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NCAA Skiing Championships
The 2014 NCAA Skiing Championships begin today and run through Saturday. Hosted by the University of Utah Utes, alpine events will be held at Park City Mountain Resort and nordic races at Soldier Hollow Resort. Will the University of Colorado Buffaloes defend their 2013 championship? Will the University of Vermont Catamounts extend their undefeated streak?
To follow, found vintage photos of a collegiate theme, from a tough-as-nails coach to winter carnival races.
DENVER’S DRILLMASTER The menacing figure above, glowering in a perfectionist’s displeasure at the nation’s finest college ski team, is Willy Schaeffler, who is probably more things to more people than anyone else in the ski world. To the racers on his University of Denver ski teams, which long ago captured dominance of intercollegiate skiing from Dartmouth, he is a driving tutor and a merciless conditioner. From The Book of American Skiing by Ezra Bowen, 1963
1956 Press Photo: Pete Kirby, senior from Quebec, Canada, will captain Dartmouth’s ski team which will bid for the National Collegiate championship at Winter Park this weekend. Kirby and his Indian mates have rolled up a 4-0 record this year to lead eastern teams. He competes in the downhill and slalom events.
12/29/1938: Miss Peggy Johanssen, of McGill University, and of Montreal, who won both the downhill and slalom races in the 13th annual college week invitation ski tournament sponsored by the Sno Birds of Lake Placid Club. Slalom race was held today and the downhill race yesterday at Scotts Cobble, a few miles from here. Photo by Odie Monahan for Lake Placid Club
1/9/1938 AP Photo: OF AN OLD SKI FAMILY Miss Elizabeth Durrance is a member of the famous skiing family. A freshman at Skidmore College at Saratoga, N.Y. she won the women’s slalom event at the school’s winter carnival Jan. 8. Pretty, too.
Ski jumping for New Hampshire, date unknown.
Winner!
University of New Hampshire sweater, 1933.
Posted in Ski, Ski Racing, Vintage Ski Racing, Vintage Style
Tagged Canada, Colorado, Dartmouth, Lake Placid, Montreal, NCAA, New Hampshire, Park City, Quebec, Ski Jumping, Sweater, UNH, Utah, Vermont, Vintage Photo
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Valentine’s Day: Skiing Sweethearts
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Posted in Lifestyle, Ski, Ski Racing, Vintage Ski Racing, Vintage Style
Tagged Germany, Sweater, Switzerland, Vintage Photo
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Holiday Sweaters: Jack Wills
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British fashion brand, Jack Wills, is offering a spirited collection of classic knit sweaters in charming, traditional motifs for Winter 2013/14. Available for women and men. Perfect for the slopes, après or holiday hob-knobbing.
Alpine Icon: Barbi Henneberger
In a Bogner jacket at the Firstbahn station in Grindelwald, Switzerland.
In the same Bogner jacket with quilted collar turned up – weather protection and a stunning look!
Confident at a ski race in Grindelwald.
Barbi with her boyfriend Willy Bogner, Jr.
Barbara-Maria “Barbi” Henneberger was a ski racer from West Germany and based on any photo I have ever seen, a true alpine style icon. Highlights of her racing career include a bronze medal in slalom at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics; four medals at the 1962 World Winter University Games; and two wins and a second place at the 1963 U.S. Alpine Championships. Tragically, she was killed in April 1964 by an avalanche while filming a ski movie in Switzerland for her fiancé, Willy Bogner, Jr. While treasure hunting in Germany, I uncovered these gorgeous vintage photos of Barbi showing her at her most vital and beautiful.
Posted in Fashion, Ski, Ski Racing, Vintage Style
Tagged Barbi Henneberger, Bavaria, Bogner, Germany, Grindelwald, Olympics, Squaw Valley, Sweater, Switzerland, Vintage Photo, Willy Bogner
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1970’s Ski Racing Color
Yamaha supports the U.S. Team. The 1976 U.S. Ski Team with Yamaha poles: (left to right) Becky Dorsey, 19, Wenham, Mass.; Mike Dorris, 21, McCall, Idaho; Gail Blackburn, 21, Brunswick, Me.; Ron Biedermann, 23, Stowe, VT.; Cindy Nelson, 20, Lutsen, Minn.; Lindy Cochran, 22, Richmond, Vt.; Karl Anderson, 22, Greene, Me. and Greg Jones, 22, Tahoe City, Calif. Yamaha, an official supplier to the U.S. team, has a total commitment to the team effort.
