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In 1841 miners from Beloit, Wisconsin became the first to people to be documented to ski recreationally in the US.Fast Facts - Recreational Skiing In The US Started In The Midwest?! - Matthew Zabranksi, Midwest Skiers.com
Skiers and Snowboarders of the Midwest Facebook Group
History of Skiing - The Story with Great Photos - freethepowder.com
A Brief, Incomplete, Semi-Accurate History of Skiing - mmsdragon.org
http://millcitytimes.com/news/the-origins-and-growth-of-skiing-in-the-north-star-state.htmlSki Jumping in Washington State: A Nordic Tradition, John W. Lundin
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"In 1886, a Red Wing department store owner with a walrus mustache formed the Aurora Ski Club, only the second such organization in America. The following year, during Minnesota’s second-coldest winter on record, the club pulled off the first ski-jumping competition in the United States. Mikkel Hemmestvedt, a 24-year-old recent immigrant, established the American record, flying 37 feet over downtown Red Wing and earning himself $35 in gold. " https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/travel-recreation/minnesotas-unlikely-downhill-ski-legacy/
" It was Martin Strand, a civil engineer born in Rendalen, Norway, who in 1896 began mass-producing skis using power equipment, in St. Paul. But the signal success was the Northland Ski Manufacturing Co., which grew to be the largest ski-maker in the world, while producing what many considered the best hickory skis available (at least until Thor Groswold began making skis in Denver in 1934)." https://www.skiinghistory.org/online-magazine/northland-skis-fire-and-feud-st-paul"A Norwegian also opened the first ski factory in North America, in St. Paul. And his apprentice later opened the nearby Northland Ski Company, known for its long, sleek hickory skis, its “How-to-Ski” brochures, and catalog sales that opened the sport to the masses. By the 1930s, Northland was the biggest ski maker in the world, and even now nearly every skier of a certain age recalls starting on Northland skis." [MWLSAP: my first good skis were Northlands] https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/travel-recreation/minnesotas-unlikely-downhill-ski-legacy/
"The next year in 1888, Martin Strand arrived in Minneapolis from Rendalen, Norway and enrolled in the University of Minnesota’s civil engineering program. After the economy collapsed in 1893, Strand began experimenting with making his own skis as the activity was, and still is, a point of Norwegian pride. Starting out of his basement, warping wood planks with a kettle, Strand quickly mastered the craft. The abundance of trees and Scandinavians in Minnesota meant that Strand was able to make a living off his new skillset, so he began selling his skis in 1896. Three years later, he had his own shop on Cedar Avenue."
"Martin Strand’s next shop was located at 2427 University Avenue, where the Tea House Chinese Restaurant now stands. Unfortunately, his entire operation burned to the ground, as was a common occurrence for many ski manufacturing buildings, so Strand moved his business to a new location two miles away at Hampden Avenue and University Avenue in Saint Paul. Six months later, this factory also burned down, so Strand sold what was left of his business to his foreman Ole Sigurd Ellevold. Strand started a new ski business in a brick building in New Richmond, Wisconsin, and Ellevold rebuilt a factory at University and Hampden. Ellevold’s new company was called The Northland Ski Manufacturing Company." http://millcitytimes.com/news/the-origins-and-growth-of-skiing-in-the-north-star-state.html
1911 according to https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-skiing
According to https://www.skiinghistory.org/history/timeline-important-ski-history-dates: 1879 — "First North American ski manufacturing undertaken by Norwegian immigrant Martin A. Strand in Minnesota."
In 1961 it was renamed the United States Ski Association. In the 1990s it became the United States Ski and Snowboard Association and included freestyle and disabled skiing.History of Skiing in the United States - infoplease.com
Timeline of Important Ski History Dates- skiinghistory.org
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-skiinghttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-01-12-9001040018-story.html
"Ole Ellevold, St. Paul, Minnesota, founds a ski factory, later called the Northland Ski Company. Its hickory skis dominated the market for another 30 years. (Amski 1966 p446)". "The last Northlands shipped in 1970. "
- Timeline of Important Ski History Dates- skiinghistory.org
- Northland Skis: Fire and Feud in St. Paul - skiinghistory.org
- 1916--Christian A. Lund gains control of the Ellevold ski factory in St. Paul, renames in Northland. (Timeline of Important Ski History Dates- skiinghistory.org)
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-cross-country-nordic-skiing-book/600125555/ - Ski Jumping
The_South_Bend_Tribune_Wed__Feb_14__1968_.pdf
The Birth of the Chairlift and It's Tie to the Midwest - MidwestSkiers.com (5:12)
The Invention of the Ski Chairlift, Smithsonian Magazine.
