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ISHA, Ski Hall of Fame
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The International Skiing History Association and the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame have agreed to offer common benefits for a single membership fee. At the same time, ISHA is locating its administration in the national ski museum building in Ishpeming, Mich., and its fund-raising office in New York City. Skiing Heritage will now be published six times a year, up from four. This announcement was made jointly by ISHA Chairman Barry Stone and Hall of Fame Chairman Bernie Weichsel.
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Mahres honored in Vail
The greatest ski racing duo the United States has ever produced will be celebrated March 26 as Phil and Steve Mahre are inducted into the International Ski Hall of Fame as 2011 Legends of Honor in conjunction with .the Korbel American Ski Classic in Vail. Read more

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Enter the 2011 ISHA Awards!
Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 ISHA Awards, honoring the year’s best books, films and videos about skiing’s history and heritage. The work must be published or produced in 2011. Read more

NBC to show Olympics live
Network sews up next four Olympics, reverses prime-time delay policy. Read more

Skiing Everest film previews in New York, July 12

IOC finally approves
women's ski jumping

Crans re-enacts first Kandahar

Riesch vs. Vonn: Final race canceled. Justice served?
Did FIS blunder in canceling the final race? Read what the experts say. Read more

Plumas Club celebrates 150th anniversary of U.S. ski racing
Carol Burney and Eric McGrath are the new world champions of longboard racing, following the race held March 20, at Johnsville, California. Read more

Collegiate ski jumping revived
Alissa Johnson and Willy Graves, both of Utah's Westminster College, won the first U.S. Collegiate Nordic Ski Jumping National Championships on March 5 -- the first collegiate ski jumping competition held in the United States since the NCAA abandoned the sport in 1980. Read more.

New world record in ski flying
Johan Remen Evensen set a new world record for ski flying on Feb. 11, soaring 246.5 meters (808.7 feet) during the inaugural meet on the new 225-meter hill at Vikersund, Norway. The previous record was 239 meters, set in 2005 by Bjoern Einar Romoeren, on the Planica hill in Slovenia. Read more.

Recycled History?
By Seth Masia
Snowsports Industries America (SIA) took advantage of the very successful 2011 trade show in Denver to announce the expansion of its recycling program for ski equipment. . For a ski shop, it only makes sense to encourage people to replace old stuff with new, and this is not the first time SIA has sponsored a recycling campaign. Read more.

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Crazy Canucks

50 Years of Eldora

American Ski Clubs

Buzz Bainbridge, Ann Bonfey Taylor

Alpine Nippon

The Lodge at Vail

Bygone Garlands

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