{"id":2107,"date":"2015-08-30T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T15:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/?page_id=2107"},"modified":"2025-11-22T18:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:57:23","slug":"origin-of-the-mini-bob","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/origin-of-the-mini-bob\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of the mini bob"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The idea&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The idea was born during a skiing vacation in Kitzb\u00fchel in the 1970s.<br \/>\nThe coal shovel served as the idea for the later basic shape.<\/p>\n<p>At that time, children slid down the mountain with a wide variety of equipment and, in memory of their own 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height=\"379\"><span class=\"gallery-rollover\"><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-zoom-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wf-cell iso-item\" data-post-id=\"3268\" data-date=\"2015-02-16T17:06:58+01:00\" data-name=\"Zipflbob 1970 blue\"><figure class=\"post visible\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2812-1024.jpg\" class=\"rollover dt-pswp-item layzr-bg\" data-large_image_width=\"1024\" data-large_image_height=\"683\" data-dt-img-description=\"\" title=\"Zipflbob 1970 blue\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"preload-me iso-lazy-load aspect\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20379%20379&#39;%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2812-1024-379x379.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2812-1024-379x379.jpg 379w, https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_2812-1024-569x569.jpg 569w\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"--ratio: 379 \/ 379\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" alt=\"Zipfybob Zipflbob prototype 1970\" width=\"379\" height=\"379\"  \/><span class=\"gallery-rollover\"><span class=\"gallery-zoom-ico icomoon-the7-font-the7-zoom-06\"><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><!-- iso-container|iso-grid --><\/div>[vc_column_text]Development models from 1975[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]After much deliberation and many drafts of possible designs, it was first necessary to find a material that, in addition to sliding well on snow, could easily withstand temperatures between -40 and +40 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The primary objective was to develop a piece of sports equipment that would be just as suitable for children as it would be for adults. The future mini bob had to be robust and durable, but also light and easy to handle.<\/p>\n<p>A wood carver from Oberammergau in Bavaria made the moulds for the prototypes. Since plastic was the material of choice in the 1970s, it was the subject of a great deal of experimentation \u2013 only a few companies at the time were able to produce such an elaborate shape perfectly. At that time, sledges were made exclusively of wood or metal &#8211; the mini bob was to become the forerunner of all plastic sledges and plastic bobs&#8230; After many material tests and test runs, the current HD-PE plastic process was finally developed.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1976, the mini bob has been produced and distributed in Germany by Loeger GmbH in an almost unchanged form. The mini bob is also affectionately known (depending on the region) as the &#8220;Zipflbob&#8221;, &#8220;Zipfelbob&#8221; or &#8220;Zipfybob&#8221; and has been delighting generations ever since.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3147&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_column_text]Siegmund Loeger and the mini bob[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The history&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][vc_column_text]You can find out how this 40-year success story continued under History.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-bbecf7b679ca20642659a3d0964b2a29.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-bbecf7b679ca20642659a3d0964b2a29 > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}<\/style><a href=\"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/history\/\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-l pulse animate-element animation-builder link-hover-off btn-inline-left \" id=\"default-btn-bbecf7b679ca20642659a3d0964b2a29\" title=\"History\"><span>THE HISTORY OF THE MINI BOB<\/span><\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The idea&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Roboto%20Condensed%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The idea was born during a skiing vacation in Kitzb\u00fchel in the 1970s. The coal shovel served as the idea for the later basic shape. At that time, children slid down the mountain with a wide variety of equipment and, in memory of their own childhood in Austria, where they liked&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2107"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156871,"href":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2107\/revisions\/156871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mini-bob.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}