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Class of 2015 Induction Maine Ski Hall of Fame Saturday, October 24, 2015 Grand Summit Hotel Sunday River Ski Resort Newry, Maine

1 PROGRAM Masters of Ceremonies Greg Sweetser • Dave Irons • Russ Murley • John Christi e

Class of 2015 Tom Kendall John Diller Megan Roberts Luba Lowery Bruce Chalmers John Ritzo Peter Davis Jill Sickels Matlock

M ISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Maine Ski Hall of Fame is to recognize those skiers, who through their efforts and achievements have brought distinction to Maine skiing. Some of these skiers made their mark in competition. Others were founders who built the sport into a way of life for so many Mainers. Still more were teachers who led countless skiers and competitors into our sport. Some had an intense impact on local skiers while others gained prominence on an international scale. Thanks to these skiers Maine has an industry that is a vital part of the economy, not only in the mountains, but throughout the state. It is to recognize the importance of skiing to Maine and its citizens that the Maine Ski Hall of Fame has been formed. By enshrining those men and women who founded and built the sport in Maine, competitors who brought prominence to Maine skiing, their coaches and mentors, and others who have made significant contributions, we shall create a permanent record of their endeavors and achievements. By doing this we shall preserve this history for those to follow, that they may understand the great achievements of these individuals. Congratulations! to Megan Roberts and Jill Sickels Matlock and all Maine Ski Hall Why would of Fame inductees! anyone bank anywhere else?

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Born into a skiing family it would seem Tom Kendall had with his XC, NC, and Jumping little choice other than becoming a skier. His parents put him Technical Director credentials on skis at the age of four and by ten he was skiing competitively. Tom returned to Maine to start Like his parents and siblings Tom took to skiing and soon the his family. He wasn’t away from trophies and awards were piling up from ski events both alpine skiing competition for long as and Nordic throughout New England. At Edward Little he was a his former Dartmouth Coach Al member of two Maine State High School Championship teams Merrill called him to serve as XC and a New England Championship team earning a spot on the Assistant Chief of Protocol at the 1968 Jr. National Alpine Team. That year he was also New 1980 Olympics. England Skimeister. The Auburn native continued his success In the meantime he pursued at Dartmouth where he captained the Freshman ski Team, his fascination with computers competed in two NCAA ski championships and won the Donald and when his children began skiing competitively he shared Cooke Award for excellence in four event skiing. the frustration that everyone involved in ski competition Following graduation from Dartmouth Tom served as experienced, endless waiting for results. Unlike the rest he did Nordic Program Director for the U. S. Eastern Amateur Ski something about it. As a Digital Equipment Corp. computer Association, a position he held until 1975. During his tenure dealer he took their new DecMate model and developed a Kendall developed and oversaw the Travelers PEP program program to compile and print results at Black Mountain for the to promote XC skiing throughout New England, organized Chisholm ski Club. the public TV broadcast of the U. S. Jumping Championships That was the beginning of a career that has seen Kendall in Brattleboro, VT and was team leader for three Jr. National time HS and MS alpine and Nordic events, several junior Teams that had several future Olympians as members. He nationals, XC as well as Jumping and Nordic combined, a pair also played a key role along with Avery Caldwell and Joe Pete of North American Biathlon Championships, and a World Cup, Wilson in forming the first Professional Nordic Ski Instructors along with serving as Chief of Timing at the 2002 Salt Lake Association. Olympics for all the events at Soldier Hollow. During those years Kendall got his first experience as part Now as a full time timekeeper the Auburn native works of ski competition that would become his career, when he was more than 40 weekends year traveling in his van filled with the timer for the Washington’s Birthday XC races in Putney, timing equipment. This devotion to skiing combined with VT and tried to bring real time results to the event before solving a major problem for the sport has earned Tom Kendall the days of portable computers. Leaving USEASA in 1975 a place in the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.

