Historic Skibobs and where to find them - pictures supplied by Henry Wuga - MBE

The photographs were kindly provided by Henry Wuga MBE.  Please see the picture of Henry on the "new" skibob. Henry has been ski-bobbing longer that he cares to remember and is a great ambassador for the sport. In Feb 2004 he plans to skibob on his 80th birthday to raise money for a variety of charities.

Below are Henry's comments on the photographs.
"While in Davos I spoke to the Chairman of the Wintersport Museum. No one knows where they got the Gordon Bob (tandem) from they think it's from Germany, it seems to have a patent number.   He put me on to this chap in Bad Ragaz, I enclose the  pictures from his collection. We also came across a copy of the old postman's bob in the little village of Monstein near Davos.  It stands outside the brewery as a decoration.  The brewery is tiny and has this notice "Highest Brewery in Europe at 6000 feet - last beerstop before heaven".

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Henry Wuga MBE Models the new skibob manufactured in Grindelwald, Switzerland	Promo for new skibob
Tandem skibob owned by the Wintersport museum in Davos. Date unknown. History -  The brake at the rear has an iron casting marked "Gordon Bob"!	This Skibob is on display in the restaurant "Relais De Neige" in Verbier, Switzerland
Skibob Collection owned by Jurg Hess, Unterrainstrasse 12, CH 7310 Bad Ragaz, Switzerland