Local Historian Honored for Book on Skiing

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

9/28/2018 Local Historian Honored for Book on Skiing Friday, Septembe HOME STORIES SPORTS VIDEO RESTAURANTS REAL ESTATE CULTURE WELLNESS CALENDAR Go Back Our Articles Most Recent Our Shows Where To Eat View Properties The Arts Health & Beauty Whats Happening Local Historian Honored for Book on Skiing John Lundin, right, was honored by the International Ski History Association for his book “Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass.” Courtesy: Kathleen James Tweet Save Sunday, June 3, 2018 BY KAREN BOSSICK Parttime Sun Valley resident John Lundin has been honored with the prestigious Skade Award for his recently published book “Early Skiing on Snoqualmie Pass.” The international Ski History Association (ISHA) honored the book by the Seattle lawyer and historian as the outstanding work of regional ski history for 2017. The award was given to Lundin at the organization’s annual meeting at Squaw Valley, Calif. Lundin wrote the book in conjunction with the opening of the Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum, which opened on Snoqualmie Pass in October 2015. Profits from the book support the museum, which has attracted more than 6,000 visitors a year since its opening. Lundin’s book traces the history of skiing on Snoqualmie Pass, while providing tidbits about skiing in Washington and Sun Valley where many Washington State residents have long come to play. It looks at the early decades when ski jumping was the most popular form of the sport and features the Mountaineers’ 20mile race from Snoqualmie to Stampede Pass, which was the pinnacle of crosscountry skiing in its day. And, of course, it talks at length about http://eyeonsunvalley.com/Story_Reader?StoryId=5049 1/2 9/28/2018 Local Historian Honored for Book on Skiing the country’s first municipal ski area, which was opened by the Seattle Park Department at Snoqualmie Summit. The book also discusses the contributions of Washington State to the Winter Olympics from the tryouts for the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch, Germany, which was held on Mt. Rainier. And the Washington nativeturned Sun Valley resident Gretchen Fraser, who became the first U.S. skier to earn an Olympic medal when she struck gold and silver in the 1948 Olympics at St. Moritz, Switzerland. The ISHA is a nonprofit organization founded to preserve and advance the knowledge of ski history. Since 1993 it has honored creative works of ski history, giving awards to authors, journalists, filmmakers and academicians. ~ Today's Topics ~ Caroline Heldman-From Bilingual Conference to New Exhibition Looks Cosby to Kavanaugh Address Building the at Protest and Patriotism Youth of the Future HOME STORIES SPORTS VIDEO RESTAURANTS REAL ESTATE CULTURE WELLNESS CALENDAR Go Back Our Articles Most Recent Our Shows Where To Eat View Properties The Arts Health & Beauty Whats Happening ABOUT US The only online daily news media service in the Wood River Valley. We are the community leader, publishing 7 days a week. Our publication features current news articles, local sports and engaging video content in Sun Valley, Idaho. [email protected] P: 208.720.8212 P.O. Box 1453, Ketchum, ID 83340 Login © Copyright 2018 Eye on Sun Valley http://eyeonsunvalley.com/Story_Reader?StoryId=5049 2/2.

