www.oldsnowboards.com Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Great shots!! Definitely love seeing the oldschool shots. Brings me back to some great times!! Thanks for the summer buzz!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcarve Posted June 28, 2011 Report Share Posted June 28, 2011 Some pics from late '80's....enjoy!Stratton Mtn...I'm still rockin' that vanity plate on my current car:cool:, but my mullet is gone :( (I'm on the left) That Burton on the left was my first board back in the late 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebiker Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Here's a few more.... (apologies for high/large res) TWSnowboarding Mag, First Issue ever, Fall '87 Winterstick and Sims ad (Craig Kelly R.I.P.) in same mag: Burton Catalog: Remember when only a few places allowed boarding? (list from Burton catalog): Also remember when we had to be "certified" before we could even buy a lift ticket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 I have a bunch of old boards in my garage but they're not particularly where they could be photographed at the moment. Instead here are some old shots from before I had any decent camera gear or had learned how to use what I did have. This is probably very much the Euro perspective. Burton was very trendy but hugely expensive in the UK - £500 for a board, which is the same as they cost here now, both stupidly expensive. It was cheaper in Finland (where I lived some of the time), but still expensive. 1990-1991 Season/ Wiegele's O'Neil powder suits plus Windsurfing Cheimsee gear. All hardbooters except for one. Mostly Niedecker. Middle shot taken from a 195 Lacroix Mono. Antennas are no longer as long as that in the last shot! Wiegele was always snowboarder friendly; CMH had problems with some traditionalists (who once voted me an "honorary skier" because I could ride rings around them). 1992/3 season - Aonach Mor, Scotland Mark 1 Nitro Scorpion with Fritschi bindings, Dynafit 3F Comp S boots. Scotland (that's a snow fence). 15cm of wet snow on pink granite: the Nitro was the perfect powder board for that, you just had to know where the granite was. On the right is the first line I put in at the summit of the resort that day. I just put line after line down there as I was the only person on the lift. There were no other snowboarders at the resort at all, which was pretty common at the time. Snowboarding was picking up generally, but the UK wasn't leading the charge. The Scorpion was the first of the "noo skool race" boards in Europe - symmetrical, sensible, quick, revolutionary. Before that the choice was basically Burton Asym-Air clones or straight Asym race boards, which just seemed wrong to me. 1993/4 season - Big White or Sun Peaks? I broke the nose of my Scorpion at Vernon, and bought the only Alpine board I could find in BC as a replacement. Later I bought another Scorpion. Santa Cruz GS board, Sims bindings, Dynafit boots. I think this was Sun Peaks (way snowboarder's right), but it could have been Big White. The purple was very fashionable - I worked in Paris so this was Degre 7/ Patrick Vallecant stuff. 1996/7 Wiegele's I may as well finish the oldie sequence... Here's a Burton Supermodel (Mark 1) 168, which was the first real powder board I owned. Riding this, versus riding a race board in powder was night and day: it turned me into the fastest rider in the heli rather than one of the crowd. People still argue about that, but there it is. The first shot is the board plus the Burton step-in bindings of the day, which worked ok for me although they seemed inelegant and you had to watch your fingers. In the back of the shot is my second Scorpion; that one I picked up in Annecy (the first was from Grenoble). The final shot is what made me take up photography rather more seriously. This was taken by Lorne Green who was the staff photographer that day. He's rather good. That's the Supermodel in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heroshmero Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 I had a 174 Supermodel from that same year. That was a great board. Great shape and lots of snap. I wore it out and then used it as a rock board for a while. Last year I passed it on to a needy boarder. I was sad to see it go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted July 13, 2011 Report Share Posted July 13, 2011 Yup, I rode the 174 on bigger days - a different colour if I remember right. I've still got my Supermodel somewhere about. Would be a respectable board even today. They were the standard heli-board for years, superseded only by Fish etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebiker Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 I still have my 174 Supermodel...'97 IIRC, blue, but a more "royal" blue than the one in the pic, and a lime green base. This is the board that moved me from skidding to carving....beautiful profile. It's still in great shape, too. Don't ride it much anymore, tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebiker Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Found a few more from the "Purple and Teal" era....lol These are approx '91/'92 or so... Killington's Bear Peak (me on right) Windham's base lodge (me on left) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frunobulax Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Old board, traditional pants, new pic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big canuck Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Calgary, Confederation Park, Slicker brand snowboard. Big air. Yes my K-Way is tucked into my bib pants, yes I'm wearing Vuarnets!!!. :D K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Kurt, very cool!! I see very few shots of riders on Slickers!! Only 300 were ever made. One season, three lengths, made in California by skate legend Steve Cathey. Can you send me a high res version of you riding a Slicker. I would like to use it in oldsnowboards when I get it going again. Very cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big canuck Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 I'll work on it Bry. My tech is pretty low in that dept... I'll see what I can strum up. Take it easy. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Yes my K-Way is tucked into my bib pants, yes I'm wearing Vuarnets!!!. :DI'll see your K-Way and Vuarnets, and raise you earmuffs... Haa! Haa! Ha!1983, Gaspe Peninsula, Burton Powdergun. I never got to see a Slicker back then. Only saw them in mags. Do you still have it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big canuck Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 Sweet shot dude!!! No I sold the thing unfortunatley.... I saw one on Ebay a year or two ago and it went for $2500.00 or something crazy. I would have spent a grand on it. And I thought original Madds were expensive!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willem Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 1986, Switzerland. Very, very few snowboards around, I guess a lot fewer than in the US at that time. I had this 'Snowfish', the idea was you could use it as a waterski in summer and as a snowboard in winter. Downside was it didn't have steel edges so you could only use it off piste. But it did work ok in powder if you managed to keep your feet in the rubber strap bindings. The other pic is me in exactly the same spot but 25 years later, time flies:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 I like the pair of shots. I remember those funny boards without edges... at the time I was mostly on piste so I could not see how I could even get to the off-piste without edges, hence I waited a couple more years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatoos Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 New meets old-this is my 10 year old daughter- Maja with 20 years old Burton M6. It is extremely pleased.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatoos Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 1986, Switzerland. Very, very few snowboards around, I guess a lot fewer than in the US at that time. I had this 'Snowfish', the idea was you could use it as a waterski in summer and as a snowboard in winter. Downside was it didn't have steel edges so you could only use it off piste. But it did work ok in powder if you managed to keep your feet in the rubber strap bindings. The other pic is me in exactly the same spot but 25 years later, time flies:D I wonder if the building behind you survived without repair:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I like the pair of shots. I remember those funny boards without edges... at the time I was mostly on piste so I could not see how I could even get to the off-piste without edges, hence I waited a couple more years. Very cool bit of history!!! Those are really cool boards!! Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Rob in an 88 Patagonia ad at Milk and his Old man 3 strappin in 88 at Milk :D:D Edited January 31, 2012 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I never got to see a Slicker back then. Only saw them in mags. Do you still have it? Do you still have your "Powdergun" ?? Road one at SES a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futahaguro Posted February 10, 2012 Report Share Posted February 10, 2012 My quiver. Note the Burton that I believe is the same one as RJ @ Milk in the above photo. I thought mine was a 1989 though. The 2nd and 3rd pictures can be bigger but the forum auto-resizes them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Do you still have your "Powdergun" ?? Road one at SES a few years back. Yes, still have it. It's a wall hanger now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 Yes, still have it. It's a wall hanger now. Love that board!!! I have always enjoyed longboards. This is one of the earliest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) Love that board!!! I have always enjoyed longboards. This is one of the earliest.I made my first carves on groomed snow on that board. I sewed some velcro on the heel straps to keep them from becoming loose and a leather loop at the top of the backside of my "Sorel like" boots. Passed the heel straps through those loops and that gave me enough heelside support to carve on soft groomed snow.Biggest error I made was going from the Powdergun to the Performer Elite 150 (square tail, red two-piece bindings). That board couldn't even turn well in powder... Haa! Ha! Ha! Edited February 11, 2012 by Mig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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