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Hannes Schneider Meister Cup

This past weekend I revisited Cranmore, the first lift-served ski area I ever skied. I skied there in the mid-1950s as part of the local school’s afternoon ski program. On the drive to North Conway, I was trying to recall… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2015 Week 15

Who takes the credit for the first two-pronged ski brake?

Dr. Richard Spademan and His Binding

Richard Spademan grew up in Michigan and learned to ski at Boyne Mountain. He chose to pursue a medical career and graduated from the University of Michigan medical school. As an intern he designed and patented a better vascular catheter… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2015 Week 14

What binding inventor would become the Chief of Orthopedics at the Stanford Medical Center?

More on Binding Safety

First some additional input on Gordon Lipe and his Release Check. Bill Kornrumpf is a Stowe Host and a member of the Schenectady Wintersports Club (SWC). He recalls that when he joined in 1967 the club had a Lipe Release… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2015 Week 13

What UVM professor was known as the Father of Ski Safety?

It’s the Bindings, Stupid!

Toni Matt was a victim of the most common skiing injury during the early days of organized skiing. Granted Matt’s was a severe case, but broken legs were a common occurrence. Before World War II, it is estimated that the… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2015 Week 12

Who invented the Release Check?

Carroll Reed Ski Shops and Toni Matt

Last week I wrote about how an injury motivated Carroll Reed to establish a ski school. But most people associate the Carroll Reed name with ski shops and clothing. It turns out that during his recovery from the broken back,… Continue Reading →

Trivia 2015 Week 11

What Carroll Reed employee was the first to schuss the Tuckerman Headwall and win the 1939 Inferno race?

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