210cm Eggen Vintage Cross-Country Racing Skis - NOS - NEVER USED! Rare Birch Base - FREE SHIPPING IN USAEXTREMELY RARE "new old stock" Eggen Type 1 (birch base hickory edge) wood racing skis. Size 210. Eggen skis were manufactured from the late 60s until the early 80s at the Engerdal Skifabrikk in east central Norway, on the border with Sweden. Gjermund Eggen, hero of the 1966 Nordic World Championships in Oslo, lent his name to the brand and supported its growth after his racing career ended. These skis are a remarkable find never mounted, never used,

Lorang Andersen was a Norwegian combined (jump and "running"/cross-country) skier from the 1930s

This pair is a great example of the factory's output

Kilpa Populär means "popular racing"

The soles are almost new

at the time

Blå Skia was an early pioneer in wood racing skis

Very stiff

Background on the brand - Blå-Skia

I heard firsthand the tale of a top US racer who loved his Finnish skis so much that when the US Ski Team signed a deal with a Norwegian maker

Ben Ogden (future winner)

Beautifully restored

Madshus is synonymous in Norway with cross-country skiing