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5 John Diller

John Diller first skied in 1959 at Sunday River when his uncle Howard That season Joan McWilliams Cole, one of the area’s founders took him skiing over Christmas vacation. (Now Dolan) won her first National That introduction led to his skiing whenever possible at Sugarloaf and Overall Title at Wildcat, a feat she racing with the ski team at Skowhegan High School and at Northland would repeat in 1977 and 1978. College in Wisconsin. Frank Howell won the men’s overall Returning to Maine after college in 1970, John became an instructor in 1977 and in 1978 Maine was the in the Sugarloaf Ski School, earned his PSIA certification and within a team to beat and Peter Young, Greg couple of years took over the Masters Program. At that time the program Stump, Doug Rand and Geoff Stump was about final forms as taught by PSIA with competitions consisting of all won titles in their age group. The demonstrating mastery of snowplow, stem turns, parallel turns, short tutorial program eventually led to the swing and galundesprung. As various tricks were added to make the founding of CVA. runs more exciting the Masters competition evolved into freestyle. John John’s leadership in raising the level of Maine freestyle was seen Diller was right in the middle of this new form of skiing competition, by higher ups at Sugarloaf and he was tapped by operations manager attending every meeting of the rules committee as they defined the Hazen McMullen to be his assistant, taking over as Operations VP in scoring and judging of this new form of alpine ski competition. 1980 and as general manager of Sugarloaf in 1998. The first National Freestyle Championships were held at Killington Since becoming GM at Sugarloaf, Diller has managed both Sunday in 1975, and while the Maine kids did very well, the kids from Vermont River and Sugarloaf at the same time and under the ownership of Boyne were very strong coming from programs that allowed them to ski every been in charge of all three Eastern resorts, Loon, Sugarloaf and Sunday day. Recognizing the need for more concentrated coaching and skiing, River. Boyne owner Steve Kircher called Diller the best operations John started a tutorial program at Sugarloaf for the 1975-76 season. manager in the entire Boyne USA company. The program consisted of one week a month through the winter with From the time he joined the Sugarloaf Ski School he has served the kids skiing in the morning and doing homework provided by their laying the groundwork for national freestyle, found time to serve on the schools in the basement of the chapel in the afternoon. It started with board of the Sugarloaf Ski Club, and the Board of Trustees at CVA. This just kids in the Sugarloaf program but expanded to included kids from long career totally devoted to every aspect of skiing has earned John all over the state, and soon the best skiers in the state were training Diller a place in the Maine Ski all of Fame. together at Sugarloaf.

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7 Megan Roberts

Megan Roberts started skiing at age five in the Farmington general manager. She was a key Ski Club Saturday Ski School at Titcomb Mountain. Living next figure in reintegrating the UMF ski to Alden Mitchell a Titcomb patroller she was able to hitch rides program with Titcomb. Among with his family every weekend. She was soon racing in the Buddy her other achievements as GM Werner weekly races which prepared her for the Mount Blue High was fund raising to install at new School Ski team. At Mount Blue her team won the State Class beginner lift. During her tenure A Championship. Racing in USSA events under the Farmington membership was increased, Ski Club Megan made the Maine Team that competed in the bringing in more revenue, Eastern Championships. This experience also helped her develop boosting morale and making into a Division 1 racer at Plymouth State College where she co- possible other improvements captained the ski team. Her performance led to her being the to the area. Her dedication was first female named “Athlete of the Week” at the school, opening rewarded with a life membership at Titcomb Mountain. the door for other female athletes to be recognized. Constantly volunteering on and off the slopes, Megan After college Megan headed west to the Rockies where she joined the board of directors of the Ski Museum of Maine and coached in the Breckenridge race program. She also started a was instrumental in locating a physical space to move the many technique class for the Moms of the kids in the race program, the artifacts and documents out of storage and into displays. She first of its kind at Breckenridge. served as the first curator of the museum and under the current Returning to Maine in the mid eighties Megan moved to management created an online store for the museum. Camden and became an administrative assistant for the Snow During the past year, Megan has returned to her roots, once Bowl race program where she also coached and taught a class again taking on the position of General Manager at Titcomb called “Women’s Way”. Under the ski club she helped get the Mountain for the Farmington Ski Club. Under her direction the “Mainely Masters” race circuit going for skiers 25 and older. ski club is looking forward to further growth in ski school with an After a stint at Taos in New Mexico as a PSIA ski instructor, emphasis on bringing ever more young skiers into the programs Roberts again returned to Maine and in her hometown of along with the continuation of the area’s strong commitment Farmington volunteered as secretary of the Farmington Ski Club to racing, both alpine and Nordic. This lifelong devotion to the serving as a ski instructor, race coach, fund raiser and general sport of skiing in every aspect has earned Megan Roberts a place helper. In 2000 she was hired as Titcomb Mountain’s first female in the Maine Ski Hall of Fame. KYES Insurance Congratulations Megan from the