Look Mom, that’s Spider Sabich. Photo: John Terence Turner
A member of the well-know skiing Cochran family of Richmond, Vt., Bobby Cochran, 24, joined the pros in 1974 after 5 years on the U.S. Ski Team. After placing 15th at the end of his first pro season, Bobby cut loose in 1976 and tied for 3rd overall winning $16,800. He is a member of the Olin racing team, users of the Mark V and VI high-performance racing skis.
Posted in Ski, Ski Racing, Vintage Style
Tagged Bobby Cochran, K2, Lindy Cochran, Olin, Spider Sabich, Sweater, US Ski Team, Vintage Postcard
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Mountain Recovery: British Eagle Airlines Flight 802
3/2/1964 Press Photo: 83 DIE IN MOUNTAIN AIR DISASTER. 75 passengers bound for a ski-ing holiday, and the crew of eight, all British, died when their Britannia aircraft of British Eagle International Airlines crashed on to the side of the Glungezer Mountain in the Austrian Alps, as it was approaching INNSBRUCK Airport. After the aircraft had disappeared, fog and snow held up the search, and it was several hours before the wreck was found. PHOTO SHOWS: 31-year-old HANNES GASSER (left) the best mountain guide in the district, stands by waiting for news of the location of the wrecked Britannia, beside an Austrian Army vehicle.
For someone who is about to embark on a search for plane crash victims of the worst aviation disaster in Austria’s history, this guide seems disturbingly happy – but let’s focus on his ensemble that is classic alpine perfection, right down to the edelweiss pin! The soldier’s camouflage jacket with gathered bottom hem is pretty fantastic, too — and would be perfectly on trend today with the current camo moment in fashion.
(The setting of this post is a pretty big downer but I am finding it interesting – in terms of history and the reinforcement of the vast scale and power of mountains. Read the Wikipedia post for more info about the crash and ensuing avalanche. Watch video footage of the wreckage, please note some content is graphic.)
Posted in Mountaineering, Ski, Travel, Vintage Style
Tagged Austria, Camouflage, Edelweiss, Fischer, Innsbruck, Sweater, Vintage Photo
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Real Gusto: Stein Eriksen & Schlitz Beer
Scanned from 1/27/1964 Sports Illustrated
Stein Eriksen for Schlitz? I find this an amusing pairing: a Norwegian ski champion and a beer from Milwaukee. That said, looks refreshing on this summer day – cheers!
Posted in Art & Graphics, Ski, Ski Racing, Vintage Ski Racing
Tagged Stein Eriksen, Sweater, Vintage Advertisement
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Quebec Alpine Club: 1940
6/6/1940: QUEBEC ALPINE CLUB HOLDS SPRING OUTING. . . Claire Ferrier, President of the Club and one of the nerviest girls in Canada coming over the edge of a rock cliff on Mt. Baldy.
STE. MARGUERITE, QUEBEC. . . Canada’s only girl mountain climbing club, the Quebec Alpine Club, holds its first spring session, in the picturesque Laurentian mountain area. The year’s first conquest was the precipitous cliffs of Mt. Baldy, 2,400 feet of sheer rock which they scaled in less than two hours. Rubber soled shoes, a half inch rope, miner’s picks, and a strong constitution are all they use. Dangling over a 200 foot sheer rock precipice is their greatest joy. Winter months are spent keeping in shape by skiing down that sides of the mountains they climb in summer, at a mile a minute clip. Press Photo: Hamilton Wright
Posted in Art & Graphics, Mountaineering, Ski, Vintage Style
Tagged Canada, Mountaineering, Quebec, Sweater, Vintage Photo
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Ski Aspen: 1952
Posted in Outerwear, Ski, Ski Areas, Vintage Style
Tagged Anorak, Aspen, Colorado, Sweater, Vintage Photo
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