Sunday River Ski Patch (Pink Border) — c. 1980s

A vintage Sunday River ski patch, estimated to date from the 1980s, square on a black ground inside a merrowed border of hot neon pink — a gold sun rising behind a white peak ringed in pink, a blue river band beneath, sunday river in pink lowercase. The pink is the entire story.

The pink border is the entire story. This is a spring-skiing patch from the decade that put neon on everything including, eventually, actual skis, and it is completely unimprovable.

Spring at Sunday River means corn snow, shirtsleeves by noon and a parking lot full of people who have given up on pretending it is still winter. The border is the forecast.

Spring is also when the patches got discounted. End of season, clear the rack, and whatever was left went out at half price to whoever was still around in April.

Embroidered on twill, merrowed edge. Photos are the condition report.