Check Out The Change In Equipment, Styles, Spectators Through The Years.

Leather, buckle boots. No helmet, skidding turns. Snow was still snow, though.
Credit: Pathe

Many thanks to the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance for posting this really interesting clip.  The CSIA got it from Skitourowe Zakopane.pl., a Polish ski travel group enticing visits to the Tatra Mountains, the highest mountains in Poland and part of the Carpathian chain in Eastern Europe.  In any case, it’s an interesting perspective on how ski racing has changed.