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9 Luba Lowery

Luba Lowery spent the first four years of her life in a Russian reputation as an all around alpine orphanage outside Moscow before being adopted by an American racer. She matched that success family and joining them in Cumberland at age four. Having been in 2009-2010 adding top fives born with a disorder without hip sockets, a year later she began skiing in the Maine Handicapped Skiing (Now Maine Adaptive and podiums on her way to the Sports) program at Sunday River. At age 8, she lost a leg to that US Disabled Olympic team and congenital bone defect but continued skiing as a sit skier. At the Vancouver Winter Olympics age 11, Luba joined the MHS race team and received the Diana where she finished 7th in GS Golden Cup at the end of her first two years. Those early races and 9th in SL against the finest caught the attention of US Ski Team coaches and by the time she disabled skiers in the World. was on the 9th grade ski team at Greely HS she was the Junior Disabled National Champion. Through her career as a disabled ski racer, Luba has won That success led to a switch to Gould Academy to allow numerous awards including the 2006 Head of School Award at more time on snow and her results improved. Lowery was Gould Academy, the Stephen Ricci Award for Leadership in 2010 Junior National Disabled Champion in 2003-2004 and repeated in from the National Sports Center for the disabled and she was 2004-2005. After losing the 2005-2006 season due to injury she a finalist for the Pioneer Award for Leadership at University of returned to competition for the 2006-2007 season and continued Denver in 2010. piling up impressive results, 4th in GS at the Ski Spectacular in Breckenridge, CO, 3rd in GS at the Meridian Cup at Winter Park, After the Olympics and completion of college at Denver U. and 2nd and 3rd in SL, and 3rd and 4th in GS at the US Disabled Luba returned to New England to earn her Master’s Degree in Championships at Waterville Valley. Social Work at Boston College, and do some recreational skiing. The next three seasons were equally successful for Luba During the 2014-2015 season, she returned to Maine Adaptive as most of her races ended with her on the podium. In the US Sports and Recreation as a race coach with plans to continue. National Disabled Championships in 2008 at Big Sky, she finished Luba also serves on the board of the organization. second in downhill, and Super G and won the Slalom Gold. This was followed by a pair of Gold Medals on her home mountain, This record of success in competition and a continuing Sunday River in SG and SL. In 2009 Luba finished 4th in SL, 3rd contribution as a race coach of other handicapped skiers has in GS, 4th in SG and 5th in DH, at the Nationals adding to her earned Luba Lowery a place in the Maine ski Hall of Fame.

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Bruce Chalmers started skiing at Pleasant Mountain at the lodge. The youngsters came age of 12 when his family moved to Bridgton. He actually bought from the entire area of Western the first ever season pass at the mountain, then only a year Maine, Fryeburg, Lovell, Sebago, younger than he was. In 1950 as a freshman Bruce started a ski Denmark, Naples, and Harrison team at Bridgton High School and was one of only seven boys to join the group from Bridgton. from New England invited to a Junior Olympic Camp at Mount Pleasant Mountain under Russ Cranmore. He was among the skiers who raced every year in Haggett agreed to provide special the annual Sugarloaf Schuss, the biggest ski race in Maine at the rates, free lunches at times and time. In college he again took the initiative and rejuvenated the in many cases would provide Bowdoin Ski Team which he went on to coach and captain and equipment either free or at a was Ski Meister in his junior year when the team won the Maine reduced rate. Inter-Collegiate Championship. Bruce, along with his wife Laurie ran the program into the After graduating from Bowdoin, Bruce Chalmers returned to mid 80’s which had ballooned to 400 kids, from elementary his home town of Bridgton and took on the task of promoting through high school and took 75 volunteers to run. The program junior skiing in his area and in particular at Pleasant Mountain was so successful that Pleasant Mountain reached out to other where the junior program had about six kids. areas and ski programs from as far away as Cape Elizabeth began As a volunteer coach of the Bridgton High Girls ski team Bruce running junior ski programs with the same format. wanted to make sure that as many kids as possible had a chance At the end of each season the program has a race day and to learn skiing. He got involved with the Pleasant Mountain Ski sets up courses on the entire mountain with each course based Club which ran the junior program serving as president for many on the skier’s ability, so many of the students were introduced to years. racing and some went on to race for their schools. In that capacity he contacted the various schools in the area The program is still going strong to this day, (Now Shawnee and convinced the towns to bus the kids to Pleasant Mountain Peak) 50 years later. Over those years thousands of youngsters for an afternoon of skiing with lessons. This opened a whole new have been introduced to the sport of skiing. This lifelong devotion wave of children in skiing. Bruce recruited dozens of volunteers to skiing has earned Bruce Chalmers a place in the Maine Ski Hall as instructors and as helpers with the buses and in the base of Fame.

