April 2022 – History of Skiing & Snowsports

April 29, 2022May 5, 2022

Podcast: Does Wearing a Ski Helmet Help Avoid Injury? – An Analysis of Ski Helmets and Their Effectiveness From 1947 to Present

Professor Miller’s Smith MIPS Ski Helmet (2017)
(Photo: Judith Miller, copyright. Reproduced with permission.)

Over the last 20 years, there has been a huge increase in the number of skiers wearing a helmet. However, ski helmets have been around for …

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

TRANSforming The Olympic Games: The Increased Inclusion of Transgender Athletes From 2003 Through the Present

Transgender Flag, Sharon McCutcheon, Unsplash, Public Domain

Despite the increasing belief of transgender athlete domination in sports, the two most recent Olympic games, the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, were the first to have openly …

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

Chasing distance – How did humans manage to jump 253.5 meters?

Peter Prevc (SLO): The first man to jump over 250 meter in Vikersund 2015.
(Photo: Wladyslaw Sojka, Public Domain)

INTRODUCTION:

Ski jumping is what happens when men spend too much time together. Ski jumping can be defined as a sport …

April 24, 2022May 4, 2022

Deadlier on Skis: The Winter War and the Future of Ski Warfare

Finnish ski patrol in Northern Finland, January 12, 1940.
Public Domain, Image Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//31/media-31414/large.jpg

For most, the first picture that comes to mind when imagining skiing is gliding down the smooth slopes of a resort, only to be followed by …

April 7, 2022May 5, 2022

How Aspen’s Private Clubs Drive Exclusivity

Aspen Mountain Club’s lodge interior
Photograph Credit: David O. Marlow (Reproduced with Permission)

Today, we know Aspen as one of the world’s most luxurious travel destinations, where we glide up ski lifts with A-listers and descend the slopes alongside ultra-wealthy …