Our Lange rep is a great guy named Ed Green. Of the products we carry, he also reps Dynastar. He has the best swag and is quite generous with it.
He really outdid himself this year when he stopped by. T-Shirts, gloves, buffs, men's and ladie's underwear, hats and more. When he was at the warehouse he found some original, not reproduction, Lange girl posters and brought 5 of them for the shop. Most notable was the 'Keep those tips up' and 'Soft inside'. Chuck has 'allocated' them and has plans to display them. How he's going to pull that off without offending a few customers is anyone's guess.
Here I am in my new T.
Ed was doing product demos in Steamboat and was excited to meet the lady in the poster.
She is wearing Lange Demon boots, of which I have a pair.
Ed also talked about ski boots.
A couple of the more interesting parts of his discussion was about the plastics used in the boots and methods of injection it into the molds. He had two balls, each of a different plastic. One was polyether, the other polyurethane. Dropping the balls yielded dramatic differences in rebound with the polyether, which is used in race boots, performing like a super-ball and the polyurethane being much less bouncy. Another thing to note about the manufacture of boots is that there are 5 points of injection which is apparently more than other makers use.
You will also note he is holding a boot that has been cut in two that illustrates the Dual Core feature. Plastics with different characteristics are injected into different areas of the boot to enhance flex, rebound and response from the boots.
He really outdid himself this year when he stopped by. T-Shirts, gloves, buffs, men's and ladie's underwear, hats and more. When he was at the warehouse he found some original, not reproduction, Lange girl posters and brought 5 of them for the shop. Most notable was the 'Keep those tips up' and 'Soft inside'. Chuck has 'allocated' them and has plans to display them. How he's going to pull that off without offending a few customers is anyone's guess.
Here I am in my new T.
Ed was doing product demos in Steamboat and was excited to meet the lady in the poster.
She is wearing Lange Demon boots, of which I have a pair.
Ed also talked about ski boots.
A couple of the more interesting parts of his discussion was about the plastics used in the boots and methods of injection it into the molds. He had two balls, each of a different plastic. One was polyether, the other polyurethane. Dropping the balls yielded dramatic differences in rebound with the polyether, which is used in race boots, performing like a super-ball and the polyurethane being much less bouncy. Another thing to note about the manufacture of boots is that there are 5 points of injection which is apparently more than other makers use.
You will also note he is holding a boot that has been cut in two that illustrates the Dual Core feature. Plastics with different characteristics are injected into different areas of the boot to enhance flex, rebound and response from the boots.