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Tag: Ski history

29 October, 20246 December, 2024Pole talk

Skiing through history with bamboo poles and spears

Hand-colored engraved plate by F. H. van Houe from 1680, showing scenes from the Laplanders’ (sami) life in winter, featuring a skier with two poles and reindeer pulling Sami akja sleighs.

The bamboo pole had a massive following among skiers, especially in Scandinavia, for almost fifty years, say from 1905 to 1955. The […]

23 April, 202313 January, 2025Pole talk

Ski history and branded poles in Riksgränsen

Fabian Rimfors' fluorescent yellow bamboo ski poles and Salomon QST Blank at the peak of Nordalsfjället in Riksgränsen, Sweden.

Riksgränsen. Few places have the same mythical appeal to skiers as Riksgränsen. This magical mountain and powdery paradise right on the national […]

12 March, 20236 December, 2024Pole 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, 202223 January, 2025Pole 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 […]

23 October, 20216 December, 2024Pole talk

Old ski poles become like new—a DIY guide to restore bamboo poles

Snickarbänk med läderdelar, verktyg och skidstavar av bambu.

C like in century. Next year will be a hundred years since the polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace […]

7 March, 20216 December, 2024Pole talk

Bamboo brotherhood in Borga—with a ski legend without poles

The Borga bamboo ski pole! Made at Borgagården by Joakim Engwall and Pancho Snöfall.

Two poles. One pole. Or no poles at all. Some historians believe that the pole is older than the ski. But apparently […]

5 February, 20206 December, 2024Pole talk

New logo—85 years old

Nya Rimforsstavens logo - tillsammans med barnen pimpade stavar.

While I’m providing myself with ski pole accessories in order to surprise my family with their very own unique bamboo ski poles […]

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