About Us
About LongSkisTruck
LongSkisTruck began the same way many ski stories do: with too many skis, too many stories, and the realization that most of them were being forgotten.
We buy, sell, and trade rare vintage skis — not as nostalgia pieces, but as working artifacts. These are the tools that shaped the sport: skis built to hold an edge, survive abuse, and behave honestly long after the marketing faded.
At LongSkisTruck, we start with a simple test:
Does it still matter once the marketing is gone?
If the answer is yes, it belongs here.
A Working Archive, Not a Catalog
LongSkisTruck is not a catalog — it's a living archive of ski history.
Modern skis don't exist in isolation. They come from lineages — Swiss precision, Austrian race DNA, Sun Valley garage experimentation, American manufacturing risks that worked (and some that didn't). Our site documents those lineages through:
Vintage skis — buy, sell, trade, and preservation
Brand histories — long-form essays written for collectors, not algorithms
The Museum Collection — original poster art paired with deep resort and cultural history
Every piece exists because it still matters.
Why Vintage Skis?
Because many of them still ski exceptionally well.
Because they reveal how design decisions were made before committees and trend cycles took over.
And because understanding where skiing came from makes modern gear make more sense — or at least easier to question.
The Museum Collection
The LongSkisTruck Museum Collection features original poster designs inspired by 1920s–1970s travel art, each paired with museum-grade history of the resorts and mountains that defined winter tourism.
These aren't decorative add-ons. They're part of the same mission: preserve the stories alongside the tools.
What's Next
The archive continues to grow.
Over 100 additional pairs of vintage skis are currently being photographed and documented for future listings. New posters and brand histories are added deliberately — not rushed.
LongSkisTruck isn't trying to keep up with the industry.
It's trying to remember it properly.
Got Vintage Skis or Stories?
mike@longskistruck.com
716-393-9631
Preserving one ski, one story at a time.