Win Smith was president and part owner of Sugarbush Resort from 2001 to 2020. Interviewed by Rick Moulton.
Oral History
John Fry was a journalist, editor-in-chief of SKI and Snow Country magazines, a founder of ISHA and long its president and chairman, historian and author. This 10-minute biography features a long interview with John, shot in Vail in 2006. Produced by Rick Moulton. See the John Fry obituary.
Bill Hazelett of Vermont was an inventor, early heli-skier, friend of Howard Head. In this video interview with filmmaker Rick Moulton of the International Skiing History Association, Hazelett, a brilliant engineer, reminisces about his remarkable life. In Stowe in 1945, he devised the first electric-eye race timing system. He invented one of the first high-elasticity ski bindings. He advised Howard Head on a way to affect ski performance by softening tail flex.
Roger Cotton Brown transformed the art of the ski film when in 1967 and 1968, with the late Barry Corbet, he created The Incredible Skis and Ski the Outer Limits. In slow-motion sequences edited to classical music, skiers were filmed doing royal christies and variations of wedel turns, hopping spectacularly through mogul fields and making sensuous deep powder turns. Ski movie-making changed forever. Brown went on to do 20 more ski films, including The Moebius Flip, Magic Skis, and the comedic The Great Ski Chase, winning numerous awards.
Andy Mead was named to the U.S. Ski Team at age 15, and competed in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics. She won gold in slalom and GS at the 1952 Oslo games. In later life she was an environmental leader in the Mammoth Lakes area of Colorado.
John Fry, longtime editor of SKI Magazine and founding editor of Snow Country magazine,
created NASTAR and the Nations Cup. He is the author of the award-winning
book The Story of Modern Skiing, and chairman of the International Skiing History Association.
In this 2006 interview by ISHA's Rick Moulton, Fry talks about the history of ski magazine
publishing, ski resort development, freestyle skiing, snowboarding and much else. Filmed during Skiing History Week at Vail.
Doug Pfeiffer, one of the founders of PSIA, taught in Canada and California before becoming editor of Skiing Magazine. In that position he was instrumental in launching and publicizing the freestyle skiing movement.
Art Furrer grew up as a ski racer in Switzerland. He worked as a ski instructor in the United States from 1959 to 1972, where he was very influential in developing an instructional method that emphasized balance over strength. He also developed a form of acrobatic and mogul skiing that led the way to freestyle. Today he owns a chain of hotels at Swiss ski resorts.
Christie, a top New York fashion model, married ski instructor Benno Rybizka, and later, Dick Hausermann. She was an early resident and real estate developer in Vail. 2006 interview with Rick Moulton.
Half-hour interview with Otto Lang, pioneer ski instructor and Hollywood director. Glenn Miller music.