Copy Link

Recommended publications

List of All Olympics Prize Winners in Alpine Skiing in U.S.A
Location Year Player Medals Event Results Sochi 2014 Ted LIGETY Gold giant slalom 02:45.3 Sochi 2014 Mikaela SHIFFRIN Gold slalom 01:44.5 Sochi 2014 Julia MANCUSO Bronze Super Combined 02:35.2 Sochi 2014 Bode MILLER Bronze super-G 01:18.7 Sochi 2014 Andrew WEIBRECHT Silver super-G 01:18.4 Vancouver 2010 Julia MANCUSO Silver downhill 01:44.8 Vancouver 2010 Lindsey VONN Gold downhill 01:44.2 Vancouver 2010 Bode MILLER Bronze downhill 01:54.4 Vancouver 2010 Bode MILLER Gold super combined 02:44.9 Vancouver 2010 Julia MANCUSO Silver Super Combined 02:10.1 Vancouver 2010 Bode MILLER Silver super-G 01:30.6 Vancouver 2010 Andrew WEIBRECHT Bronze super-G 01:30.6 Vancouver 2010 Lindsey VONN Bronze super-G 01:20.9 Turin 2006 Ted LIGETY Gold alpine combined 03:09.3 Turin 2006 Julia MANCUSO Gold giant slalom 02:09.2 Salt Lake City 2002 Bode MILLER Silver alpine combined 03:17.8 Salt Lake City 2002 Bode MILLER Silver giant slalom 02:24.2 Nagano 1998 Picabo STREET Gold super-G 01:18.0 Lillehammer 1994 Picabo STREET Silver downhill 01:36.6 Lillehammer 1994 Tommy MOE Gold downhill 01:45.7 Lillehammer 1994 Diann ROFFE Gold super-G 01:22.2 Lillehammer 1994 Tommy MOE Silver super-G 01:32.6 Albertville 1992 Hilary LINDH Silver downhill 01:52.6 Albertville 1992 Diann ROFFE Silver giant slalom 02:13.7 Sarajevo 1984 Bill JOHNSON Gold downhill 1:45.59 . Sarajevo 1984 Debbie ARMSTRONG Gold giant slalom 02:21.0 Sarajevo 1984 Christin COOPER Silver giant slalom 02:21.4 Sarajevo 1984 Phil MAHRE Gold slalom 1:39.41 .
[Show full text]
Ancient Skiers Book 2014
Second Edition - 2014 INTRODUCTION When I was asked if I would write the history of the Ancient Skiers, I was excited and willing. My husband, Jim, and I were a part of those early skiers during those memorable times. We had “been there and done that” and it was time to put it down on paper for future generations to enjoy. Yes, we were a part of The Ancient Skiers and it is a privilege to be able to tell you about them and the way things were. Life was different - and it was good! I met Jim on my first ski trip on the Milwaukee Ski Train to the Ski Bowl in 1938. He sat across the aisle and had the Sunday funnies - I had the cupcakes - we made a bond and he taught me to ski. We were married the next year. Jim became Certified as a ski instructor at the second certification exam put on by the Pacific Northwest Ski Association (PNSA) in 1940, at the Ski Bowl. I took the exam the next year at Paradise in 1941, to become the first woman in the United States to become a Certified Ski Instructor. Skiing has been my life, from teaching students, running a ski school, training instructors, and most of all being the Executive Secretary for the Pacific Northwest Ski Instructors Association (PNSIA) for over 16 years. I ran their Symposiums for 26 years, giving me the opportunity to work with many fine skiers from different regions as well as ski areas. Jim and I helped organize the PNSIA and served on their board for nearly 30 years.
[Show full text]
Thesis Sun Valley‟S Elite Beginnings: European
THESIS SUN VALLEY‟S ELITE BEGINNINGS: EUROPEAN INFLUENCE ON THE AMERICAN SKI INDUSTRY Submitted by Julie Berry Department of History In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado Spring 2011 Master‟s Committee: Advisor: Nathan Citino Mark Aloisio Matthew Cooperman Copyright by Julie Berry 2011 All Rights Reserved ABSTRACT SUN VALLEY‟S ELITE BEGINNINGS: EUROPEAN INFLUENCE ON THE AMERICAN SKI INDUSTRY This thesis examines the international influences on the American West through the creation of the American destination ski resort at Sun Valley, Idaho. The American West cannot be understood without broadening analysis outside of the territorial space of the West. Incorporation of global events and transnational themes add to understanding of the American West as portrayed through one of its key identities—the ski industry. In 1936, Averell Harriman, chair of the Union Pacific Railroad, created America‟s first destination ski resort at Sun Valley, Idaho. Looking to Europe for inspiration, he imported European ideas and ski instructors to capitalize on the mountains of the American West, fostering a transnational industry. Ski mountains throughout the West built off of Sun Valley‟s success and modeled themselves after this first resort. This thesis explores the development of Sun Valley while also examining tensions which exist between transnational and national ambitions throughout history. Topics examined in this thesis are the development of Sun Valley and the ski industry, national concerns over the believed Nazi sympathies of Austrian ski instructors, the relationship of Hollywood with destination resorts, the Tenth Mountain Division, and changes in consumerism following World War II.
