Haystack and Hartland Mountain Ski Areas In Litchfield County and West Peak in Meriden never realized their potential as ski resorts for various reasons. Published by the Windsor Patch By Philip R. Devlin January 19, 2012 As a decade, the 1930s is readily associated with...
A Celebration of Northwest Skiing with a Special Tribute to K2 Sports presented by the International Skiing History Association and the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Click here to register now! To: Friends of ISHA, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of...
Eight skiing greats will have their names added to the Hall of Fame’s Honor Roll in the coming year. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame announced today the inductees who will make up its Class of 2011. The class is made up of a broad spectrum of elite skiers, writers,...
The historic McNichols Building in Civic Center Park across from the Denver Art Museum is the planned home of a new International Center for Snowsport History and Art. Bernie Weichsel, chairman of the U.S. National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame and a director of the...
SOELDEN, Austria (Oct. 22) - Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) picked the toughest giant slalom course on the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup to pick up her first career win to open the 2011-12 season on the Rettenbach Glacier in Soelden. The victory completed a sweep of wins in all five World...
In 1935 Seattle native Al Nydin had the idea for a magazine about skiing. Until that time most ski periodicals and annuals were association-published. In publishing America's first independent, commercial magazine, Nydin used the title SKI. The first issue appeared in January...
FIS mandates 35-meter minimum radius for men, 30-meter for women. Despite protests by many racers, the International Ski Federation (FIS) is on track to require longer, straighter giant slalom skis in World Cup and Olympic competition beginning next season. Early last...
Crans-Montana, Kitzbühel dispute first downhill race In early April 2011, a commemorative race was held on the ski slopes of Crans-Montana, Switzerland, to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Roberts of Kandahar downhill. Some 260 participants, organized into 60 teams,...
By John Fry The overall World Cup championship was to have been determined by a single giant slalom race, to be held on Saturday, March 19th in the 4,921-foot high Swiss ski resort of Lenzerheide. On the eve of the race, Germany’s Maria Riesch led America’s Lindsey Vonn by...
Carol Burney of Quincy, California, and Eric McGrath of Reno, Nevada are the new world champions of longboard racing, as the Plumas Ski Club celebrated the 150th anniversary of the first ski racing and ski club in America, March 19 and 20, 2011, in Johnsville, California. In...
Alissa Johnson, Willy Graves take first golds since 1980 Park City, Utah, March 5, 2011 -- Alissa Johnson and Willy Graves, both of Utah's Westminster College, won the first U.S. Collegiate Nordic Ski Jumping National Championships -- the first collegiate ski jumping...
