Hello fellow ski lovers, i found this vintage K2 set on garbage night yesterday ... looks circa 1970's/1980's ... does anyone know the year of issue? my research online has failed so far ... thanks!!!
KT
KT
Oh come on, you know you want the Ski Tote too hahaha. Bindings are probably skiable too.100$ plus shipping for just the skis...PayPal?
Rick
Bindings are probably skiable too.
The ski looks wide because the pic shows a bit of base from the second ski, making the tip look wide.Are those pivot bindings ? Is that too much shape for the 70 's
K2 Winter Heat came out in mid winter 1975 in Canada. There was an assembly plant in Calgary and I got to demo the first pair that came into the ski shop at Lake Louise. They were horribly railed.The 255 was post WinterHeat 75?+
Remember too, this is from a time when a model's graphics were in the line for 3 and sometimes 4 years. The N77 that is on it is a pre brake model so I would say it is from the 77-78 range verses 78-79...but we are splitting hairs here. Itis a "late 70's" era ski.
The skiing magazine link I provided above clearly states it is a new model for the 76-77 model year.
It does - and we could use @Philpug's point about the bindings to firmly state '77 but as we all know stock carries over from year to year, so we'd be well within the imprecision zone.
What, IMO, your magazine link is more important for is to demonstrate different release dates for the 255, 255 Soft and 255 Mid. This was not immediately - or at all really - evident in the K2 thread.