History of Skiing & Snowsports
PROJECTS BY EMORY UNIVERSITY HISTORY STUDENTS
This year marked Shawn White’s fifth Olympic Games and the seventh for the sport of snowboarding as a whole. That sentence means something to anyone, no matter their background. How did a sport not in the Olympics as recently as …
Introduction
The average guest at a ski resort at some point made the active decision to give money to this specific company and become their customer. There are innumerable resorts and probably even more places to ski independently, but a …
Being named to the U.S. Olympic Alpine Team is arguably the ultimate goal for every young ski racer in the United States. But it’s a privilege that exceedingly few actually attain. The Winter Games occur every 4 years and fewer …
Ben Emery
In large, when anyone thinks of a quintessential ski bum, there is a certain person that comes to mind. Most likely they are male, in their 20s, wearing a beany hat …
The modern ski film takes on so many shapes and sizes thanks to the abundance of filming techniques, technologies, and platforms offered to the filmmaker. This, however, was not the case many years ago when filmmaker Warren Miller decided to …
INTRODUCTION
The United States is not well known for its public transportation. As opposed to Europe, the number of routes offered and the overall efficiency is much worse. This is especially true for rural transportation. For many rural cities around …
This podcast focuses on Ski Dubai, an 22,500 square meter indoor ski complex in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Started as a dream to increase tourism in this city in the desert, Ski Dubai has since exceeded expectations and …
In this day and age, skiing is a heavily commercialized and largely corporate-owned endeavor with a relatively niche community that participates in skiing. There is a uniform aspect to large resorts, such as Vail and Alterra, but one resort stands …
Introduction
For as long as there has been evidence of people skiing, there has been evidence of skiing with ski poles. Our story begins as far back as 3623 BC, whose date corresponds to the earliest known depiction of a …
Winter Park has always dealt with an unfortunate identity crisis. As a resort that was developed and wholly-owned by the city of Denver until recently, the resort began as an affordable escape for city folk looking to ski. The resort …