Skied 15 straight days on Blackcomb in the mid/late 80s when 7th Heaven had a t-bar going up to it.
For a kid used to slumming it in southern Ontario, Quebec and Vermont, it was unbelievable.
They actually did bring back the Vuarnet brand from the 70s/80s(if it ever left)...check these very cool shades.
http://www.iconicalternatives.com/2016/02/09/vuarnet-px5000-glacier-glasses-from-spectre/
Now that's a blast from the past! We used to have this poster when I was a kid. We didn't really know who he was, but we sure thought Wong was cool.
I always thought these red white and blue K2s were classic. We had another poster of the same skis featuring Spider Sabich.
If someone wanted to revisit a narrow bodied wylie cat ketch around 50 ft long using modern materials, that would be resurrecting at least something, even if the brand didn't make it along the way.
I'm definitely dropping names here, but I was lucky enough to be seated beside George Cuthbertson at a luncheon a couple of years ago before his passing. He said something about 'brands' that stuck with me.
I picked his brains about a few things. Then I asked him about the hot new C&C30...