anyone heard of Dynamic skis?

there made by atomic so they have to be good, jk, they look allright, i havent heard of them either
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like blizzard, they went bankrupt and are just now beginning to come back. They never had any exceptional skis in the first place though.


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??? i thought they were a super old skool company.

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my first skis were dynamics. with mickey mouse on 'em from back in '87. pieces of shit.

their park ski is called the banana...

what do you think about the binding? Seems to have some pretty good features, and I like getting stuff that's kind of rare, you know?
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hey when your on their site go to NEWS then scroll down to the bottom where it says 'summer training' it has pics of them jumping off a cliff inot water its pretty funny
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Dynamic kind of sucked, they like like elans just shittier

so all said, I probably shouldn't get the bindings? Yeah, I saw those pics of them jumping into the water, pretty funny.
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I had an old pair of dynamic racing skis but made them into twins last year.

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the bindings look allright, same sort of concept as the Atomic binding, execpt for the heel piece which im not to sure about
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They are a french company and France's old school hero Jon Klaude Killy use to ride for them.

Their VR27 model was the shits. Like as mentioned, they went bankrupt and Atomic bought them in.

Their park ski is called 'Banana'. I remember a snowboard makers named 'Crazy Banana'.

Yeah, Dynamic skis are decent. BTW, you pronounce Dynamic as 'Dee-Nuh-Mick' not 'Dai-Ne-Mick'.
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Dynamic Skis were the dominant racing brand of the late 1960s and early 1970s. French made/designed in Sillans, France, just down the road from Grenoble. They won more World Cup and Olympic Medals in an 8 year period than any other brand. Period (noticed that someone in the forum said they didn't win anything...he's poorly informed). Jean Claude Killy won all three Olympic Alpine Gold medals at the 1968 Olympics,winning the Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Downhill. All on one ski: the Dynamic VR17.The VR17 pioneered torsion box construction (a lightweight, wooden core--but it could be anything since the core was designed to provide the form for the fiberglass layers), which featured multi-dimensional fiberglass wrapped around the core. This enabled the ski to flex as necessary and also for specific flex performance to be built into the ski via the directional layers of fiberglass. The VR17 (black and yellow in color) also featured "cracked edges"--the first to do so--which are ski edges with slits in them to make them more compliant when carving turns. Combined with high-backed ski boots, and the extreme sidecut of the VR17, these skis enabled the development and domination of the French Ski Team's "avalement" style of skiiing, or "jet turns" (the skier pushed the skis ahead to "jet" out of a turn and then used the torsion box construction and high-backed ski boots to pull themselves back up over the skis. The French Team ruled for a period of about two Olympics because they had Killy (and other great skiers), a new, more technical technique, and better technology. Dynamics (or officially Skis Dynamic) are traditionally stiffer and more suited for racing. If you have sloppy technique they are not for you; you must be able to set edges on ice (a skill that Mikaela Shiffrin has developed to a very high art) to really get the best out of the ski. Dynamic's two big rivals were Dynastar and Rossignol. Rossignol eventually swallowed up both brands. If you're looking for a classic ski racer experience, try to find a good, non-abused pair of VR17s...one of the greatest racing skis of all time. Even today, they'll push you to your limits. One other thing: companies going in and out of business in the ski world is just one of the hazards of that industry. The ski industry has a six month business season and the rest of the time the companies are looking for "counter seasonal" products--something they can produce and sell in the off season. Most companies have an overproduction capacity (they can make far more skis than they sell) and are faced with idle factories if they don't plan carefully. Ever notice how Head has such a prominent position in tennis (as do some other ski companies)?It's because Howard Head--who started in skiing--soon noticed that a ski factory had the technical ability to make tennis racquets, because tennis racquets have a similar engineering requirement (they are "beams" just like a ski) and use the same materials (fiberglass now carbon fiber). So the same guys who design great skis can also design great tennis racquets (voila--counter seasonal product). Jean Michel, the founder of Dynamic and designer of the VR17, once told me decades ago that as soon as carbon fiber became affordable, it would be the material of choice for sports equipment. He was way ahead of his time.

They are a big box rental brand. Cheap garbage for beginners.

