These pictures are taken by an old (end of the sixties) ski encyclopedia:
This drawing was made by Francesco Negri, in 1663, during his journey to Scandinavia. They have reverse camber and reverse sidecut…
These are 5000 years old: wood frame and skin.
These are from China. The tail is the widest part; if I remember well bigKam wanted to make something like that.
In the Ski Museum in Oslo I saw some wood skis, made around 1900, with a Salomon ProLink wood bar...
Old skis, new ideas
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