History
Our Histories encompass speed-skiing records since the mid-1800s to 2000, plus a century-and-a-half Timeline of Important Ski History Dates. As a work in progress, the list of ISHA historical resources is constantly growing, as our archive expands and updates. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, let us know by joining ISHA’s Facebook page
Media Review: Ski Jumping in Washington State
Ski Jumping in Washington StateA Nordic Tradition By John W. Lundin Ski jumping, once Washington’s most popular winter sport, was introduced by Norwegian immigrants in the early 20th century. In the...
Le Trappeur Elite: Killy's Winning Boot
1961 boot paved the way for avalement. Photo above: The Elite, advertised in Skiing Magazine, November 1967. Skier is Guy Périllat. In that era, factories could not use the names of “amateur”...
Why's it called that? Look Nevada bindings
From the January 2019 issue of Skiing History magazine As life returned to normal after World War II, skiers on both sides of the Atlantic wanted to replace their pre-war equipment. The first order...
Steve Bradley and mechanical snow grooming
On the St. Bernard Pass Swiss reader Luzi Hitz recently sent us a collection of photos of snow rollers used to groom pistes in Switzerland and France during the 1950s and 1960s. The picture at right...
FIS Timeline, 2007 draft
This list of historical events was compiled in 2005/7 by a working group of ski historians from several countries, under the direction of Elisabeth Hussey. It was subsequently corrected and expanded...
Dynastar MV2: A short history
The MV2, designed by Jean Liard and introduced in 1964, was a magnificent giant slalom ski, raced to a downhill win at Morzine that winter by Mariel Goitschel, and to World Championship gold medals...
History of FIS
From the FIS website: The International Ski Federation - Fédération Internationale de Ski, Internationaler Ski Verband - is abbreviated in all languages as FIS. FIS was founded on the 18th of...
How the World Cup Began
Translated from the French by D. Wright Pryce Published posthumously, with the kind permission of Patrick Lang Editor’s Note: Today’s World Cup of Alpine Skiing is so firmly in the grasp of the...