Pioneer Skiing in NZ video from 1949- how times have changed!

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check out the gear some of these pioneers of skiing were using !and we reckon the rope tows would have been hard on the bod.
if anyone out there has clips like these please drop us a line. keen to see what is around the world.special thanks to Archives NZ for allowing us to release this precious video to the ski community around the world.
classic early extreme sports kiwi style-http://www.ziln.co.nz/program_detail.php?program_id=792&channel_id=112

hope you enjoy this one

 

[Grover]

boringggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

 

[Roussel]

that was awesome, thanks for that.

 

[toominator]

more from the archives

Winter Sports at Mount Cook (1946 - not a ski film as such):

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/winter-sports-at-mount-cook-1946

Flare (1977):

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/flare---a-ski-trip-1977

The Leading Edge (1987):

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-leading-edge-1987

 

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get a grip m8- you are own your own like robinson crusoe