[Show full text]
John Dakin (970) 949-1999 [email protected] GERMAN OLYMPIC
For Immediate Release February 28, 2006 Media Contact: John Dakin (970) 949-1999 [email protected] GERMAN OLYMPIC TRIPLE MEDALIST ROSI MITTERMAIER HONORED AS 2006 LEGEND OF HONOR AT COUNTRYWIDE AMERICAN SKI CLASSIC VAIL, Colorado--A very special ceremony will round out the 2006 Countrywide American Ski Classic social festivities Saturday evening, March 25, as one of Germany’s most prolific ski racers will be honored as Rosi Mittermaier is inducted into the International Ski Hall of Fame at the Legends Banquet. “Rosi Mittermaier is a tremendous ambassador for the sport of skiing,” explained Ceil Folz, president of the Vail Valley Foundation. “Her competitive career ranks among the all time greats, while her professional endeavors continue to promote and further skiing at all levels. It is indeed an honor for us to welcome Rosi to the International Ski Hall of Fame as 2006’s Legend of Honor.” A triple Olympic medalist at the 1976 Games in Innsbruck, Austria, Mittermaier claimed the gold in Downhill and Slalom, while mining silver in Giant Slalom. She also collected an FIS World Championships gold medal in Combined at the Innsbruck Games. Mittermaier missed the Olympic hat trick by a mere 12-hundredths of a second as Canadian Kathy Kreiner spoiled the celebration with the Giant Slalom gold. One half second ahead of Kreiner’s pace at the midway timing split, the German lost precious fractions of a second when she took too direct a line into one of the final gates. The season-long 1976 campaign proved to be a special one for Mittermaier.
[Show full text]
2014 Winter Olympic Competing Nations ALBANIA (ALB)
2014 Winter Olympic Competing Nations We list below detailed historial Olympic information for every IOC Member Nation that has previously competed at the Olympic Winter Games and that will compete in Sochi, as of 27 January 2014. There appear to be 88 qualified NOCs that have met IF quota requirements as of 24 January, and have accepted them (the previous record for a Winter Olympics is 82 in 2010 at Vancouver). Unfortunately, after reallocation of some quotas, only the skiing federation (FIS) has published the final quotas as of 26 January. We have tried to list below the sports for which each NOC has qualified but there is a small chance, with reallocations, that there may be minor differences in the final allocation by sport. There are seven nations that will compete in Sochi that have never before competed at the Olympic Winter Games – Dominica, Malta, Paraguay, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tonga, and Zimbabwe. Their factsheets have been published previously on olympstats.com – see http://olympstats.com/2014/01/23/new-winter-olympic-nations-for-sochi/, which came out on 23 January. One problem nation is listed below and that is DPR Korea (North). They have not qualified any athletes for Sochi. They had the 1st and 2nd reserves for pairs figure skating but those do not appear to have been chosen by final reallocation of quota sports by the International Skating Union (ISU). However, yesterday (26 January), DPR Korea has petitioned the IOC for redress to allow them to have Olympic athletes compete in Sochi. So they are included below but it is unknown if they will compete.
