What skis are these

Railslayer69

Railslayer69

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found these in a thrift shop for 40$ and figured I’d buy them for the heck of it since they weren’t a bad looking ski. But I can’t seem to see anything saying what model they are, I know they are Salomon but I don’t know what model or year. I’ve searched online and can’t seem to find anything.
 
salomon gun. not sure exactly what year but mid-late 2000s for sure.

they probably have a foam core and are absolute trash, good thing you only spent 40 bucks
 
14303508:pinkcamo1000 said:
salomon gun. not sure exactly what year but mid-late 2000s for sure.

they probably have a foam core and are absolute trash, good thing you only spent 40 bucks
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Damn, I wasn’t really planning to ski them I was more hoping to re-sell them for a little more money. Hopefully someone will take them.
 
Salomon 1080 Gun (2007). Some marketing material with some specs:

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14303548:CatdickBojangles said:
These used to be considered a powder ski. Amazing how fast it changed. And how Salomon turned their backs on twin tipped skis.
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people who ride twin tips probably want something a little burlier than isocell for their core. Anyone know what the hell that is actually?

Nevermind it is a fancy way of saying foam.

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14303550:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
people who ride twin tips probably want something a little burlier than isocell for their core. Anyone know what the hell that is actually?

Nevermind it is a fancy way of saying foam.

**This post was edited on Jul 12th 2021 at 6:10:47pm
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I had a pair of the “spaceframe” thrusters with the robots and thought they were fucking awesome until they exploded and I saw what the core was.

Also a good bit of Salomon athletes back in the day rode Dumonts with a different top sheet because the Dumont was full wood core.

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14303554:DirtYStylE said:
They remind me of my foils. Great ski to learn on, but they can’t handle high speeds
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dude I had the foils that were white with the red and blue writing, they def had the same core as these, maybe the same year?

Anyways, that foam core sucked I remember they were amazing skis at first but then at a certain point they kinda just wore out and became completely lifeless
 
14303564:pinkcamo1000 said:
Anyways, that foam core sucked I remember they were amazing skis at first but then at a certain point they kinda just wore out and became completely lifeless
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Perfect metaphor for Salomon as a company now a days.
 
Were the 1080 guns always foam core skis? or did they start out being wood core and change to foam a couple years later
 
14303621:mrk127 said:
Were the 1080 guns always foam core skis? or did they start out being wood core and change to foam a couple years later
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They started out as foam. Salomon only did foam cores for years, and it was the time period when they made some of the most popular park skis. I think in 2008 they made a dumont pro model that was composite wood and foam core, and around 2010 or whenever they made the suspects was when they started using wood for most models.
 
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