Forty years ago at Plateau Rosa...

In July of 1975, some skiers were already faster than others at Plateau Rosa, above Cervinia, on the Italian side of the Matterhorn, during the “Kilometro Lanciato” ski speed events.

Pino Meynet, the local boy from Val d'Aosta won the day, clocked at 194.384 km/h, just a few hairs before our own Steve McKinney and a tiny bit below the yet, unattainable 200 mark.

Four decade later, another Italian, Simone Origone, would bring the record to 252.632 km/h. I was working for Look bindings at the time and we were there to take care of the racers equipped with our product.

A wonderful assignment, indeed! My wife-to-be was there, as well as Joël and Jane Gros from Vail...We were all soaking in the sun and attempting to visually follow these speed demons barreling down the glacier and looking hopefully into our future.

I guess we were absolutely right!