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Breckenridge, Colorado ski resort
BY JANICE KURBJUN Trygve Berg recalls SUMMIT DAILY NEWS, Skiing pioneer Trygve Berge noticed quite a few changes. As he skied the fresh corduroy he’s come to enjoy, he pointed out that the soft,...
Sun Peaks, British Columbia
The 2011-12 ski season marked a half century for Sun Peaks Resort (formerly Tod Mountain), offering some of British Columbia’s most challenging inbounds skiing. The 3,678-acre ski area is 30 miles...
Didier Cuche: Farewell run in historic style
Didier Cuche, 37, who retired in 2012 after 17 years on the World Cup circuit, made a farewell run in 1930s-era gear, including leather boots and wooden skis with pre-Kandahar bindings. View: ...
ISHA Awards: Best snowsport history books and films of 2011
Bob Cram: Lifetime Achievement Award for Illustrated Ski Humor Bob Cram’s genius in portraying the comical side of the American ski experience started when, at age 8, he was smitten by an...
How Giant Slalom was Invented
Giant slalom was invented in Italy in 1935 — the result of an accident of weather, according to a recent article in the magazineSciare. It happened when a downhill race, scheduled to take place on...
Long Liftlines: Relic of the Past?
They spent almost an hour in line, yet more and more skiers came, bonding as they waited . . . and waited. Beginning after World War II and for the next 40 years, weekend skiers waited in lift...
VAIL RESORTS PULLS OUT OF NASTAR
FOUNDER CALLS IT A DISSERVICE TO GUESTS The National Standard Race, NASTAR –designed in 1968 – brought the equivalent of golf’s par to skiing. Now, one of the eight original NASTAR ski areas, Vail,...
Editors Exchange Fire over Hall of Fame
Wherever there’s a sports hall of fame, controversy inevitably arises about who is elected and how. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall ofFame (USSHoF) is no exception. The first criticism of the...
2012 ISHA Awards
ISHA’s Awards Banquet, held April 12 in Vail, honored the best works on ski history published during 2012. Billy Kidd ISHA Lifetime Achievement Award: Broadcasting Billy Kidd retired from ski racing ...
