The National Ski Areas Association has compiled this chronology of 354 American ski resorts. Howelsen Hill Ski Area CO 1915 Eaglebrook School MA 1922 Granlibakken Ski Area CA 1927 Cooper Spur Mountain Resort OR 1927 Mt. Hood Skibowl OR 1928 Seven...
Date and Location of Past Winter Olympics 1924: Chamonix, France 1928: St. Moritz, Switzerland 1932: Lake Placid, N.Y. 1936: Garmisch, Germany 1948: St. Moritz, Switzerland 1952: Oslo, Norway 1956: Cortina, Italy 1960: Squaw Valley, USA 1964: Innsbruck,...
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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...
The following people have been elected into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame for the Class of 2012. Wayne Wong is regarded by many as a living legend. He was the leading and most popular skier of his day when hotdog or freestyle skiing was emerging on the scene. The...
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...
An obscure Austrian accountant invented the steel edge in order to save lives. Racers found it more valuable for winning gold medals. By John Fry Rudolf Lettner, an office worker who liked to ski, invented a piece of equipment which, more than anything, revolutionized the...
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...
ISHA’s Guide to Ski-History Reference Works Worldwide By E. John B. Allen This bibliography provides a guide to 375 articles and reference books that explore the history of skiing worldwide. It’s designed to provide a starting point for anyone wanting to learn more...
Othmar Schneider died suddenly on Dec. 24. Raised in Lech on theArlbergPass, he won the Lauberhorn downhill and combined in 1951 and 1952, plus gold in slalom and silver in downhill at the Oslo Olympics. Had there been a combined medal at those games, he would have had that gold...
Photo: Gary Cooper (center) with Clark Gable (right) on Dollar Mountain, with their instructor, Sun Valley's Sigi Engl. Sun Valley photo. Imagine a small-size ski area with a 200-room hotel and a crowd of week-long guests hanging around – say, Robert Redford, Bruce Willis,...
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...
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...
FOUNDER CALLS IT A DISSERVICE TO GUESTS The National Standard Race, NASTAR –designed in 1968 - brought the equivalent of golf’s par to skiing. Now, one of the eight original NASTAR ski areas, Vail, has decided to pull itself and its other Colorado ski resorts out of the...
