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SKIING HISTORY

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Ads From the Past: Stein Eriksen Skis in Jantzen

 

In 1958, Stein Eriksen was at the height of his fame, and had just moved to Snowmass as director of skiing. For years, he and his older brother Marius popularized a red-white-blue sweater pattern, knitted by their mother Birgit and designed by Unn Søiland, called the Marius sweater. Patterns were distributed by the wool-producer Sandnes Uldvarefabrik. Then Jantzen came calling. Founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1910, the knitwear company made sweaters, but the main product was swimwear. Much of Jantzen’s national advertising was cheesecake (or beefcake) featuring swimmers glistening with water, but the sportswear ads featured top pro athletes looking dapper off the court. The Eriksen sweater campaign, with this action shot, was a change of pace. You can still buy Marius-pattern sweaters from Dale of Norway, and find vintage Jantzen sweaters on eBay. The ad ran in the November 1958 issue of SKI Magazine. –Seth Masia

 

Coming Up in Future Issues

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Prehistory of Heliskiing Founding guides awaited the evolution of reliable helicopters, and then had to train more guides.

Beijing Olympics No World Cup skiers have seen the courses. Are they too easy for world class racing? Edie Thys Morgan investigates.

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