SnowJapan.Com#3 0 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 A new feature, "Sondre Norheim - the Skiing Pioneer of Telemark", written by Anne-Gry Blikom and Eivind Molde, has been put online. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/features-58.html The history of Sondre begins in Morgedal, Telemark. He was born June 10, 1825, at Overbo, a little cotter's farm nestled in the hillside. About 500 people lived in this Southern Norway village at that time. Here he spent his early childhood years together with parents Ingerid and Auver, his grandparents Eivind and Sigrid, and his elder brother Eivind. The family was poor, and his family's ancestry included generations of poor cotters. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/features-58.html Please note that the views expressed in any Features on Snow Japan are not necessarily those of Snow Japan. For copyright reasons, and at the request of the authors of the Feature, please refrain from linking any of the images contained in this feature into this thread. Thanks for your understanding. Discuss it here.... Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 I love reading nostalgic and historical stories. The things that get me was how unbelieveably flimsy the bindings were. wow and I complain about my bindings. These guys probably ripped aswell. I would love to time travel and take some modern equipment back to Sondre and say " there ya go my son, have a lash on these" He would probably cream his pants (photo edited - see photo in main feature) Link to post Share on other sites
rajeem 0 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Wow, look at them. And that dude just IS Chris Martin out of Coldplay!! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Chris!! Seriously, nice to read something like that. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Very interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
OnTheTin 0 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 I wonder what it actually felt like skiing with 'equipment' like that. It must have been so different to what we know. Nice to read about that, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 Interesting. Love those wooden skis! Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I guess there is a little of Sondre in all of us. Into the fire with those books boys and girls and lets hit those slopes! Link to post Share on other sites
ingrid 0 Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I enjoy reading that kind of thing. Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Who was the pioneer of snowboarding? Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 jake burton, tom sims, and some other dude without a snowboard company, are the chaps we owe most too. some larker rode down a hill on an ironing borad or something, but he gets no points for entrepreneurial foresight. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Of course, if Sondre were alive today, you can bet he'd be riding one plank... Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Either that or 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 He'd be on "the Next Thing"...which is...? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 The killer trike. Man, I had a blast on this thing at the weekend. If only it was 3 times bigger... Huge spins, twirls, and mad sideways riding. Link to post Share on other sites
TeamZ 0 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 He'd have surely taken a trip on the 1 plank. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Where'd you find tht tricycle Ocean? Looks pretty tricky. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Yamabiko Koen in Suwa. There are lots of parks around here with 'interesting bicycles'. The trike's cool. You can ride it any direction, and just a touch of the pedals sends it in big looping turns. (Touch the pedals too hard and the thing tips over...) With a couple of adult sized ones and a big ball, you could have a game of tricycle polo... Link to post Share on other sites
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