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12 13 John Ritzo

With his father stationed in Germany with the U. S. Army, ballet, freeride, snowboard John Ritzo got his start on skis at age three. The early start was racing, halfpipe, slopestyle, a natural for the son of a skier who had patrolled at Cannon boardercross and Alpine Mountain in 1938 and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a center of Leadership Pursuits for Skiing recreation for U.S. GIs in Germany, was the perfect place to and Snowboarding (ALPS). learn. Returning to the U.S. the family settled in Leominster, The success of Ritzo’s MA where his father helped in getting Mt. Waschusett up and leadership is best borne out by running. With his father instructing and patrolling John had results. Today CVA has over the run of the mountain developing the skills that would lead 115 students living and working to his making the University of New Hampshire ski team in his on a brand new King Cummings freshman year. Campus, fully accredited During his college years he skied at Cannon, Wildcat and since 1991 by the New England Association of Schools and Tuckerman Ravine. Following graduation he moved with his Colleges. The list of advanced education institutions gratefully new bride, to her home town of Franconia where he taught accepting CVA grads includes the finest in the country, Harvard, and directed the outdoor program at White Mountain School. Dartmouth, Stanford and Cal Tech to name just a few. CVA He eventually became Assistant Headmaster preparing him for grads not only get into these schools, they excel. being named Headmaster at Carrabassett Valley Academy. Naturally Sugarloaf has provided the ideal training mountain In 1986, John was appointed as Headmaster of the three and John always fostered the relationship with the mountain year old Carrabassett Valley Academy, a school with just and along with the Sugarloaf Ski Club developed the CVA 54 students operating out of the former Capricorn Lodge weekend program to expand the reach of both the school and on Rte. 27. The mission was to “foster focused individual the mountain. student-athlete development by providing the optimum Of course, the headline component of CVA’s achievements balance between outstanding college preparatory academics, in his 26 years is the number of CVA athletes who have gone responsible community living and world class athletic training on to achieve at the highest levels of competition winning in in competitive skiing and snowboarding”. both World Cup and Olympics, the likes of Bode Miller, Kirsten John wasted no time in the quest to achieve the goal of Clark and Seth Wescott. This total devotion to CVA, Sugarloaf making CVA the “best snowsports academy in the World”, with and Maine skiers in building successful athletes, students and a special focus on academics. He recruited highly qualified exceptional citizens has made Carrabassett Valley Academy teachers and coaches and spread the focus beyond just the leader in such schools, and has earned John Ritzo a rightful alpine ski racing to include programs for freestyle, moguls, place in the Maine Ski Hall of Fame

