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SKIING HISTORY

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Skiing History (USPS No. 16-201, ISSN: 23293659) is published bimonthly by the International Skiing History Association, P.O. Box 1064, Manchester Center, VT 05255.
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News from the New England Ski Museum, U.S. Hall of Fame and Bob Beattie Foundation.

25th Running of the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race

After a year’s hiatus due to Covid, the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race returned to Cranmore Mountain Resort in North Conway, New Hampshire, on March 4 to 6. After a Friday evening reception and dinner, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu led Saturday’s Opening Ceremony by honoring Cranmore owner Brian Fairbank, who would be inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame that evening at the OMNI Mount Washington Hotel. There followed two runs of a dual GS format team competition, a silent auction, a fashion show featuring vintage skiwear, an awards ceremony and a Sunday morning breakfast with ski history presentation—were held in superb weather and snow conditions.

Twenty-eight teams of five competed, as well as a handful of individuals whose teams did not fill up. In tribute to the 10th Mountain Division, six of those teams were active-duty or retired military teams trained in mountain operations. The race was founded in 1996 as a benefit for the New England Ski Museum. —Jeff Leich

(Photo above: The team from Eastern Mountain Sports won the 2022 edition of the Schneider Meister Cup race. Left to right: Marcus Schneider, Kamden Burke (also fastest man in the race), Carter Tasker, Trevor Tasker, Keegan Burke, Tim Simoneau, Hannes Schneider. Fastest woman was Olympian Leanne Smith. Marcus and Hannes are great-grandsons of Arlberg School founder Hannes Schneider.)

Hall of Fame Bretton Woods Induction

The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame on March 5 inducted Seth Wescott, Barbara Alley Simon, Howard Peterson, Holly Flanders, Brian Fairbank and Kristean Porter. Also inducted was Sherman Poppen (deceased).

Art Clay and Ben Finley. Tyler Macleod
photo.

Hall of fame Sun Valley Induction

On March 26, the Hall of Fame inducted Hank Tauber, Greg Stump, Johnny Spillane, James Niehues, Kit DesLauriers, Art Clay and Ben Finley and Scott Brooksbank. Bobby Burns was also inducted.

(Photo left) At Sun Valley, Art Clay (left) and Ben Finley were inducted into the Hall of Fame, Class of 2019. In 1973, the duo organized a holiday in Aspen for 13 Black ski clubs; the following year they founded the National Brotherhood of Skiers, which today coordinates 54 ski clubs with more than 3,500 members. The NBS Summit drew 1,200 skiers to Snowmass, February 5-12, 2022.

Right: The Hall of Fame and Bob Beattie Foundation staged a special induction ceremony on April 8 for Spider Sabich. Left to right: Justin Koski intones the official induction, while Spider’s daughter Missy Greis waits to receive the Hall of Fame Medal of Honor from Mike Hundert. The evening featured a showing of the limited-release one-hour film Spider Lives!, produced by the Bob Beattie Foundation.