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2. Ski boot - Wikipedia

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   Modern alpine ski boots have rigid soles and attach to the ski at both toe and heel using a spring-loaded binding. The interface between boot and binding is standardized by ISO 5355, which defines the size and shape of the hard plastic flanges on the toe and heel of the boot. Ski boots are sized using the Mondopoint system.

3. Raichle Flexon - Wikipedia

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   Raichle Flexon. A pair of late-model Flexon Comp ski boots. The cable closures are designed to hold the flex plate (black and pink) firmly against the front of the boot. The plate can be changed to modify the forward flex. The Flexon was a downhill ski boot introduced by Raichle in the winter of 1980/81. Based on designs by Sven Coomer, Al ...

4. Hanson Industries (ski boots) - Wikipedia

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   Ski boots. Hanson Industries invented and popularized the rear-entry ski boot. Formed by brothers Chris and Denny Hanson in 1969, the company became a huge success in the late 1970s. A series of missteps in the early 1980s led to a rapid death spiral and the company went bankrupt in 1984. It was purchased by Daiwa, a Japanese fishing tackle ...

5. List of ski brands - Wikipedia

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   alpine skis, cross-country skis, ski boots, twin tips, bindings, snowboards: France: 1947: Began as a family-owned shop making saw blades, then ski edges beginning around 1947. Expanded to make bindings (1955), then ski boots (1979) and cross-country ski gear, then golf (1985), the alpine skis (1989).

6. History of skiing - Wikipedia

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   Kalvträskskidan at the ski exhibition in Umeå. The oldest information about skiing is based on archaeological evidence. Two regions present the earliest evidence of skis and their use: northern Russia, where the oldest fragments of ski-like objects, dating from about 6300–5000 BCE were found about 1,200 km northeast of Moscow at Lake Sindor, [8] and the Altaic region of modern China where ...

7. Rosemount Ski Boots - Wikipedia

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   1965/66. Rosemount Ski Boots introduced one of the earliest all-plastic ski boots for the downhill skiing market, competing with Bob Lange for the title of "first". Rosemount's design was easily distinguished by its use of the uncommon "side-entry" method for putting the boot on, which was rare at the time and is no longer used.