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cork5_thovex
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whatever day that was when tanner slammed into chad's.
just kidding, that would have sucked.
just kidding, that would have sucked.
lawless
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first twin tips 95' ish
360 mute in Nagano 96'
warren millers first movie ?
first chair lift
first metal nordic binding, first buckle boot.
first down hill binding.
first commercial ski resort.
why not make stuff up like first ski bunny 600 AD svenka nordicstom. nominated for holding some boards in her hand just to meet the good looking norwegian hunters.
360 mute in Nagano 96'
warren millers first movie ?
first chair lift
first metal nordic binding, first buckle boot.
first down hill binding.
first commercial ski resort.
why not make stuff up like first ski bunny 600 AD svenka nordicstom. nominated for holding some boards in her hand just to meet the good looking norwegian hunters.
miss_twin_tips
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1934—January 28 saw the first rope tow installed in the U.S. by Bob and Betty Royce, proprietors of the White Cupboard Inn, in Woodstock, VT.
1936—Sun Valley, built by Averell Harriman as a Union Pacific project, opens with world’s first chairlifts put in on Dollar and Proctor hills, designed by Union Pacific Engineer Jim Curran, copied from the banana lifts used in Central America to load United Fruit cargo vessels.
1937—First chairlift installed in the East at Belknap, New Hampshire
1938—Mt. Tremblant, Quebec opens in February with the first Canadian chairlift, built by Joseph Ryan at Mt. Tremblant, Quebec.
1938—Dave McCoy sets up rope tow at Mammoth Mt., California.
1939—Otto Lang presents the first American theater release ski film, Ski Flight at Radio City Music Hall on the same bill with the premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
1940—T-bar, considered the first in America, is installed at Pico Peak, Vermont
1940—Second single chair in the East installed at Stowe, Vt.
1945—Friedl Pfeifer meets with the City Council at Aspen and outlines the plan for creating a top international resort at Aspen. Later that year Pfeifer opens the Friedl Pfeifer Ski School, with partners Percy Rideout and John Litchfield as co-directors, and only instructors.(Friedl ) Paepcke meets with Friedl Pfeifer and plans begin for Aspen’s first ski lift.
1946—first Pomalift developed in Europe by Jean Pomagalski.
1946—P-Tex base invented by the Swiss firm Muller and Co.
1952—First artificially-made snow is made at Grossinger’s resort in New York; Fahnestock, New York, two years later, becomes first ski area to make snow on regular basis.
1955—Henke Speed Fit buckle boots appear.
1957—The first useful aluminum ski poles are made by Scott.
1958—First U.S. gondola lift installed at the Wildcat area in New Hampshire.
1958—Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands open on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26 making Aspen the country’s largest ski resort.
1960—Eighth Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley, California. first alpine Games in the U.S.; Penny Pitou wins silver medals in downhill and giant slalom, and Betsy Snite wins a silver medal in slalom. France’s Jean Vuarnet wins men’s downhill on metal skis.
1960—Kneissl, Sailer and Plymold market the first commercially successful fiberglass skis.
1962—Chuck Ferries becomes first American to win a European classic gate race, the Hahnenkamm slalom.
1964—Billy Kidd and Jimmy Heuga become the first American men to win Olympic medals for alpine skiing, being second and third, respectively, in the slalom of the ninth Olympic Winter Games at Innsbruck.
1964—The first Lange all plastic buckle boots are commercially available.
1980—The 13th Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York, for second time; third time in USA.
is that enough for you...
1936—Sun Valley, built by Averell Harriman as a Union Pacific project, opens with world’s first chairlifts put in on Dollar and Proctor hills, designed by Union Pacific Engineer Jim Curran, copied from the banana lifts used in Central America to load United Fruit cargo vessels.
1937—First chairlift installed in the East at Belknap, New Hampshire
1938—Mt. Tremblant, Quebec opens in February with the first Canadian chairlift, built by Joseph Ryan at Mt. Tremblant, Quebec.
1938—Dave McCoy sets up rope tow at Mammoth Mt., California.
1939—Otto Lang presents the first American theater release ski film, Ski Flight at Radio City Music Hall on the same bill with the premiere of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
1940—T-bar, considered the first in America, is installed at Pico Peak, Vermont
1940—Second single chair in the East installed at Stowe, Vt.
1945—Friedl Pfeifer meets with the City Council at Aspen and outlines the plan for creating a top international resort at Aspen. Later that year Pfeifer opens the Friedl Pfeifer Ski School, with partners Percy Rideout and John Litchfield as co-directors, and only instructors.(Friedl ) Paepcke meets with Friedl Pfeifer and plans begin for Aspen’s first ski lift.
1946—first Pomalift developed in Europe by Jean Pomagalski.
1946—P-Tex base invented by the Swiss firm Muller and Co.
1952—First artificially-made snow is made at Grossinger’s resort in New York; Fahnestock, New York, two years later, becomes first ski area to make snow on regular basis.
1955—Henke Speed Fit buckle boots appear.
1957—The first useful aluminum ski poles are made by Scott.
1958—First U.S. gondola lift installed at the Wildcat area in New Hampshire.
1958—Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands open on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26 making Aspen the country’s largest ski resort.