https://milsap.wordpress.com/current-areas/otsego-ski-club-gaylord/
Skis Begin to Burn up Snow in Wisconsin - Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · Sun, Jan 14, 1940Still the longest in 1956 - Rib Mountain Beckons Skiers - Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) · Sun, Dec 30, 1956
https://www.wisn.com/article/little-switzerland-ski-hill-opens-after-5-year-absence-1/6312534Little Switzerland (Wisconsin) - wikipedia
Everett Kircher bought the world’s first chairlift, a single, from Sun Valley in 1948 and installed it at Boyne, Michigan, in 1949.In 1951 the lift was changed to a double chair, becoming the fifth double in the US.
Triple, Quad, 6-Seat Chairs: A Mini-History - skiinghistory.org
Timeline of Important Ski History Dates- skiinghistory.org
Wilmot made The Tonight Show to show off skiing under the lights.http://www.robertsski.com/webpgss/Skiing-History-May-June-2013-Wilmot.pdf
Weed, Not Snow to Coat Ski Jump at Munising - Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Tue, Jun 28, 1960
The history of ski jumping in summer - skisprungschanzen.com
https://unofficialnetworks.com/2022/09/21/highlands-bubble-six-pack/
https://www.facebook.com/michigansforgottenskiareas/posts/1077561889834753
https://www.boyneresorts.com/history
https://www.boyneresorts.com/history
50th Anniversary of the Snurfer - Sherman Poppen discusses his invention - 2015 Vimeo videoMichigan Snowboard Museum - The Snurfer (lots of pictures of the Snurfer
Followed the next year by Sitzlifts at Lutsen and Buffalo Valley, MN and at Snowcrest, WI, in 1969What is a Sitzlift? (Midwest Skiers - YouTube)
[https://copperpeak.net/about-copper-peak/]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Birkebeiner
"In 1985 Alpine Valley Mi held its annual Mardi Gras Winter Carnival in late February. It was the annual Spring party with fun and games, various events, etc for young and old alike. We had set up a variety of events for skiers but had not included any events for the ever growing crowd of snowboarders. One of the young snowboarders came up to me and said hey mister how come there’s no race for us? So we thought that we’d add a slalom race for them. Well, there were so many boarders that signed up we were worried how we could fit it in that afternoon. We decided to run them down the course in groups of 12 until we could find a single winner. So I think it might have been the very first BoarderCross event! The event was sponsored by Surfs Up in Keego Harbor. It was very wild and fun event! FYI" Bill BybergSee comment by Bill Byberg in Ski the Midwest Facebook Group,Therefore, Wikipedia must be wrong when it states that the first snowboard cross race was in 1991.
https://www.boyneresorts.com/history
https://localfreshies.com/raging-buffalo-worlds-first-snowboard-only-area-expanding/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Diggins
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/12/693882137/finding-love-on-the-lift-skiers-give-chairlift-speed-dating-a-shot
https://sleepyhollowsportspark.com/park-info
MISC:
Media Resources - snowtrails.com
Triple, Quad, 6-Seat Chairs: A Mini-History - skiinghistory.org
A Brief, Incomplete, Semi-Accurate History of Skiing - mmsdragon.org
History of Skiing - The Story with Great Photos - freethepowder.com
Timeline – North American Ski Mountaineering History - loudawson.com
The Evolution Of Skiing Over The Decades - MSN.com
Skiing in the United States - coursehero.com
The History of Skiing - Kendall Springob
Timeline of Important Ski History Dates- skiinghistory.org
History of Skiing - wikipedia.org
10 Things You Didn’t Know About the History of Skiing in the U.S. - shipskis.com
History of Skiing in the United States - infoplease.com
History of Alpine Skiing - http://www.greatestsportingnation.com/content/history-alpine-skiing
Minnesota
The Origins and Growth of Skiing in the North Star Statehttps://www.startribune.com/minnesota-cross-country-nordic-skiing-book/600125555/
https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/travel-recreation/minnesotas-unlikely-downhill-ski-legacy/
Northland: https://www.skiinghistory.org/online-magazine/northland-skis-fire-and-feud-st-paul
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