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Tag: Ski history

2 January, 20227 January, 2022Pole 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 […]

23 October, 20213 January, 2022Pole 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 […]

7 March, 20213 January, 2022Pole 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 […]

5 February, 20204 January, 2022Pole talk

New logo – 85 years old

While I’m providing myself with ski pole accessories in order to surprise […]

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