King Ridge, Racer in the Crown, Red Border — c. 1970s
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King Ridge, Racer in the Crown, Red Border — c. 1970s
$100.00
Sale price
$100.00
Regular price
A vintage King Ridge ski patch, probably 1970s, featuring a racer in a black sweater and KR bib coming straight at you, poles planted, a metallic gold crown floating behind his head like a halo. KING RIDGE in black across a blue sky, woven shield, red border. His face is drawn with one small red mouth, which is more expression than most patches attempt.
King Ridge named its trails out of Alice in Wonderland. The general manager, Bill Bardsley, picked them, and for decades kids in New London learned to ski on runs borrowed from Lewis Carroll.
At the end of the 1973–74 season Bardsley shaved off his beard for snow luck. It made the national papers. Nobody wrote down whether it worked.
The gold thread in the crown is metallic and still catches the light. The racer looks like he takes all of this very seriously.
Woven with metallic thread, merrowed edge. Photos are the condition report.