[Show full text]
Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games Οι χειμερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες όπως και οι θερινοί, αποτελούν μια αθλητική διοργάνωση παγκόσμιας εμβέλειας, που συγκεντρώνει χιλιάδες αθλητές σε μια συγκεκριμένη πόλη, κάθε τέσσερα χρόνια. Η έννοια των λέξεων, «χειμερινοί αγώνες» παραπέμπει σε αθλήματα που διεξάγονται στο χιόνι και στον πάγο, όπως το αλπικό σκι, το σκι ανωμάλου δρόμου, το καλλιτεχνικό πατινάζ, τα αγωνίσματα του ελκήθρου, το χόκει επί πάγου και άλλα. Οι πρώτοι Χειμερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες διεξήχθησαν στο Chamonix της Γαλλίας, το 1924 και από τότε διεξάγονταν κάθε 4 χρόνια, μέχρι και το 1936 αφού η επιρροή του δευτέρου παγκοσμίου πολέμου υποχρέωσε τους ιθύνοντες να σταματήσουν κάθε δραστηριότητα. Το ‘40 και το ’44, αν και υπήρξαν πόλεις που είχαν αναλάβει τους αγώνες, αυτοί ποτέ δεν έγιναν. Άρχισαν εκ νέου το 1948 και διεξάγονταν την ίδια χρονιά με τους θερινούς, μέχρι το 1992. Το 1994, στο Lillehammer ήταν η πρώτη χρονιά που διεξήχθησαν διαφορετικό έτος από τους θερινούς, κάτι που ισχύει μέχρι και σήμερα. Πολλές χώρες είναι αυτές που έχουν φιλοξενήσει χειμερινούς Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες, όμως οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες το έχουν κάνει τέσσερις φορές (Lake Placid 1932 και 1980, Squaw Valley 1960 και Salt Lake City 2002) και η Γαλλία τρεις (Chamonix 1924, Grenoble 1968 και Albertville 1992). Δύο φορές έχει φιλοξενήσει την μεγαλύτερη γιορτή των χειμερινών σπορ η Ιταλία (Cortina d’ Ampezzo 1956 και Torino 2006), η Ιαπωνία (Sapporo 1972 και Nagano 1998) και η Αυστρία (Innsbruck 1964 και 1976). Αθλήματα Στις μέρες μας τα Ολυμπιακά αθλήματα φτάνουν τα 15 και χωρίζονται σε 7 αθλήματα χιονιού και 8 αθλήματα πάγου. Σ αυτά, θα γίνουν 86 αγωνίσματα και θα δοθούν τα ανάλογα χρυσά μετάλλια.
[Show full text]
Ussa Awards Manual
USSA AWARDS MANUAL July 1, 2013 July 1, 2013 TO: USSA Sport Committee Chairs USSA Sport Directors USSA Awards Working Group FROM: Tom Kelly, Awards WG Liaison Bill Slattery, Chairman, USSA Awards Working Group Following is a complete outline of USSA’s organizational awards, designed to honor athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers for service on behalf of our ski and snowboard athletes. This manual is designed to assist you in management of awards selection within your sport, and to represent your sport in selection of organizational awards. It also includes a guideline for future awards you may wish to consider in your sport. As a sport committee chair, sport director, we would like you to be working on your nominations during the course of the season, so that you can provide detailed nominations no later than April 4. We will send out nomination information and convene a conference call on April 10 at 11:00 a.m. mountain time (call in information to be provided to the working group at a later date) so that the working group can participate in a discussion of the award nominations. Thanks for your cooperation! USSA Awards 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page USSA AWARDS WORKING GROUP..................................................................................................................................... 5 AWARDS RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPORT COMMITTEES .................................................................................................. 6 DISCRETIONARY AWARDS SELECTION PROCESS ..........................................................................................................6
[Show full text]
Johnny Ski School
The original materials in this publication are from Estonian author Kaarle Zilmer and the artist is Ylle Meister. We are very pleased that they allowed us to adapt this so our best U.S. athletes can give you their tips on becoming a great skier. J O H N N YS` S K I S C H O O L H e l l o ! For several years we have not had a real winter. Snow has not fallen or a sudden snow- fall has appeared and quickly melted. Therefore you have not been able to ski properly; some children do not even know how to ski. For this reason, with a little planning and gathering of ideas, JOHNNY`S SKI SCHOOL was established. We hope that you find something here useful and interesting. We hope that our ski lessons are practical for many boys and girls, because JOHNNY´S SKI SCHOOL: • Is for all children, who wish to learn to ski • Relates stories of winter, snow, nature and folk wisdom • Teaches about ski tracks, downhill slopes and jumping performance • Provides advice about ski equipment • Teaches uphill and downhill, falling and recovery, turning and braking and all ski techniques • Describes all skiing as one sporting discipline • Offers reading and ideas to work on Surely from this book you will find what TO LEARN. If someone wants to TEACH, you may also discover something. JOHNNY will be of great assistance and you will meet him on each page; his advice is worthwhile. Also helping will be ALAN ALBORN, TODD LODWICK ,NINA KEMPPEL and PICABO STREET.
