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Third Issue 2005, September, Vol 17 #3 New Hampshire, 1939

Cover: 1939 poster by Lou Hechenberger, one of several he created to promote skiing in New Hampshire's White Mountains. Order it from the New England Ski Museum.

Hugh Harley Named ISHA Executive Director

Readers Respond: Doug Nelson on the Heatherbed Lodge; Peter Picard on Wedeln Heads West; Wini Jones on ski fashion; Juris Wagneris on Newtonian physics and carving; Nicholas Howe on Eriksen's "ripple bottom" skis; the Norwegian art of Johan Bull.

Brooks Dodge by Nicholas Howe
A rugged New Hampshire kid, as inventive as he was enterprising, on course and off.

Where Are They Now by Peggy Shinn
Warren Witherell and Bill Koch.

They Taught America to Ski by Morten Lund
Schroll, Lang, Klein, Buchmayr, Ruschp, Foeger and Pfeifer -- household names in the early days of U.S. skiing, and all ambassadors of Hannes Scheider's St. Anton Ski School.

How Many Skiers? by John Fry and Seth Masia
It all depends on who's counting. David Rowan was a one-man crusade to get the numbers right.

Classic Races: The Legend of the Thunderbolt by Charles Sanders
Mt. Greylock's twisty, treacherous plunge broke hearts as easily as it broke bones.

The Evolution of Modern Ski Shape by Seth Masia
Sidecut has grown gradually deeper over the decades, but the "shaped ski" revolution of 1993 was an engineering breakthrough.

The WACS of Camp Hale by Monys A. Hagen
With the arrival of the Women's Army Corps, the 10th Mountain Division found some distraction from bivouacs and close-order drill.

US Ski Hall of Fame Inducts Four
Darcy Brown, Walter Foeger, Hilary Lindh, and Erich Sailer honored.

Skier's Bookshelf by Morten Lund
What'd You Do in the War, Dad? by Bob Parker; Requiem for the West, by Roger Brown.

Remembering: David Rowan, Barney McLean, Hal Shelton, Bill Butterfield, Harold Sewell Williams.

President's Letter by Jim Spring
Rigo Thurmer's generous gift and ISHA's fundraising campaign; Hugh Harley joins the team; thanks to Rolf James and Kathe Dillman, and a fond good-bye to David Rowan.

Down With Marxist Slalom by Sir Arnold Lunn
Modern slalom dictates every move. Sir Arnold pleaded for a return to a form of ski racing that rewards risk-taking in the choice of line. From the February 1955 Ski Magazine.

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