Remarkable People

Dee Read

Seventy-five years ago, a determined and accomplished 22-year old McGill science student named.

12 Women Who Pioneered Snowsports In Canada

Research shows that, “women make 80% of the buying decisions in a family, regardless of their background.

John Fripp

Young Johnny was on a roll He was a wunderkind—a daring, strapping 17-year-old Canadian kid who, in 1938, handily won the Journal Trophy at the Gatineau Ski Zone Championships, only to be forced to give it back due to ineligibility: he was too young.

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Anne Heggtveit

In 1960 a young Anne Heggtveit captured a nation’s heart by becoming the first Canadian ever to win an Olympic gold medal in skiing.

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The Crazy Canucks

In the mid-1970s, four otherwise ordinary guys from Abbottsford, Calgary, Don Mills and Thunder Bay did the impossible.

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Horst Bulau

Sharing the stage with the Crazy Canucks Over a career that spanned 14 years,.

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Nancy Greene Raine

The racer they call Tiger The following story, featuring an exclusive interview with Nancy Greene Raine, is part of the Canadian Ski History Writers Project (CSHWP), in partnership with the Chawkers Foundation and the International Ski History Association.

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Herman “Jackrabbit” Smith-Johannsen

Herman Smith-Johannsen was one-of-a-kind.

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Quebec Air Force

Freestyle skiing in Canada was flourishing in the 1970s to the early 1990s, setting the stage for a motivated, creative and talented group of freestyle skiers from Quebec.

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Remarkable People

Dee Read

12 Women Who Pioneered Snowsports In Canada

John Fripp

Anne Heggtveit

The Crazy Canucks

Horst Bulau

Nancy Greene Raine

Herman “Jackrabbit” Smith-Johannsen

Quebec Air Force

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