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Ski skin
technology then and now
Trimming with skins was unknown in the early days,
when improvisation and inventiveness were called for. To avoid having
to carry their boards, some skiers tied pine branches under their skis
at the outset, while others tried laces, left-over pieces of carpet
or similar objects that were tied diagonally or crosswise.
But as early as 1905, a Swiss specialist journal carried a lengthy article
about various attempts to use strips of skin from the tip to the binding,
or a skin from just in front of the end of the foot to the end of the
ski, etc. This marked the birth of the idea that led to our innovative
colltex® products.
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The original
ski skins were tied onto the skis, or were fixed with a hinge (as with
the Trima system), but colltex® set
entirely new trends. In 1968, colltex®
introduced its adhesive (glued) ski skins.
colltex® revolutionised the ski-skin market. |
The colltex®
adhesive ski skin ushered in the implementation of a new product idea
that has been continuously developed ever since. The ski skin pile,
which is woven from the hair of the mohair mountain goat, is laminated
with a polyester-reinforced cotton backing.
To meet the varied needs of touring skiers, colltex®
also offers other qualities of adhesive ski skin: colltex®
mix (a mixed fabric made of mohair and synthetic fibres) and
colltex® synt (made of 100% synthetic
fibres) feature even higher resistance to abrasion and wear.
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