[Show full text]
Alpine Skiing – Slalom, Women Times Contested 17 Total Competitors 628 Total Nations 67
Alpine Skiing – Slalom, Women Times Contested 17 Total Competitors 628 Total Nations 67 Year Event Competitors Nations 1948 Slalom, Women 28 10 1952 Slalom, Women 40 14 1956 Slalom, Women 48 16 1960 Slalom, Women 43 14 1964 Slalom, Women 46 16 1968 Slalom, Women 49 18 1972 Slalom, Women 42 13 1976 Slalom, Women 42 16 1980 Slalom, Women 47 21 1984 Slalom, Women 45 19 1988 Slalom, Women 57 25 1992 Slalom, Women 63 31 1994 Slalom, Women 55 22 1998 Slalom, Women 57 27 2002 Slalom, Women 68 33 2006 Slalom, Women 64 33 2010 Slalom, Women 87 47 Medals Won by Nations RankUS RankEuro NOC Gold Silver Bronze Totals 1 3 France 2 4 2 8 2 5 Austria 1 4 2 7 =3 =1 Switzerland 3 1 1 5 =3 =1 United States 3 1 1 5 5 4 Germany 2 1 2 5 6 6 Italy 1 2 - 3 7 7 Fed. Rep. Germany 1 1 1 3 8 9 Liechtenstein 1 - 2 3 9 8 Canada 1 1 - 2 10 10 Sweden 1 - 1 2 11 11 Croatia 1 - - 1 =12 =12 New Zealand - 1 - 1 =12 =12 Yugoslavia - 1 - 1 =14 =14 Australia - - 1 1 =14 =14 Czech Republic - - 1 1 =14 =14 Slovenia - - 1 1 =14 =14 Soviet Union - - 1 1 =14 =14 Spain - - 1 1 Totals (17 events) 17 17 17 51 Most Gold Medals 2 Vreni Schneider (SUI) Most Medals 2 Vreni Schneider (SUI/200) 2 Marielle Goitschel (FRA/110) 2 Anja Pärson (SWE/101) 2 Hanni Wenzel (LIE/101) 2 Marlies Schild (AUT/011) 2 Christa Kinshofer-Güthlein (FRG/011) Youngest Competitors 14-121 Betsy Clifford (CAN-1968, *15 October 1953) 14-283 Kathy Kreiner (CAN-1972, *4 May 1957) 14-330 Lina Aristodimou (CYP-1980, *30 March 1965) 15-054 Ana Jelušić (CRO-2002, *28 December 1986) 15-074 Steinunn Sæmundsdóttir (ISL-1976,
[Show full text]
Awards Manual
2021 U.S. SKI & SNOWBOARD AWARDS MANUAL U.S. Ski & Snowboard Awards 1 June 10, 2020 TO: U. S. Ski & Snowboard Sport Committee Chairs U. S. Ski & Snowboard Awards Working Group FROM: Bill Slattery, Chairman, U. S. Ski & Snowboard Awards Working Group Tom Kelly, Vice Chairman, U. S. Ski & Snowboard Awards Working Group Following is a complete outline of U. S. Ski & Snowboard’s organizational awards, designed to honor athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers for service on behalf of our ski and snowboard athletes. This manual is designed to assist you in management of awards selection within your sport, and to represent your sport in selection of organizational awards. It also includes a guideline for future awards you may wish to consider in your sport. As a sport committee chair, sport director, we would like you to be working on your nominations during the course of the season, so that you can provide detailed nominations no later than April 5, 2021. We will send out nomination information and convene a conference call on April 7, 2021 so that the working group can participate in a discussion of the award nominations. Thank you for your cooperation! U.S. Ski & Snowboard Awards 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page U. S. SKI & SNOWBOARD AWARDS WORKING GROUP............................................................................................... 4 AWARDS RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPORT COMMITTEES ............................................................................................. 5 DISCRETIONARY AWARDS SELECTION PROCESS ....................................................................................................
