Lots of time on my hands at present - so did a search for the infamous Nordica Polaris boots.
Did anyone out there have a pair of these knee-high beauties in 1980 or 1981?
I wonder if anyone still has a pair in working order!
http://cdn.epicski.com/9/95/950a7477_IMG_6670.jpg
Did anyone have a pair of these?
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It wasn't so much the 'rear entry, single clip' that made them stand out - it was the fact they were knee high. I read an unwarranted fear of knee injuries killed them off commercially.
:) :) :) He has about 20 pairs of those
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Started by LOTA in Ski Chatter 20-Sep-2011 - 7 Replies
LOTA posted Sep-2011
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Dave Mac
reply to 'Did anyone have a pair of these?' posted Sep-2011
Aaah, drool, rear entry, single clip, and that photo, imagine what the occupants were up to......
Trencher
reply to 'Did anyone have a pair of these?' posted Sep-2011
I think RoseR's husband has a pair in white, but he doesn't use them for skiing
because I'm so inclined .....
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LOTA
reply to 'Did anyone have a pair of these?' posted Sep-2011
Dave Mac wrote:Aaah, drool, rear entry, single clip, and that photo, imagine what the occupants were up to......
It wasn't so much the 'rear entry, single clip' that made them stand out - it was the fact they were knee high. I read an unwarranted fear of knee injuries killed them off commercially.
SwingBeep
reply to 'Did anyone have a pair of these?' posted Sep-2011
One of my friends had pair of these for use with his monoski, but he always used 4 clip boots with skis.
Dave Mac, did you ever try the Nava Ski System?
http://cdn.epicski.com/b/bb/bb947c99_NAVA.jpeg
The boots look like they would be much better for dancing in than your current ones! :wink:
Dave Mac, did you ever try the Nava Ski System?
http://cdn.epicski.com/b/bb/bb947c99_NAVA.jpeg
The boots look like they would be much better for dancing in than your current ones! :wink:
RoseR
reply to 'Did anyone have a pair of these?' posted Sep-2011
Trencher wrote:I think RoseR's husband has a pair in white, but he doesn't use them for skiing
:) :) :) He has about 20 pairs of those
I'm a laydee
Pavelski
reply to 'Did anyone have a pair of these?' posted Sep-2011
Ha,,,,the Nava system !!!
Italian design and produced!
Yes the "boots" were very comfortable,,,but that rear spring arm?????
You could do some nice SL GS turns on soft slopes ( like in Europe circa 1980's ), but if ever you got into hard mogul type skiing,,no way could rear arm hold you !
Broke two in one week !
What you do not see is a center pin on ski which goes INTO the boot sole. The designers did not think of snow/ice while walking to ski or chalet! That hole very quickly got full of ice and thus you had to have a friend clean out hole !!!!
Strange sight !
Another Italian design which looked great in lab,,but once on slopes,,,,disaster time !
Wish I had kept my test units since they are real museum pieces !
Now let us see if Dave Mac knows the BURT bindings ! ( no cheating by looking up Google David ) !
Another great design far far ahead of its time,,,but at $300 in the 1980's ????
Italian design and produced!
Yes the "boots" were very comfortable,,,but that rear spring arm?????
You could do some nice SL GS turns on soft slopes ( like in Europe circa 1980's ), but if ever you got into hard mogul type skiing,,no way could rear arm hold you !
Broke two in one week !
What you do not see is a center pin on ski which goes INTO the boot sole. The designers did not think of snow/ice while walking to ski or chalet! That hole very quickly got full of ice and thus you had to have a friend clean out hole !!!!
Strange sight !
Another Italian design which looked great in lab,,but once on slopes,,,,disaster time !
Wish I had kept my test units since they are real museum pieces !
Now let us see if Dave Mac knows the BURT bindings ! ( no cheating by looking up Google David ) !
Another great design far far ahead of its time,,,but at $300 in the 1980's ????
LOTA
reply to 'Did anyone have a pair of these?' posted Sep-2011
That's easy!
Burt was a plate binding that had a platform and cables that came off the ski in a fall, rather than separate heel and toe pieces that remain fixed to the ski.
Look, I believe, did something similar in Europe. I recall that at the dry ski slope where I worked in the late 70s/early 80s, we had a number of pairs of skis fitted with these plate bindings. They appeared to work ok, but were a bit fiddly to reattach!
Burt was a plate binding that had a platform and cables that came off the ski in a fall, rather than separate heel and toe pieces that remain fixed to the ski.
Look, I believe, did something similar in Europe. I recall that at the dry ski slope where I worked in the late 70s/early 80s, we had a number of pairs of skis fitted with these plate bindings. They appeared to work ok, but were a bit fiddly to reattach!
Topic last updated on 22-September-2011 at 12:59