American Ski Annual and Skiing Journal
Title | American Ski Annual and Skiing Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1954 |
Genre | Skis and skiing |
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U.S. Eastern Ski Annual
Title | U.S. Eastern Ski Annual PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | Skis and skiing |
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American Ski Annual
Title | American Ski Annual PDF eBook |
Author | National Ski Association of America |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | Skis and skiing |
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Ski North America
Title | Ski North America PDF eBook |
Author | David Holyoak |
Publisher | Firefly Books |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781552978283 |
A guide to the top 40 ski resorts in North America.
From Skisport to Skiing
Title | From Skisport to Skiing PDF eBook |
Author | E. John B. Allen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
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"The first full-length study of skiing in the United States, this book traces the history of the sport from its utilitarian origins to its advent as a purely recreational and competitive activity." "During the mid-1800s, inhabitants of frontier mining communities in the Sierra and Rocky mountains used skis for many practical reasons, including mail and supply delivery, hunting, and railroad repair. In some towns skis were so common that, according to one California newspaper, "the ladies do nearly all their shopping and visiting on them."" "But it was Norwegian immigrants in the Midwest, clinging to their homeland traditions, who first organized the skisport. Through the founding of local clubs and the National Ski Association, this ethnic group dominated American skiing until the 1930s." "At this time, a wave of German immigrants infused America with the ethos of what we today call Alpine skiing. This type of skiing became increasingly popular, especially in the East among wealthy collegians committed to the romantic pursuit of the "strenuous life." Ski clubs proliferated in towns and on college campuses and specialized resorts cropped up from New England to California. At the same time, skiing became mechanized with tows and lifts, and the blossoming equipment and fashion industries made a business of the sport." "On the eve of World War II, as the book concludes its story, all the elements were in place for the explosion in recreational and competitive skiing that erupted after 1945."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Skiing Heritage Journal
Title | Skiing Heritage Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2006-03 |
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Skiing Heritage is a quarterly Journal of original, entertaining, and informative feature articles on skiing history. Published by the International Skiing History Association, its contents support ISHA's mission "to preserve skiing history and to increase awareness of the sport's heritage."
Minutes of the Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting of the National Ski Association of America, 1946
Title | Minutes of the Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting of the National Ski Association of America, 1946 PDF eBook |
Author | National Ski Association of America |
Publisher | |
Pages | 79 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | Skis and skiing |
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