Next week will mark the beginning of the 24th (XXIV) Winter Olympic Games. They are being held in that mecca of winter sports, Beijing, China! Well, I won’t go down that rabbit hole! So let’s go back 70 years to… Continue Reading →
Where were the 1952 Winter Olympics held?
Today marks the start of the 47th Stowe Winter Carnival beginning with ice carving and ending on Sunday with Snow Volleyball. As I have written before, the original Stowe Winter Carnival was in 1921, however the modern version dates back… Continue Reading →
The modern Stowe Winter Carnival traces its origin to 1975. What individual is credited with organizing that 1975 Stowe Winter Carnival?
If you’ve skied Stowe on a Friday in midseason, then at lunchtime you have probably witnessed the arrival of several yellow school buses. Some of the buses have attached ski racks with skis sticking out at all angles, others are… Continue Reading →
What season did the Stowe school ski program (now known as the Friday program) start?
“I just want to say one word to you. Just one word: plastics!” Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate, 1967. Well, in reality Mr. McGuire could have said, “I just want to say one word to you: polytetrafluoroethylene!”… Continue Reading →
Who invented Gore-Tex?
Klaus Obermeyer was born on December 2nd, 1919 in Oberstaufen, Germany. He began skiing at age three on skis fashioned from orange crate slats. Growing up he became a proficient skier, mountaineer, and rock-climber. He graduated from university with a… Continue Reading →
Who takes credit for inventing the two-pronged ski brake?
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