Where were the 1966 FIS World Championships held?
The women’s World Cup ski races held in Killington will certainly become a great chapter in Vermont’s ski racing history! Mikaela Shiffrin came through under enormous pressure to win her sixth consecutive World Cup slalom. That pressure included her 95-year-old… Continue Reading →
Who won the men’s GS held at Stratton in March 1978? (Hint: He would go on to be the next three-time overall World Cup winner after Stenmark.)
Do you remember 1978? Just to refresh your memory: “Saturday Night Fever” was in the movie theaters, “Happy Days” was on TV, and Garfield made his debut in the comic strips. Gas was 63 cents a gallon and the Federal… Continue Reading →
Prior to this year’s Killington event Vermont had only hosted one World Cup event in the fifty year history of the FIS World Cup! When and where was the other World Cup event held in Vermont?
Vermont is about to host an event that will add to its skiing history. The women’s World Cup circuit will visit Killington on November 26-27, that’s Thanksgiving weekend! The best women skiers in the world will be here – Lara… Continue Reading →
The new RetroSki season will start on November 17th! Welcome to another winter of skiing history, nostalgia, and, of course, trivia! Just for a warm-up: Who was the first American to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Alpine Skiing?
The ski season is down to its last gasp. Of course for many the season ended a month or more ago. This winter’s weather and lack of real snowstorms had left most people ready to move on to summer activities…. Continue Reading →
At what Stowe restaurant did Paul “Archie” Archdeacon meet his wife Sue?
When I was growing up, my family always ate breakfast together on weekday mornings. While we were having breakfast, we listened to the local Conway radio station, WBCN, primarily for the daily weather forecast. That forecast was called into the… Continue Reading →
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