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15 Peter Davis

Growing up in Auburn, Peter Davis was exposed early to young athletes that competed skiing and by the time he entered Edward Little High School on the national and Olympic he was a budding cross country ski racer. As a member of his levels, including three individual high school Nordic ski team he won the Maine State Junior champions at the 1975 U. S. Nordic Championships in 1964 and won the Ted Liberty Award Nordic Junior Nationals. for the most improved skier at ELHS. The following year as From 1977 to 1980 he a student at New England College he addressed the school’s founded and directed Telemark lack of a ski team by competing on his own as a self coached Academy, Telemark, WI independent on the Eastern Ski Circuit. In 1967 Davis was training dozens more young named to the Eastern Nordic Ski Team and began to compete cross country skiers developing at the collegiate level when NEC introduced four event National Junior and Senior competition. Champions as well as three Olympic Team Members. During the 68-69 season the Auburn athlete qualified for In 1978 Davis served as assistant U. S. Coach at the World the NCAA Ski Championships as an individual competitor Nordic Championships in Lahti, Finland, in 1979 as head (top five overall eastern results), earning a spot on the US Coach of the U.S. World Junior Nordic team in Switzerland, Nordic Ski Team. He was named to the Eastern SR. Nordic and in 1980 as Assistant U.S. Coach at the Lake Placid Team that traveled to and competed in the U. S. Nationals in Olympic Games. Through his coaching career the Auburn Durango, CO. IN 1970 Peter was selected as part of a seven native continued to compete winning gold medals at the U.S. man team for the World Ski Championships in Vysoke Tatra, Masters Nordic Championships at Telemark, WI in 15 and 30 Czecchoslovakia. While in Europe he raced in a Swedish K in 1983-84, another gold medal in the 1988 Classic Grand Vasaloppett 85 K race and finished 210thout of 12,000 skiers. Prix 30 K at Mont Ste. Anne, Quebec and a bronze medal the On graduation from New England College Davis received the following year at the World Masters Nordic Championships 15 George C. Parmenter Award for leadership through sports, and 30 K at the same Canadian resort. and in 1971 was named to the U.S. Cross Country Training Since 1990 he has continued to compete winning Team where he raced on the Central European Tour numerous masters races and in 1993 was inducted into A year later he retired from the U.S. Team to take over the New England College Sports Hall of Fame. This lifelong as Director and Head Coach of the Lyndon Nordic Training devotion to Nordic Skiing has earned Peter Davis a place in Center in Lyndon, VT. There Davis recruited and trained many the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.

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16 Jill Sickels Matlock

When her family moved to Farmington in 1969 Jill Sickels In 1993 the Maine skier (Now Matlock) started taking ski lessons and soon was racing moved to Crested Butte to in the Buddy Werner League at Titcomb Mountain. Her first teach for the ski school, where USSA race was at Mount Hermon when she was in 3rd grade, in 2000 she was selected to the picking up her first trophy for 3rd place, the beginning of PSIA National Alpine Team and standout junior racing career. was able to attend the Interski In junior high and through her freshman year, Jill was a event in Crans Montana, three event skier, XC, SL and GS on the Wilton Academy Mt. Switzerland in 2003. At Crested Blue Jr. High Ski Team and the Mt. Blue High School team. Butte Jill was in one of the In 1978, as a sophomore, she decided to focus on alpine hotbeds of Extreme Skiing and ski racing and she credits Coach Tom Reynolds who was won four U.S. Extreme Skiing heavily involved in starting the Farmington Ski Education Championships on the North Face at her home mountain. Foundation with getting her on the road to success. Jill raced She was also a top five finisher in five World Extreme Skiing out of Farmington until her senior year when she switched Championships along with winning the New Zealand Extreme to Green Mountain Valley School and continued there for a Skiing title and finishing second in the event in Las Lenas, post graduate year to race in the more competitive Vermont Argentina and 3rd in Chamonix, France. environment to prepare for college racing. In three decades Jill has taught, coached, and competed At the University of New Hampshire she skied on the around the globe against many of the World’s finest skiers. school’s Division I team and competed in four NCAA National She is a Level III PSIA instructor and National Team Alumnus Championships, resulting in her being selected as a member and Examiner. On the coaching side she is a Level II USSCA of the U. S. team to the FISU World University Games in Sofia, coach. Her achievements have led to plenty of recognition, Bulgaria. named one of the Top 100 Ski Instructors in America by Ski After college Jill embarked on a skiing career in coaching, Magazine, awarded Colorado Ski Country USA’s Ski Instructor teaching and competing, 2 years as a coach at GMVS and 4 of the Year and named one of Powder Magazine’s Best Skiers years at CVA. While at CVA she began some USSA coaching in North America. This career of skiing, coaching and teaching training and also some PSIA instructor training with the at the highest levels has earned Jill Sickels Matlock a rightful Sugarloaf Ski School, achieving full PSIA certification. place in the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.

