Monti's The Ski Swap Shop

05/01/2023

12/05/2022

Hart Competition with Look Nevada bindings 1971. This pair of skis is a demo. Ski shops back in the day would let you try them before you buy them. This ski was promoted by Billy Kidd often and became a big seller for Hart Ski Company.

11/06/2022

Fun night at Warren Miller!

11/05/2022

This year we have just included a few pairs of my collection. We use to bring about 90 pairs. This is much easier to manage. Looking forward to tonight’s pre-party! 🍻Cheers

11/05/2022

A few of Monti’s Vintage Skis will be on display tomorrow evening at the Bushnell for the Warren Miller Day Maker Event. Come see us at the Pre-Show-Party. Fun starts at 5pm, Day Maker premier’s at 7pm.

10/18/2022

Just got a pair of wooden skis and this pole with a medal basket stamp with the Northland’s manufacturer name on it along with St. Paul Minnesota where the ski was made. They only used one pole then to push with and it came with the skis. The sweet woman I got them from was 95 years old, her brother was born in 1920. When he turned 8 this pair of skis became his. Whats even better is that I have never seen this basket while collecting since 1995. vintage

09/08/2022

Will be in Hartford soon for the Warren Miller Ski Event at the Hartford Bushnell November!

06/17/2022

Just found this rare ski from approximately 1964. What is really cool about this ski is that it has Amsteiner the name of the founder of the Blizzard company on the ski located above the toe piece. By 1970 no longer did Anton’s name appear on any more skis. Again finding something as rare as this in my own town is cool. below is some more info on Blizzard!!

Blizzard was established in 1945 by Anton Arnsteiner ("der Toni"), as he returned home from the second world war, in the family joinery workshop,[1] and started producing skis besides wooden furniture.

The "Blizzard" brand was registered in 1953. In 1954, Blizzard became the first manufacturer to mass-produce polyethylene ski bases. Blizzard's first expansion occurred in 1957 as well as the introduction of metal and fiberglass as new materials. 1963 saw a great part of the factory burned down. In 1970, as production reached 500,000 skis per year, company name was changed from "Blizzard Skifabrik Anton Arnsteiner" to "Blizzard GmbH". In 1976 a second production site was openen in Munich. 

In 1980 Blizzard introduced the "Thermoski", after 6 years of development. In 1996 Blizzard introduced its first Carving ski, but it also applied for insolvency and was bought up by US company SCOTT Sports.

It was sold to Karl Hofstätter (33.3%) and Anton Stöckl (66.6%) in 2005, who sold it to the Tecnica Group in 2006[2][3][4][5] and 2007, respectively. Sales of Blizzard skis are now completely integrated in the sale organization of Tecnica Group.