1960—Eighth Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley, California. first alpine Games in the U.S.; Penny Pitou wins silver medals in downhill and giant slalom, and Betsy Snite wins a silver medal in slalom. France’s Jean Vuarnet wins men’s downhill on metal skis.
1960—Kneissl, Sailer and Plymold market the first commercially successful fiberglass skis.
1962—Chuck Ferries becomes first American to win a European classic gate race, the Hahnenkamm slalom.
1964—Billy Kidd and Jimmy Heuga become the first American men to win Olympic medals for alpine skiing, being second and third, respectively, in the slalom of the ninth Olympic Winter Games at Innsbruck.
1964—The first Lange all plastic buckle boots are commercially available.
1980—The 13th Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York, for second time; third time in USA.
is that enough for you...
miss_twin_tips
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here are some more
1905 First recorded fatal North American avalanche triggered by skiers. Two die at Irene Mine, Silverton Colorado, U.S.
1914 Probable true first ski descent of Mount Washington U.S., March 9, John Apperson and Irving Langmuir.
1970 First ski descent of peak, Mount McKinley, West Buttress, Tsuyoshi Ueki, July 5.
1973 Rick Sylvester ski jumps off El Capitan, Yosemite, U.S., and parachutes to the base of the cliff.
1905 First recorded fatal North American avalanche triggered by skiers. Two die at Irene Mine, Silverton Colorado, U.S.
1914 Probable true first ski descent of Mount Washington U.S., March 9, John Apperson and Irving Langmuir.
1970 First ski descent of peak, Mount McKinley, West Buttress, Tsuyoshi Ueki, July 5.
1973 Rick Sylvester ski jumps off El Capitan, Yosemite, U.S., and parachutes to the base of the cliff.
miss_twin_tips
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just a few more for ya
1976 Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., Victor Gerdin skis 'Once is Enough' exteme run in Cody Bowl, southwest of the main ski resort.
1978 Pyramid Peak, Colorado, first ski descent of peak, via East Face, Chris Landry, May 15. Pyramid is a 14,018-foot arete, so steep and riven that climbers fall off frequently -- and body recovery is done with trash cans.
1981 Powder Magazine publishes articles on Patrick Vallencant's ski school in France and cliff jumping in Squaw Valley U.S. First major feature covering cliff jumping as a sport? Layed the foundation for cliff jumping to be called 'extreme skiing'.
1984 U.S. Congress passes Utah Wilderness Act, thus protecting areas of the Wasatch mountains from resort skiing, and creating lands that, in the winter, are effectively reserved for one activity: backcountry skiing & snowboarding.
1985 Insurance prices for ski resorts leap as much as 300 percent, rising lift prices continue. More skiers begin to see earning their turns by climbing in the backcountry as an attractive alternative.
1976 Jackson Hole, Wyoming, U.S., Victor Gerdin skis 'Once is Enough' exteme run in Cody Bowl, southwest of the main ski resort.
1978 Pyramid Peak, Colorado, first ski descent of peak, via East Face, Chris Landry, May 15. Pyramid is a 14,018-foot arete, so steep and riven that climbers fall off frequently -- and body recovery is done with trash cans.
1981 Powder Magazine publishes articles on Patrick Vallencant's ski school in France and cliff jumping in Squaw Valley U.S. First major feature covering cliff jumping as a sport? Layed the foundation for cliff jumping to be called 'extreme skiing'.
1984 U.S. Congress passes Utah Wilderness Act, thus protecting areas of the Wasatch mountains from resort skiing, and creating lands that, in the winter, are effectively reserved for one activity: backcountry skiing & snowboarding.
1985 Insurance prices for ski resorts leap as much as 300 percent, rising lift prices continue. More skiers begin to see earning their turns by climbing in the backcountry as an attractive alternative.
miss_twin_tips
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why not , heres some more
1987 Canada (Quebec) & Northeastern U.S., New England, ski pioneer Jack Rabbit Johannsen dies at 111-years- old.
1989 Ski movie Blizzard of Aahhs released by Greg Stump. Shows a newer style of skiing that is much more youth oriented, and purports to show state-of-art "extreme skiing`.
1992 Paul Ruff killed trying world record 160 foot 'extreme' cliff jump in backcountry near Kirkwood ski resort, California,
1996 Mount Everest, first ski descent from summit , Hans Kammerlander, May.
2003 Alaska, Mount Hunter, first complete ski descent. Andrew McLean, Lorne Glick, John Whedon, Armond Dubuque.
hope this helped
1987 Canada (Quebec) & Northeastern U.S., New England, ski pioneer Jack Rabbit Johannsen dies at 111-years- old.
1989 Ski movie Blizzard of Aahhs released by Greg Stump. Shows a newer style of skiing that is much more youth oriented, and purports to show state-of-art "extreme skiing`.
1992 Paul Ruff killed trying world record 160 foot 'extreme' cliff jump in backcountry near Kirkwood ski resort, California,
1996 Mount Everest, first ski descent from summit , Hans Kammerlander, May.
2003 Alaska, Mount Hunter, first complete ski descent. Andrew McLean, Lorne Glick, John Whedon, Armond Dubuque.
hope this helped
miss_twin_tips
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ne1 else with important date to add ?
freestyleskiin
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^^ si, senor
miss_twin_tips
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he tried to but i got to him first !!!