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Featured ISHA Member: George Hovland
George Hovland Celebrates 90 Years George is still still skiing in NASTAR races and still crackles with wit and good humor. We recently checked in with George (and his tolerant wife, Jane). Hovland...
Jean Vuarnet
His Olympic gold was only the beginning. The triumphant, sometimes tumultuous professional and personal life of the 1960 Olympic downhill gold medalist, technique analyst, resort developer, and...
Examining The EGG
Radical racing invention, or a variation of a long-established technique? By John Fry Was the Egg (oeuf in French, Ei in German) a radical ski racing invention? Or merely a stage in the steady...
Debbie Armstrong
After a storybook racing career, an Olympic champion finds a new calling in coaching—and liberation through a recent TBI diagnosis. BY EDITH THYS MORGAN I know the small box it’s in, but right now,...
Stein Memorial
Hundreds gathered in February at Deer Valley to honor the memory of the late Stein Eriksen.STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOHN FRY He was our hero. In his beautiful style of skiing and his charismatic persona,...
Whistler Hosts First ISHA Skiing History Day
ISHA event at Whistler/Blackcomb was a success, the stage for more regional gatherings next season. ISHA held its first-ever Skiing History Day on February 21 at Whistler/Blackcomb in British...
Singular Focus
The Alpine Sport Shop in Saratoga Springs has been selling skis for 75 years. By Phil Johnson On Friday, February 5, the bus leaving the Alpine Sport Shop in Saratoga Springs, New York, will be...
ISHA Announces its Annual Awards for Outstanding Works of Ski History
Ski filmmakers, authors and historians from North America and Europe will gather in Aspen, Colorado, on April 7, 2016, for the 24th annual ISHA Awards. Presented every year by the International...
Whistler's Big Birthday
Five locals tell the story of five decades of progress at Whistler Mountain in British Columbia. By Michel Beaudry It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. All the ski experts agreed: The place was...Pages
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