All Things Volkl

[KingGrump]

My family had been on Volkl since the early 80's. Had some great times on them. This was taken on a trip to the PNW.

Crystal Mountain, March 1990.
Four pairs of Volkl on top of a rental car. The yellow P9 SL on the end is mine. The red P9 RS belongs to my sister-in-lawL. The two purple Explosiv RS belongs to Mamie and her brother-in-law.

 

[KingGrump]

Mamie was the one that started the family on Volkl.

Ski - Volkl Targa 190 cm, Boots - Koflach 211, Coumayeur, Italy. 1983.

 

[Dave Petersen]

 

[Dave Petersen]

 

[Brian Finch]

In what have become known as the Karma Skis, Swerve (from TGR) was awesome to send these to me for nada after I stepped aside from buying a pair of Explosiv2's he needed complete his Explosiv collection, Northern Ski Works put a wicked WC tune on em & an intern at work hand painted the chips...


190's brought back to life; Flexons appeared the most appropriate boots.

 

[Uncle-A]

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In what have become known as the Karma Skis, Swerve (from TGR) was awesome to send these to me for nada after I stepped aside from buying a pair of Explosiv2's he needed complete his Explosiv collection, Northern Ski Works put a wicked WC tune on em & an intern at work hand painted the chips...


190's brought back to life; Flexons appeared the most appropriate boots.

What happened to the liners for those Flexon boots?

 

[Bad Bob]

SKIING Nov 1970

A really good ski for the day. In the GS version, they would do everything. All of my buddies were on Stratos and Kniesels, these were much tripier and that counted back then. Skied them in AK mounted with Salomon 505's.

 

[Brian Finch]

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In what have become known as the Karma Skis, Swerve (from TGR) was awesome to send these to me for nada after I stepped aside from buying a pair of Explosiv2's he needed complete his Explosiv collection, Northern Ski Works put a wicked WC tune on em & an intern at work hand painted the chips...


190's brought back to life; Flexons appeared the most appropriate boots.

So I brought these in to cheer up a recovering client......

Later, I came into work to find a rather long ski bag near my desk & a message that I needed to 'man up'.
Dude brought me a pair of mint vintage 200 cm Volkl CrossRangers.......

 

[Joal]

The yellow undrilled just says '25 limited edition' but I assumes 25th anniversary, but of what. The earliest Volkl ad I have seen was from the early 60s but Volkl is much older than that. Perhaps just entry into the American market.

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[Bad Bob]

OH, Zebras ! Such a marvelous ski that just never get too much love, and it should have.

 

[Philpug]

OH, Zebras ! Such a marvelous ski that just never get too much love, and it should have.

I thought they got a lot of love, the problem was Volkl back then were priced higher that most other skis, they were THE premium brand.

 

[Philpug]

What happened to the liners for those Flexon boots?

Liners are for wimps. Those aren't Fexons, they are either Kneissl's or Full Tilt's. Flexons didn't come on that color combo.

 

[Bill Talbot]

The yellow undrilled just says '25 limited edition' but I assumes 25th anniversary, but of what. The earliest Volkl ad I have seen was from the early 60s but Volkl is much older than that. Perhaps just entry into the American market.

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The Zebra and Tiger are such classic graphics!!! Instantly identifiable as Volkl for the necessary brand recognition. Ski manufactures used to know how to do these things...
Now (most brands) not so much

 

[Bad Bob]

I thought they got a lot of love, the problem was Volkl back then were priced higher that most other skis, they were THE premium brand.

In its day Zebra retailed at about $200, and Tigers were about $175(?) (as this foggy brain recalls). Yes Zebras were expensive but about the same as the Javelin.

 

[Muleski]

It's pretty amazing to think back about 30 years. I had a few pairs of Vokl P9 RS Supers {which had the better layup}. As I recall MSRP {when the sold darn close to it} was about $650. I had a couple of pairs of Explosiv and those were around $500 at MSRP. Luckily I was getting them for much less.

But yes, they were a premium brand! Scary that Yamaha was even more expensive.

 

[Uncle-A]

Liners are for wimps. Those aren't Fexons, they are either Kneissl's or Full Tilt's. Flexons didn't come on that color combo.

I do not know about the white buckles but my Flexons are black and red maybe not gloss but still black and red. Must be a different vintage.

View of the front

• Uncle-A
• Mar 11, 2016

View of the backs

• Uncle-A
• Mar 11, 2016

Left Boot

• Uncle-A
• Mar 11, 2016

 

[Dave Petersen]

My ski bud @TimD59 found these near mint skis for me at a garage sale in Omaha.

 

[Philpug]

I do not know about the white buckles but my Flexons are black and red maybe not gloss but still black and red. Must be a different vintage.

View of the front

• Uncle-A
• Mar 11, 2016

View of the backs

• Uncle-A
• Mar 11, 2016

Left Boot

• Uncle-A
• Mar 11, 2016

You have RED tongues..the ones that I was referring to were ORANGE tongues.

 

[gwat]

I just got these Competitions.
I've never heard of these.
I'm guessing Competition is the bump ski linup?

 

[Don]

Been skiing Volkl since way back the '80s. Think I've gone thru about 17 pairs. Still have 4 pairs in my quiver.

Mrs. Grump's first pair of Volkl Targa - April 1987 at Alta.

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Cool, my first Volkl was a Targa, still have it. The guy who sold them to me, told me when I demoed them, "Be careful, these are more addictive than crack cocaine!"