Free Spyder Polarfleece Jacket

Too detailed indeed - we are loosing the forest in the trees ... and Pavel is loving it !!!

Rossignol has a ski on the market called the Scratch Steeze Ski available from backcountry.com But I have come to realize that all but this Mike fellow already knew this. :roll:

And ellistine I have found google of some help with this quiz ... . It is my crutch in helping to clarify some of the things I think I see. What I've found on google confirms some findings.

You must have found the "enlarge - enhance" software!!

Mike

You know guys, with all the pointers towards Rossi and with some of the sleepless nights of the spring quiz still in my mind, don't you think it strange that we haven't seen anything relating to the Mutix skis? Is there a hint in all of this..... but I refuse to get off track this time as I did then. List items we see, and maybe don't see and think spyder fleece!!

Mike :roll:

PS; ellistine - under the work surface below the boot I thought the item looked like one of those carpeted items with a 4" side wall for a cat or small dog.

And to add an item or two;

How about the mostly hidden Atomic ski chart for 2006 which is located on the back wall in the center of the photo. It is behind the vertical ski which runs behind the sheet with the two pictures. The top picture shows (I think) the test for side load on the front binding - but there is no boot present!

To the left of the plumb bob is a ski with a binding I would guess is from the late 1940's or early 1950's. You can see the heel holding bar and the front arrangement on a pivot (fore and aft). It will be interesting to see how old this is.

I'm really impressed how Bandit found the skier in mid flight off the cliff. :thumbup:

Mike

This contest is going to last 3 weeks and I want to sleep at least 5 nights !

So I have to tell you about the Rossi stickers you see in picture. One just near stop watch and the other on ski carrier!

Look at the one at the left! (above the watch)

IT is a women! ( in profile)

I have a large sticker on back of my car and I get lots of requests from boarders to get such stickers!

That is all I wanted you to see!

I should have kept quiet! Sorry.

Back to our hunt!

Look at that green old ski, what is near tip?


Look at that Dynamic ski, what is at its tip?



Look at the Rossi ski, what is at its tip?


Jan, look at those bindings see anything that is classic? That all skiers wished for! That basic design is still used today!


Hope clues help you all!

I will now shut up and let you enjoy hunt!

Pavel

Now gentlemen, I had promised myself that I would stay on track rather than wonder off - I am for sure not going to the shot gun - but where it is early in the search and Pavel has offered clues and hints, which I, like ellistine, find confusing - in that I thought we were after a list of items to present in a precise manner ... I would like to offer the following and seek your thoughts.

In Pavel's first set of hints, # 5 suggested we know the Gestalt theory of figure & ground. Basically, if "gestalt" refers to the "whole" of something being larger than the "parts" of which it is made; and the "figure" is what we see and the "ground" is present but for one reason or another we don't see it. Bandit's find of the "flying skier" for example.

So, I'm suggesting that the picture shows us Pavel's skiing interests (present and past). This being the "whole". All the items in the picture (70 +) represent the parts that make up this "whole". The list of 15 items we are trying to assemble may not be the presented 70+ items but rather what they represent. Let me present my "wacked out" thinking like this.

The "Whole" = 1) places Pavel has skied +2) types of skis he has used + 3)the tools he uses to repair and modify boots & skis + 4) The materials he uses for these modifications and repairs + 5) equipment he uses to transport sksis to these places + 6) the free spirit of a skier + 7) the skis of his past from which he gained his vast experience and skills + 8) the person he wants to share his passion for skiing the most - his wife + 9) the other people he loves to share the sport with - his children (remember his story of the leeks) + 10) the clothing that kept him warm (represented by the hat on top of the dark green ski) +10) how he looks back mindfully on his skiing experiences (as represented by the mirror through which we look at ourselves) + 11)the time he has spent in skiing (stop watch) +12) safety in skiing (DIN setting on an unmounted binding) +13 the agressiveness with which he skis (Bandit's flyingcliff skier + 14) the diary of his skiing + 15 his love of skiing - don't you find a warmth in this picture?

We are looking at Pavel's world of skiing in very representative terms as if we are looking at "Alice in Wonderland".

Anyway that is my theory of what we are after. We must step back and look at the whole and not just the parts - gestalt!

In my strange thinking ellistine, I think the hint is that your girlfriend would want you to see that she is your best skiing "buddy" - even if she doesn't ski- just as is Pavel's wife to him. At least this is how it is in my house. If my wife didn't have a skiing interest, the sport would not mean as much to me. It is good to share an interest with the person you care for the most in order to gain the maximum from the interest.

Now I'll go back to trying to list more of the 70+ items.

Mike :wink:

This contest is going to last 3 weeks and I want to sleep at least 5 nights !

3 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're on 6 pages already, and it's only been a couple of days, could this be the longest thread j2ski has seen?

Admin - what's the record for longest thread?

Despite the rumours, I am not dead, just recovering from eye strain :lol: A suitable post will be made soon ...

Pavel: Thanks for the Photoshop hint it made all the diference, just don't tell the rest!

Oh, and Pavel: How about an update on the current leader board??

Jan

First place = Mike
Second place = Jan
Third place = Ellistine
Bandit ( a late starter) is silent but ready to pounce fellows!

I suspect that Mike has somehow "taped" into my computer since he has discovered some of the "hidden" clues.


I know I promised not to give clues,,,,but fellows,,,you are going to need some help from some "older" skiers!

During the WW2 in England people were trained to spot all sorts of planes from sound, shape and speed! You are going to have to refer to "older" experienced skiers since it seems to me you are too young ( not sure if that is a compliment or insult) to identify some obvious items that anyone over 50 would see in a second!

There are at least three items that these persons would see and identify in 10 seconds!

Get an old pro!


At end of week I will tally correct answers and post them!

Wow ... first place... that's a first in itself !!!

The hidden clues must be like the hidden driveways that there are road signs in warning of approaching one of these. Like the clues, they must be well hidden because I never see them :!:

I'll try to add a few more items now but I can see that an experienced skier from years back would easily identify some of the bindings on display.

Do I see a climbing skin standing vertically behind the sytrofoam sheet behind the heater on the right side of the picture? This is located between the ski ploe and the Rossi Bandit ski right below the "h" on the blue banner.

Is that a waxing iron on the roof rack just left of the elastic band and the Scratch decal? The tiny gage make me think it is a minature compressor. Never-the-less it is a tool for tuning purposes.

That's it for now - I have Jan's eyestrain !!!

Mike