I am in the south, where skiing stopped a long time ago, at least out my door. I am moving to N. Illinois, where I believe there is still winter. I have retrieved my gear, and enough extra for my SO, who is my weight. I was wondering whether it is really OK, or whether I would be advised to seek new. I have leather boots (Asolo) mid height, wooden skis (some kind of fancy tur langrem or something like that), one set has cable bindings (has been to 14,000' in the past) and one has 3 pin. The poles feel good, they are bamboo. Mine have leather and plastic basket, the other just plastic. I would need to get her some boots. The skis have moderate side cut and appear in good shape. I found lots of wax, even some klister, and scrapers, corks, etc. Other bindings.

There are also other skis, really skinny, plastic, with fur on the bottom in strips. They don't look as nice. I believe they are newer, likely late 1970s.

So are wood skis still good? used to work great, when I'd get the wax straight. I recall putting on softer wax, chilling the skis, then putting on harder wax, so that the soft wax would grip as the day warmed up. I suppose I'll remember all that stuff.