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2 unusual facts about Ski boot


Ski boot

Production examples appeared in 1966, and when Nancy Greene started winning races on them, the plastic boot became a must-have item.

Boot designer Sven Coomer later improved the design with a corrugated tongue, and this technique was commercialized by Comfort Products, an Aspen, Colo. company owned by the ex-ski racer Erik Giese.



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Roger Pitiot

After graduate in 1976 He joined the Design team of the Salomon Group, and participle of the settling of SX 90 the first SALOMON ski boot Designed with Roger Tallon.

Salomon Group

The SX91 ski boot was launched in 1984, the result of collaboration with the young French designer Roger Pitiot.