[Show full text]
Sahalie's Connections to the Winter Olympics
Sahalie’s Connections to the Winter Olympics By Dave Galvin As the XXII (that’s 22nd in American) Winter Olympiad gets underway in Sochi, it is worth remembering that Sahalie has at least three Olympic connections, two of them married to each other and the other via marriage, over the club’s 83-year history. In the beginning, there was Don Fraser and, later, Gretchen Kunigk Fraser. When Sahalie Ski Club was formed, known at the time as Commonwealth Ski Club, in the 1931/’32 winter season, the main competitive skiing events internationally were in ski jumping and in “langlauf” or cross-country skiing – the historic “Nordic” events. Slalom and downhill were brand new and not yet sanctioned for Olympic competition. The first such “Alpine” events were held at the 1936 Olympics at Garmish-Partenkirchen in Germany. A local guy by the name of Don Fraser was part of those Olympics – named for his alpine prowess but also a strong cross-country potential for the nascent U.S. Olympic Ski Team in 1936. Don grew up in Vancouver, Washington, and was among the very first competitive alpine racers in the Northwest in the 1930s. He was an early member of Commonwealth Ski Club, helping to teach alpine technique to the new club’s members and organizing the early Carnivals. He was the “fox” in the third Commonwealth Ski Club Carnival in 1934 (age 21 at the time), chased by the rest of the club’s “hounds” through the forest on their combined cross-country/downhill skis of the day; the winner was the hound who could wrest the long-tailed hat from the fox during the chase.1 Don won the first Silver Skis race on Mt.
[Show full text]
White Repeats Halfpipe Gold Mancuso Charges to 2 All Four Riders
VANCOUVER 2010 February 18 , 2010 White Repeats Halfpipe Gold Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) had already secured his second straight Olympic gold medal, but that didn't stop him from stomping one last epic run for the fans Wednesday night in the Cypress Mountain halfpipe - including his patented Double Events February 19 McTwist 1260. "It was everything I had dreamed of," White said 10:00 a.m. after his astronomical score of 48.4. "Honestly, the dreams I've M Ski Jump, LH had matched this." U.S. teammate Scott Lago (Seabrook, NH) Qualifying took home the bronze with a score of 42.8. 11:30 a.m. nd M Alpine, SG Mancuso Charges to 2 Silver 1:00 p.m. W Cross Country, 15K Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) charted a courageous line 3:45 p.m. through Thursday afternoon's slalom run to earn her second silver M/W Skeleton, Finals in two events at these 2010 Games. Her three career Olympic 4:45 p.m. medals tie Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) for the most ever by a U.S. Ice Dancing skier. Maria Riesch (Germany) won super combined gold after rival and first-run leader Lindsey Vonn (Vail CO) hooked her tip around a gate and crashed. "That was the best victory run of my life. On this world stage, why not All Four Riders Qualify for Finals deliver something spectacular? I feel All four US riders advanced to the semifinals in women’s snowboard like I came all the way to Canada, I talked about this trick so much, halfpipe after qualifying rounds .
[Show full text]