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12 March, 202321 April, 2023Pole talk

Slalom racing with bamboo ski poles

Slalom skier Leo Rimfors train with SL poles made of Calcutta bamboo with punch guards/pole protectors.

Can you race and smash slalom gates with bamboo ski poles? Do they hold up for that? A hundred years ago, people […]

2 January, 202221 April, 2023Pole talk

Mr Swix and almost a million bamboo ski poles a year

Bamboo ski pole production at the Swix/Liljedahl's pole factory in Lillehammer, 1976. The following year, 900,000 pairs of ski poles were made from Tonkin bamboo. Here you can see how the bamboo was fed into the ovens from the back.

He is sometimes called “Mr Swix”. Harald Bjerke is the one who has worked the longest at the company, 50 years, and […]

7 August, 20211 May, 2023Pole talk

The super bamboo has arrived—the man behind the bamboo tells his story

Bamboo delivery on a trailer.

* At last, the long-awaited delivery with super bamboo has arrived after its long boat trip from the Orient. I have been […]

31 March, 20211 May, 2023Pole talk

The super bamboo from India: “iron bamboo”

The first ski poles made of solid Calcutta bamboo must of course be tested in the Rimfors run in Riksgränsen.

Suddenly I step on my own pole, with full boot power right above the basket. The bamboo cracks! Shit happens, I think […]

26 September, 20202 May, 2023Pole talk

Build your own ski poles—DIY

Det räcker med enkla handverktyg som kniv, fil, skruvmejsel och limpistol för att färdigställa skidstavarna.

Why should I make your ski poles when you can build them yourself? It’s both fun and usually easy to create things […]

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