National Ski Patrol at 75
This story appears in the March-April issue of Skiing Heritage Magazine. Subscribe...
This story appears in the March-April issue of Skiing Heritage Magazine. Subscribe...
ISHA's Awards Banquet, held April 12 in Vail, honored the best works on ski history published during 2012. Billy Kidd ISHA Lifetime Achievement Award: Broadcasting Billy Kidd retired from ski racing due to injuries in 1972, after nine years on the U.S. Ski Team...
Earl Holding earned the accolades of winter sports enthusiasts by restoring Sun Valley, the historic Idaho ski resort, to its original quality and pre-eminence and by transforming Snowbasin from a sleepy local day area to the Utah ski resort that hosted the 2002 Olympic Winter...
Orville A. Slutzky, age 96, the beloved co-founder of Hunter Mountain, passed away peacefully on April 18, 2013, in the company of loved ones. Orville was born in Hunter on February 13, 1917 and raised on his parents’ farm in Jewett, N.Y. The son of the late Isaac and Ella...
Google search within the site You can quickly determine if a topic of interest to you can be found here at skiinghistory.org. Move your cursor, and click on: http://www.skiinghistory.org/index.php/search/ (An alternative access mode is described at the end of this...
Compiled by Jim Fain Overview of Leading Racers at the NASTAR Championships This page contains an overview of leading racers in three categories: (1) number of first-place medals; (2) number of podium appearances; and (3) number of years participating in the...
Richard Needham, who served as Editor of SKI longer than anyone in the 75-year history of America’s largest and oldest ski magazine, died in Sarasota, Florida on December 12, at the age of 73. Cause of death was complications from open heart surgery. [caption id=""...
Wherever there’s a sports hall of fame, controversy inevitably arises about who is elected and how. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall ofFame (USSHoF) is no exception. The first criticism of the nomination and election process appeared in SKI Magazine only a dozen years after...
Émile Allais died Oct. 17, aged 100. He set up the Ecole de Ski Francais, helped create modern ski resorts and is considered the first great French ski racer as he dominated the sport in the 1930s. He was born in Megève in February 1912, the son of a baker. [caption...
Jim Spring, who served as chairman of the International Skiing History Association during the challenging period of its growth, 2004 -- 2007, died on Monday, October 22, 2012 at his home in Boulder. After stepping down as ISHA chair, Jim continued to serve on ISHA's board of...
Become a member and join a community of people who care about skiing! Join ISHA: 1 year for $49! Membership Includes: • 6 issues of Skiing Heritage • Subscription to Ski or Transworld Snowboarding • Free DVD: Gliding Through Time • $50 discount off the next...
Both skiers and riders — pretty much anyone who likes to play in the snow — mourned the passing of snowboarding pioneer Tom Sims Thursday Sept. 13. Sims reportedly died of a heart attack at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif. Sims is credited with the development and...
Aspen -- Long time Roaring Fork resident Ivan Petkov passed away September 8 after a long and valiant battle with cancer. He set an inspiring example with his constant optimism, sense of humor and love for family, friends and sport. Always with a smile and infectious...
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[caption id="attachment_1139" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Bob Smith skiing for Dick Barrymore, 1967"][/caption] Bob Smith, Pepi Stiegler and Sam Southwick skiing powder at Jackson Hole for Dick Barrymore film Watch the ISHA Video! Shot during Skiing Heritage Week...
A letter from Sven Coomer Over the past couple of years, with the return to commercial success of "three-piece" or "open-throat" boot designs, popular magazines and newspapers have run a number of articles containing a misleading account of the origin of the concept. The...
By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Frank Bulkley II helped more kids go skiing than just about anyone out there. Bulkley, the founder of Denver's venerable Eskimo Ski Cluband the famed Ski Train, ferried tens of thousands of kids — and then their kids — between Denver and...
