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First Issue 2006, March, Vol 18 #1 Splitkein-FlexibleFlyer, 1935

Cover: 1928 poster by Carl Moos, commemorating the jumping events at Pontresina, Switzerland during the 1928 St. Moritz Olympics. From the Beekley Collection at the Mammoth Ski Museum.

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

Readers Respond: More on Sir Arnold Lunn, and the Paumgarten family trophies; Hal Shelton and Don Moss; readers remember the WACS at Camp Hale; John Allen on Inferno races; Rudy Konzieczny; Sun Valley Lodge.

Becoming Toni Sailer by Nicholas Howe
Fifty years ago, a 20-year-old Austrian achieved the impossible: an Olympic triple-gold sweep. A Golden Anniversary salute.

Grunge to Gilded Age: The Changing Face of Ski Resort Advertising by Morten Lund
How joy, adventure and rustic have caved to the seductive siren of condos, amusement and "Not-Ski."

Where are they now: Bill Johnson
A downhiller's uphill journey, by Karen Cummings.

Germans--Turn in your skis! by Lorenz Pfeiffer
The Nazi rallying cry--a campaign to send skis to the Eastern Fron in 1941-42--had grim consequences for the sport's development in Germany.

Aspen's Highland-Bavarian Lodge by Marie Sterling
In the midst of the Depression, a small group of disparate men built a now-forgotten ski lodge -- one of the first in the American West.

How Freestyle Became an Olympic Sport by John Fry
Home-grown and nurtured in the U.S., freestyle faced a 20-year struggle for world acceptance--and its legacy was almost lost along the way.

A Short History of Ski Jumping by E. John B. Allen
Like any good American sport, Idraet--a spiritual test of moral and physical strength--soon gave way to leaps for length, points, prize money and records.

Collectibles: Richard Allen and His Vintage Ski World by Seth Masia
Most collectors would be content with owning a bit of ski history. Not Richard Allen, who makes collecting his life.

Remembering: Otto Lang, Irv Kagan, Izzy Slutsky, Burt Sims, Gene Gillis, Martin Fopp..

President's Letter by Jim Spring
Prospects Bright for 2006: Donations are up 31%, subscriptions up 29%, and ISHA has two generous supporters in the trade organizations SIA and NSAA. Early reservations for Skiing Heritage Week mean there may not be many spaces left -- reserve soon!

Long Thongs: Capote's Way by Richard Needham
An interview the author about his skiing life in Verbier, from the February 1981 issue of Ski.

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