment this year are in footgear...
There are so many factors that make a ski good that it is possible only to give a basic guide...
...greater Boston area, probably the largest ski market in New England, there are some shops which over the years have acquired a reputation of being specialists in the ski equipment field. Most of them advertise in this supplement and it is well worth it for you to shop around and see what they have, even if you have to take a half hour ride or so. You will be pleased by the design of some of them; you will meet skiers from ski countries such as Germany, France, Switzerland or expert skiers and instructors from this country...
...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 polyethy. lene 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 cover or lacquer and plastic top edges...