3mania
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Back in the day when Raichle was dying and FT was just a dream from the future, a few of us bump skiers were trying to keep the old 3 piecer around. I"m talking around late ninety's. My favorite Flexon folk tales I used to relay was that Janne Latela, Finnish mogul god and gold medalist, hated his Langes so much he went out the night before a contest and bought a pair of Raichles and won his first WC the next morning. Maybe its true maybe not, but after switching Janne dominated and after that Dale Begg Smith won everything for a few years on Flexons when they weren't even in production.
14312741:Malczyk said:of course he is. plus he's an old bump skier and used flexons back in the day. once any pro is relieved of their duties of skiing in their sponsors boots they hate and are forced to wear, they'd always call us up to step into a superior product. bode, bobby, tommy, jimmy, timmy, suzy .. list goes on .. all of em call at some point.
Fun Fact: the flexon/ft orginal mold is the only winter sports product to have at least 1 gold medal in every Olympics since 1984! When i was there i got mildly obsessed with figuring that out. here's a fun info graphic pulled from here
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