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ICE SKaTInG InSTITuTE 6000 Custer Rd., Bldg. 9 Plano, TX 75023 Phone: (972) 735-8800 50 Years Later Fax: (972) 735-8815 e-mail: [email protected] Memories of the Groundbreaking 1960 Winter Olympics www.skateisi.org ISI InTERNATIONAL by Lori Fairchild hEaDQUARTERS “The impact was tremen- Executive Director dous due to the television Peter Martell Director of SKatinG coverage,” says Carol Heiss Programs & Events Jenkins, the 1960 ladies’ gold Randy Winship Director of ManagemenT medalist. “Figure skating Programs & Services Sean Flynn lends itself beautifully to Director of Member Services television, because all of the Dawn Malone COntroller action is confined to the rink Donna Crooks space. You really have the AssistanT COntroller Elizabeth Kibat feeling that you’re watching Membership DepartmenT Manager Kathy Chase Bill Briner a show. After those Olympic Membership Coordinator Games, many more kids Mary ann Mangano PrinT Production & AdvertisinG/ wanted to try skating and Sponsorship Manager Carol Jackson started asking for skates the GRaPhic Designer next Christmas.” Logan McCoy Information Services Coordinator In addition, she points, Jeff anderson out, pre-1960 indoor ice Administrative AssistanT angela Tooley skating facilities were pri- Designed as the centerpiece for the 1960 Winter Games, Blyth Arena ISI OFFICERS marily associated with was a unique A-frame building featuring glass walls and one side open exclusive private clubs, President Jim hartnett to the mountains. 1st Vice President Mike Paikin hardly accessible to the 2nd Vice President Janice Forbes average American family. “But all of a sudden, Treasurer Rob McBride Secretary Margy Bennett t’s been a half-century since the VIII Winter we had community rinks in the suburbs, recre- Immediate Past President Jim Lange Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, Calif. ational rinks with public sessions, and the next DIRECTORS changed the face of winter and ice sports in District 1 Tiesha Potvin-Coale the United States. District 2 Robyn Bentley “The 1960 Winter Olympics were, in Olson Weldon Courtesy of District 3 Lisa Fedick I many ways, the genesis of our business and District 4 Christine Wilson Brinton District 5 Larry LaBorde served as a catalyst for the American ice arena District 6 Toni Cooper industry,” notes Peter Martell, executive director District 7 Jamie Baringer District 8 Susan D’aquila of the Ice Skating Institute. District 9 Bridgid LaMear “To put it into perspective, consider that, in District 10 Char Martin District 11 John Kanicka 1930, more than 50 years after the first artificial- District 12 Debbie Lane ly refrigerated ice rink was constructed in New District 13 allison Petsch York, there were still only 28 ice skating facilities District 14 Paige Scott District 15 Bert Blanchette in the entire country,” Martell says. “As of 1960, District 16 Cindy Solberg that number had still not reached 100. But by District 18 Glyn Jones hockey Dan Smith 1972, the figure had mushroomed to nearly 1,000. Builders & Suppliers Doug Peters Many would, directly or indirectly, attribute this Instructors David Santee explosive growth to the excitement and interest Commercial Facilities Liz Mangelsdorf Public/not-for-Profit Facilities Sara Bolan generated in Squaw Valley.” Schools/Colleges/ Universities alane Swiderski iaIM Chair Kevin McCormack PSa Representative Gerry Lane The Impact on Ice Sports uSFSa Representative Homer hagedorn The single most significant factor contributing to ISIasia Representative Raul Gomes aMMa Representative Trudy Ivory this unprecedented enthusiasm was the aware- MIaMa Representative Dean Mulso ness created with the first commercially televised Two of Team USA’s 1960 gold medalists: Weldon MIRMa Representative Judy Sniffen Education Foundation Don Bartelson Olympic Games in the United States. Olson (hockey) and Carol Heiss (figure skating). Lifetime honorary Member Carol Zdziebko 4 ISI EDGE MARCH/APRIL 2010 thing you knew, the ISIA and its learn- even have a rink back when I played at primary Zamboni resurfacer driver for to-skate program.” BU, and now they have two.” the interior rink during the ’60 Olympics. Traveling and televised ice shows One of Rodenhiser’s Olympic team- He considers those Winter Games the also gained in popularity and kept mates in both ’56 and ’60, four-year beginning of a new era in ice skating. skating high on the list of recreational Michigan State Spartan leading scorer “All the rinks got busier than heck after and entertainment activities. Weldon Olson, remembers 1960 as a the Olympics,” he notes. “We started offering junior hockey that year and had Wild Archive Wild Don Clark Collection/Minnesota big sign-ups because the kids all saw the Olympics on TV, and we started running summer clinics.” Putting Tahoe on the Map Prior to the 1960 Winter Games, Lake Tahoe was widely known as a summer destination, but few knew of the amazing skiing the region had to offer, says Nancy Cushing, whose late husband, Alexan- der Cushing, was the founder of Squaw Valley and was responsible for bringing the Games to the resort. “The 1960 Olympics were instru- mental in establishing Lake Tahoe as a winter resort. In fact, at that time, skiing in western North America as a whole was not very publicized. Skiing was primarily associated with Europe and New England. It was the 1960 Squaw The 1960 men’s team, sometimes referred to as the “First Miracle on Ice,” was the first American hockey team to claim Olympic gold. Valley Olympic Winter Games that put western skiing on the map, and many Ron Ludington, who with his then- “definite turning point” for ice sports western ski resorts were