Template:Did you know nominations/Elan SCX

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 15:01, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Elan SCX

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... that the first parabolic ski, the Elan SCX, was dismissed as a fad when it was introduced, but today it is considered one of the major breakthroughs in ski design?

Created/expanded by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self nom at 18:26, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Is there something wrong in the GR of the HOOK? It doesn't seem to flow evenly. I'd be happy for some ALTs. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:43, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

Reviewed Oromay. Maury Markowitz (talk) 18:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

. Looks fine. Date, length, hook, sources etc. Interesting article. Too bad there is no picture. Also no infobox:ski. Never mind. Alternative hooks below. The first corrects (I think) grammar - one less "it" - and the second is shorter. My vote is for ALT2. Aymatth2 (talk) 13:51, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

ALT1 ... that the first parabolic ski, the Elan SCX, was dismissed as a fad when it was introduced, but today is considered one of the major breakthroughs in ski design?
ALT2 ... that the first parabolic ski, the Elan SCX, was initially dismissed as a fad but today is considered a major design breakthrough?

I like ALT2, it definitely flows. Maury Markowitz (talk) 12:51, 14 February 2012 (UTC)