HISTORY 1988 - 2019 |
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First Year: | 1988 - Park City Resort, 37 Attendees, 1,500 years of collective teaching experience |
Founders: | Bill Lash, Lou Lorenz, Phil Jones |
Organizing Committee: | Bill Lash, Lou Lorenz, Phil Jones, Jimmy Johnston, Curt Chase, Jay Price |
Purpose: | Bill’s original intent was to hold an informal reunion
of (veteran) ski instructors to have some fun, ski and reminisce.
In addition, he wanted to provide a forum for commemorating the anniversaries
of several steps in the development of organized ski instruction in America. |
Attendees: | Rex Ames, Steve Bagley, Gene Bernson, Gila Bogo, Junior Bounous,
Maxine Bounous, Bill Briggs, Curt Chase, Jack Colven, Max Dercum, Chuck Fields,
Richard Fry, Leo Fox, John Harrington, George Hartlmaier, Jimmy Johnston,
Phil Jones, Gary Knudson, Helen Koenig, Keith Lange, Bill Lash, Robin Locke,
Lou Lorenz, Max Lundberg, Earl A. Miller, Julie Murphy, Ken Oakes, Hugh Olander,
Clark Parkinson, Dave Parkinson, Jean Richmond, Chuck Rowan, Dick Seager, Adrian Segel,
Dave Smith, Lynn Sohrweide, Dan Steffen, Dave Thurgood, Theresa Waser. |
Paying Tribute: | Bill viewed the reunion as an opportunity to pay tribute to those
in individuals who were instrumental in the development of skiing in America and also
those who were very important in his life and deserving of special recognition. Keith Lange now continues this tradition. |
2019 Honoree: |
Gene Palmer |
Past Honorees: |
1991 Alf Engen 1992 Friedl Pfeifer, Herbert Schneider, Otto Lang 1993 Curt Chase, Max Dercum 1994 Paul & Paula Valar, Jimmy Johnston 1995 7th Interski Demonstration Team, Bill Lash, and Norm Crearar 1996 Junior Bounous 1997 George Engel, Jr., George Savage 1998 8th Interski Demonstration Team and Willy Schaeffler 1999 Stein Eriksen 2000 Nic Fiore, Buzz & Julie Fiorini, Lou Lorenz 2001 Keith Lange 2002 Phil Jones 2003 Bruce Fenn II & Pepi Stiegler 2004 Maxine Bounous, Maggie Doughty, Babette Haueisen, Karen Hollaus, Lenore Lyle, Lyn Mundt, Jean Richmond, Elissa Slanger 2005 Werner Schuster, Luggi Foeger, and Erich Windisch 2006 Rusty Crook and Special Thanks to Clark Parkinson and Dave Thurgood 2007 Richard (Rick) Scott 2008 Peter J. Picard 2009 Dr. Juris Vagners 2010 Doug Pfeiffer 2011 Woody Anderson 2012 Phil Jones and Bob Wheaton 2013 Bill Briggs 2014 History of Park City & Deer Valley, Larry Warren - Presenter 2015 Ron Parody 2016 Norm Burton 2017 All Veteran Ski Instructors that have participated in our annual reunion for the last 30 years 2018 Gary S. Nelson |
Original Sponsor: | 1988-1996 - Phil Jones, General Manager, Park City Resort |
Current Sponsor: | 1997-Present - Deer Valley Resort |
Veterans Logo/Pin: | In the fall of 2001 a local graphic artist, Lucy Jordan, was commissioned
to design a new logo. The only direction given was that it had to contain elements
relevant to skiing, ski teaching which brought us all together and the reunion. Initially
Lucy came up with three designs but one seemed to have some symbolism that really represented
what the reunion was all about. We all share a love for skiing, hence the skis, and it
was ski teaching and PSIA (the shield) that brought us all together. However, the reunion
is truly defined by the three sets of ski tracks that all start out going separate ways
but coming together as a reunion in the end. |
Growth: | The Veterans Ski Instructors Reunion has proven to be very popular. In
2004, one hundred and thirty five individuals representing over 2,500 collective years of ski
teaching experience attended the event at Deer Valley. |