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SKIING HERITAGE: A quarterly journal

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Fourth Issue 2005, December, Vol 17 #4 Splitkein-FlexibleFlyer, 1935

Cover: 1935 poster (artist unknown) promotes Splitkein/Flexible Flyer. 18x28", $60. Order it from the New England Ski Museum.

Skiing Heritage Week, Vail, April 4-9, 2006

Readers Respond: Henrik Bull's resort designs, French books on ski fashion, Pirmin der grosse, Bill Butterfield's bumps, Brookie's break, Chick at Cortina, John Howe on sidecut, and a couple of corrections.

Sir Arnold Lunn by Elisabeth Hussey
The man who changed skiing forever, on the 75th anniversary of alpine racing.

The Trail Map Artists by Seth Masia
Hal Shelton and Don Moss were the best-known US trail map artists of their time. But they came to their craft from opposite directions. With a look at Heinrich Berann and Jim Niehues.

Where are they now: Nick Hock, Bob McKee
One of the grand old men of the industry, and one of the grand old men of racing. By Seth Masia and Peggy Shinn.

Historic Lodges: Sun Valley Lodge Turns 70 by Gretchen R. Besser
Celebrities, politicians, fans, ne'er-do-wells -- Averell Harriman's great idea drew them all. If only the walls could talk.

Ernst Constam and his Marvellous Uphill Device by Morten Lund, with Kirby Gilbert, Robert Constam, Marcel Just, Claude Gentil, Gerhard Sameli-Huber and Luzi Hitz
A Swiss engineer invents the J-bar, then the T-bar, and launches a revolution..

Mountain Troopers Gather at Stowe by Peggy Shinn
WWII comrades celebrate their mountain bond at IFMS' 20th Congress.

The Industry: The Selling of Skiing by Seth Masia
Unpredictable vendors, prickly retailers, funky products--it was all part of the game as the ski trade grew through its boom years.

Museums: The House of Winter Olympics by Doug Pfeiffer
T his Albertville mansion is an interpretive center celebrating winter sports and mountain culture.

Skier's Bookshelf by Morten Lund and Jeff Leich
Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun, by Bode Miller with Jack McEnany; Legends of American Skiing, DVD by Rick Moulton; The Fire Within, by the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee; Legacy: Austria's Influence on American Skiing, DVD by Ian Scully.

Remembering: Peter Ruschp, Jim Weinstein.

President's Letter by Jim Spring
Getting History Right: Henry Yaple's skiing bibliography; planning for Skiing Heritage Week in Vail.

Long Thongs: Ski Resorting by Art Buchwald
How to make the scene, with leg in cast and tongue in cheek. From the February 1961 Ski Life.

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