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Mike Brunetto and the Soul of Research Dynamics: A Sun Valley Story
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The ski world lost a giant on February 25, 2026. Mike Brunetto — founder of Research Dynamics (RD) and Wolf Skis, one-quarter Cherokee, composer, farmer, engineer, and one of the most gifted ski builders who ever pressed a core — passed away at the age of 86. Born July 10, 1939, he spent the better part of six decades reshaping what a ski could be. This is not a press release. It is not a product page. It is a tribute from LongSkisTruck™ Creative Studio, built on years of collecting the skis he built, researching the history he created, and...
Ebony & Ivory: The HEAD Vector and NISHIZAWA Attila HAWK — Two Philosophies of Ski Design
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The complete history of a pristine, never-drilled pair of 210cm vintage skis — the American HEAD Vector and the Japanese NISHIZAWA Attila HAWK — two masterpieces of opposing ski design philosophies, side by side.
From Austria to Ottawa: The Forgotten Story of Suwe Skis and Siegmund Werner — ARCHIVED
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The complete history of the SUWE Hurricane — the story of Siegmund Werner, an Austrian Jewish inventor who fled the Nazi regime and rebuilt his ski equipment business in wartime Canada.
The Bitcoin Ski: Unpacking the Legend of the Dynamic VR17
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The complete history of the Dynamic VR17 — Michel Arpin's cracked-edge revolution, Jean-Claude Killy's 1968 triple gold, and the story of a pristine 1974 NOS pair known as The Bitcoin Ski.