Objects Database

Skis

Accession Number

702.2009.1

Object Name

Skis

Created

20/01/2009

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

20/01/2009

Brief Description

Pair of 'Madshus' wooden and plastic skis with metal edges. No bindings. Blue painted sole.

Materials

wood, plastic

Dimensions

95(l) cms At widest part 8.5(w) cms

Number Of Objects

1 pair

Inscription Description

"MADSHUS" in red writing on ski. White plate on ski with inscription "SPEYSIDE SPORTS 2249 GRANTOWN AVIEMORE"

Colour

light brown

Maker

Madshus

Object Production Place

Norway

Provenance

Though looking a little bare without their bindings, this pair of skis are quite interesting as they are laminated(made from more than one piece of wood) and seem to have been specifically made for downhill skiing rather than cross country. The makers, Madshus,are a Norwegian company and it was the Norwegians who came up with the first laminated skis back in the early 1900's, though it took nearly 50 years for them to take the skiing world by storm ,only to be eclipsed by plastic just a couple of decades later.
The Speyside Sports 2249 logo tells us that they were hire skis from the 1960's and the plastic sole heralds the end of the wooden ski. The bindings from these skis would almost certainly have been transferred to a set of 'plastics'.

Acquisition Method

Part of collection passed on from Scottish Ski Club

Acquisition Date

01/12/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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