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19 Maine Ski Hall of Fame - Year Thirteen

When we started the Maine Ski Hall of fame in 2003 we knew skiing operation in New England? Or Sunday River one of the very of many Maine skiers who had achieved greatly in our sport. The largest ski resorts in the Northeast? ones who had represented their country in every Winter Olympics From the early competitors and pioneers who got things since 1948 were easy to identify. Coming up with the names of started to those who kept things moving and built a sport that skiers who had skied on the U.S. Ski Team but had not been on has become a way of life to so many here in Maine, these skiers the team in the highly publicized Olympic years was not quite as deserve recognition. It is vital that their stories be recorded and easy, but a number have been recognized. Coaches, officials, kept alive for generations of skiers yet to come. And that is what ski instructors, volunteers who are so vital to the any kind of ski the Maine Ski Hall of Fame is all about. It was only natural that competition also frequently fly under the radar, performing in the the Hall of Fame became a division of the Ski Museum of Maine. background. Both are about preserving the history, both past and present of In any athletic Hall of Fame competitors are the first to come the sport and both need your help. to mind. They are highly visible and garner a lot of press. But ours The Maine Ski Hall of Fame is indebted to the advertisers is sport that is contested not in arenas but on mountain sides, in this program who each support this endeavor. Also critical woodland trails and hills specifically designed for jumping. The is the Hall of Fame Committee and selection Committee pioneers who built these lifts and trails so they could ski and race Chairman Bob Flynn whose hard work results in a class of worthy also created an industry that provides over $300 million annually inductees each year. If you know a skier who is deserving of to the Maine economy. The first trail on Sugarloaf was created enshrinement go to www.skimusuemofmaine.org. Under Hall of by volunteers with the idea of being able to host major races Fame you will find the nomination form and from past inductees to compete with famous trails at Stowe and Cannon. Did those biographies examples of those who are qualified. With your help skiers envision a ski resort that would one day host World Cup the Maine Ski Hall of Fame can continue its important mission. Downhills including one that had to be moved from Austria due to lack of snow in Europe? Or a place that would host numerous Dave Irons, Chairman U.S. Alpine Championships, the latest being last February? Maine Ski Hall of Fame Committee Did the skiers who talked a farmer into letting them use his mountainside pastures for skiing see into the future that Pleasant Mountain (Now Shawnee Peak) would become the largest night

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20 Class of 2014

Back Row, L-R — Julie Parisien accepting for sister Anna and Brother Rob, Tom Gyger, Nikki Pilavakis-Davoren, Anne Carter accepting for husband the late Dave Carter

Front Row L-R — Bill Briggs, Brud Folger, Nicholas Burnett accepting for son Carl Burnett

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21 Russ Murley presenting to Brud Folger

Dave Irons presenting to Nikki Pilavakis-Davoren

About the Fireside Chats Program

The Ski Museum of Maine’s principal represents the broadest possible approach 6. Getting Organized: How Ski Clubs, education and outreach program is a 2. An Avalanche of Interest: The Colleges, Carnival Committees and Other series of Fireside Chats—narrated digital First 75 Years of Skiing in Maine. This Organizations Built the Sport and Culture slideshows that illustrate various aspects presentation is more narrowly focused of Skiing in Maine. Back when skiing was of the history of skiing in Maine. Fireside on the earliest period, from 1870 through morphing from winter transportation Chats are created and presented by Scott World War II, and includes more detailed Andrews, the Museum’s research director coverage of the early 20th century. into a popular form of recreation and and longtime snowsports journalist. Since 3. Schuss-Boom and Schuss-Bust: competition, myriad clubs, colleges and 2008, they have been given in more than Fast-Paced Growth and Face-Plants in carnival committees promoted winter 70 different communities across Maine Maine Skiing 1946-1980s. This program sports. This Fireside Chat traces these and over 4,000 people have seen at least focuses on the boom times following developments from the beginnings. one of the seven programs currently World War II. For most viewers under 80 7. The History of Ski and Snowboard available. years old, this period covers their personal Competition in Maine: From Winter Each Fireside Chat is a fascinating and experiences. A real trip down Memory Carnivals to World Cups. Maine’s long entertaining experience based on 100-plus Lane! vintage photographs collected from the 4. Made in Maine: 100-Plus Years heritage of snow sports competition Museum’s own archives plus several dozen of Craftsmanship in Skiing. This Fireside began with a flurry of winter carnivals collaborating clubs, organizations and Chat looks at skis, boots and other skiing in the 1920s. Maine has hosted seven private individuals. Typically hosted by ski products that were made in Maine from competitions at the World Cup/World clubs, ski resorts, civic organizations and the late 1800s to the present. Maine was Championship level. This newest Fireside historical societies, the programs are each once an important manufacturer of skis, Chat traces these developments from the about 50 minutes in length and audience boots and other gear. beginnings to the present. participation is highly encouraged. 5. Maine’s Nordic Skiing Heritage: To book a Fireside Chat, contact the 1. Down-Mountain and Cross- 1870-Present. Cross-country skiing and Museum’s Executive Director Bruce Miles Country: 140 Years of Skiing in Maine. jumping were Maine’s first ski formats This slideshow is an overview that covers 140 years ago, and Nordic continues to be at 207-265-2023 and by email at info@ all facets of skiing over the entire time important. This Fireside Chat looks at the skimuseumofmaine.org or Scott Andrews period, from the arrival of Scandinavian entire timespan of Maine skiing from the at 207-773-9609 and by email at schuss@ immigrants in 1870 to the present. It Nordic point of view. yahoo.com. 22 Hall of Famers Nikki Pilavakis Davoren and Julie Parisien Nuce with Nikki’s Bill Briggs not only accepted, but entertained. daughters Aslin Mary Doon (8) and Kadin Kalliope Rose (9)