Pronounced Dee na Meek

DonzzoDynamic Skis were the dominant racing brand of the late 1960s and early 1970s. French made/designed in Sillans, France, just down the road from Grenoble. They won more World Cup and Olympic Medals in an 8 year period than any other brand. Period (noticed that someone in the forum said they didn't win anything...he's poorly informed). Jean Claude Killy won all three Olympic Alpine Gold medals at the 1968 Olympics,winning the Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Downhill. All on one ski: the Dynamic VR17.The VR17 pioneered torsion box construction (a lightweight, wooden core--but it could be anything since the core was designed to provide the form for the fiberglass layers), which featured multi-dimensional fiberglass wrapped around the core. This enabled the ski to flex as necessary and also for specific flex performance to be built into the ski via the directional layers of fiberglass. The VR17 (black and yellow in color) also featured "cracked edges"--the first to do so--which are ski edges with slits in them to make them more compliant when carving turns. Combined with high-backed ski boots, and the extreme sidecut of the VR17, these skis enabled the development and domination of the French Ski Team's "avalement" style of skiiing, or "jet turns" (the skier pushed the skis ahead to "jet" out of a turn and then used the torsion box construction and high-backed ski boots to pull themselves back up over the skis. The French Team ruled for a period of about two Olympics because they had Killy (and other great skiers), a new, more technical technique, and better technology. Dynamics (or officially Skis Dynamic) are traditionally stiffer and more suited for racing. If you have sloppy technique they are not for you; you must be able to set edges on ice (a skill that Mikaela Shiffrin has developed to a very high art) to really get the best out of the ski. Dynamic's two big rivals were Dynastar and Rossignol. Rossignol eventually swallowed up both brands. If you're looking for a classic ski racer experience, try to find a good, non-abused pair of VR17s...one of the greatest racing skis of all time. Even today, they'll push you to your limits. One other thing: companies going in and out of business in the ski world is just one of the hazards of that industry. The ski industry has a six month business season and the rest of the time the companies are looking for "counter seasonal" products--something they can produce and sell in the off season. Most companies have an overproduction capacity (they can make far more skis than they sell) and are faced with idle factories if they don't plan carefully. Ever notice how Head has such a prominent position in tennis (as do some other ski companies)?It's because Howard Head--who started in skiing--soon noticed that a ski factory had the technical ability to make tennis racquets, because tennis racquets have a similar engineering requirement (they are "beams" just like a ski) and use the same materials (fiberglass now carbon fiber). So the same guys who design great skis can also design great tennis racquets (voila--counter seasonal product). Jean Michel, the founder of Dynamic and designer of the VR17, once told me decades ago that as soon as carbon fiber became affordable, it would be the material of choice for sports equipment. He was way ahead of his time.

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Donzzo is very knowledgeable on Dynamic skis, and he is right on. I raced these skis in the 60's and 70's and the VR 17 is the best racing ski ever made, period. Todays racing skis are shorter, flex, and carve turns differently. Boots have changed, bindings are different, wax is different. My boots from Lange were custom made, and multiple colored, US and Austrian. There is no ski superior on ice and for racing. I once had over 50 pairs of skis in my garage, and I gave away everything but 3 pairs of VR 17's for slalom, GS, and downhill, and 2 pair of dynastars. Dynamic won countless World Cup races.

A 16 year bump and praise by two accounts with one post smells like spam but I can’t figure out your angle yet.

Donzzo, thanks for the detailed history of Dynamic skis. I raced in the late '60s and early '70s and lusted after a pair of VR17s, but never had the pleasure of skiing on them. I skied on Rossignol Strato 102 for slalom and then Rossignol ST Comps for GS and downhill. It's too bad that Dynamic fell behind and became an afterthought, but they are definitely one of the more famous ski brands of the last century. I still ski on Rossignol and Dynastar to this day.

hahaha what is happening in here

Jan 22 1919, just for fun I used my 1975 vr17's today. 1970 vr17's (bought in France 1970) were retired last year ( I think).
Both sets still ski well and I use them occasionally to confirm I can still ski old-school.

And my move up to a newer ski is Atomic Redster s9 (non FIS) purchased in 2017. Atomics are a bit more skittish then the Vr17's
especially on ice which we have a bit of in the Northeast.

Jan. 22 1919, just for fun I used my 1975 vr17's today. 1970 vr17's (bought in France 1970) were retired last year ( I think).
Both sets still ski well and I use them occasionally to confirm I can still ski old-school.

And my move up to a newer ski is Atomic Redster s9 (non FIS) purchased in 2017. Atomics are a bit more skittish then the Vr17's
especially on ice which we have a bit of in the Northeast.

I'm happy to hear that people still occasionally ski on the old VR-17s. And thanks to Donzzo and Tokowax for their insights. Dynamic was the only manufacturer that I know of which stamped the tip and tail flex numbers on the tip of the ski for skiers who wanted softer or stiffer skis. I see that there's an unmounted pair advertised online for only US $85,000

I still have a pair of 1970 VR-17s in my closet, but haven't used them for a long time. I grew up on midwestern U.S. ice and never found a demo ski since then that held ice as well as the VRs, but thought perhaps it was my deteriorating technique or their edges weren't as sharp as I would have liked.

Is it coincidence that the skis I have enjoyed the most in recent years are Atomic Redsters? Or is there some underlying reason that they appeal to skiers who liked VR-17s?

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Fortunately I had moved to Colorado by the time I purchased my 1st pair of Vr17's. But the 1st 8 years of skiing were on 150 of verticle at an Indiana Ski Area (Mt Wawasee), so I know a bit about ice. Indiana skis were Yellow Blizzards and Red Hart Javelins.

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what does AMA mean, google didn't show anything related to skiing

loganimlachhahaha what is happening in here

The Dad Invasion

I have no idea what just (relatively speaking) happened, but I'm humbled to have been a part of it. The dads are coming.

The fact that these accounts only had 1 post ever and were so detailed in that 1 post just baffles me. It's as if they were bots... but they just had a genuine comment to make about the skis.