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One of several display cases with pins, patches, books and other memorabilia. Paris Manufacturing one of the nation’s leading ski makers in the early days of sking and into the sixties. A display of Tubbs skis, a ski and snowshoe maker in Norway, Maine. A display of skis and other winter products from Paris Manufacturing. A display of Bass Boots and Cross Country Skis from the famous shoe and boot maker in Wilton, Maine. Both Paris and Bass were major suppliers of the 10th Mountain Division in World War II.

A display at the entrance of the museum with a bib from the Sugarloaf Heavyweight Race in the center.

24 In the early years a number of clothing stores added ski equipment and Dunham’s was one of the first.

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25 Ski Museum of Maine - Letter from the President

Maine to carry out its mission “The history of the world is but the of celebrating and preserving biography of great men” Maine’s skiing history and - Scottish philosopher and historian Thomas Carlyle heritage. Members serve on the museum’s board of As we celebrate the Maine Ski Fall of Fame Class of 2015 directors, contribute to our inductees, I’d like to edit this famous quote to “The history of annual fund, volunteer or Maine skiing is but the biography of great men and women.” For participate in all our events thirteen years, the Maine Ski Hall of fame has honored the great and donate their ski collections men and women who have made Maine skiing history. This year and records. This year, I’d we recognize a businessman and program developer, a male and particularly like to recognize, Bob female ski area manager, a ski race timing developer, Nordic racer, “Rem” Remington of the Class of 2005, Ski academy headmaster, extreme skier and paralympian. who with co-author brother Tom, has written and published “We As the English writer Virginia Woolf said “Nothing has really Jumped”, a chronicle of ski jumping in Western Maine from the happened until it has been recorded.” We would not know these 1950s-1980’s. All proceeds from sale of the book benefit The Ski great men and women if it weren’t for the establishment of the Museum of Maine. I’d like to close with another famous quote that Maine Ski Hall of Fame by its founder, Dave Irons, and dedicated describes all our Maine Ski Hall of Fame members: committee members (see page 3). The Maine Ski Hall of Fame “The measure of who we are is records the history of Maine skiing through the biographies produced for each class. They include competitors, coaches, what we do with what we have” instructors, ski patrollers, ski area builders, managers, volunteers, Coach Vince Lombardi inventors and business people. Since 2003, over 52,000 words have been written about 113 men and women who have distinguished Wende Gray themselves and our state through alpine and cross country skiing, President, Ski Museum of Maine snowboarding and ski jumping. Their biographies, published in the annual programs, are archived in the museum and on our website, www.skimuseumofmaine.org. I would like to thank all the Maine Ski Hall of Fame members who have donated their time and treasure to the Ski Museum of

Upcoming Museum Events October 29 February 10 Ski Season Launch Party Camden Snowbowl Portland Camden Celebrates Dimillo’s Restaurant Sonny Goodwin Free parking for attendees February 13 December 4th Sugarloaf inn Museum Open House and 9th annual Kingfield Art Walk Maine Ski Heritage 3-8pm Classic Refreshments served June 6 O M: Val Halla Golf Course Cumberland “To celebrate and preserve the heritage and 4th annual Ski Maine history of Maine skiing” Golf Classic Throughout the year Come visit the Ski Museum of Maine! Visit the New England Ski Museum’s exhibit “Skiing in the Pine Tree State” 256 Main Street A history of Maine skiing King eld, ME 04947 Tel. 207-265-2023 For more information on these and Other Museum events visit our website www.skimuseumofmaine.org

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