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This award-winning two part film is about how Hannes Schneider became known as the “Father of Modern Alpine Skiing” by starting his famous ski school and ski shop in St. Anton, Austria in the early 1900s and then spreading awareness of alpine skiing throu Product Details
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Why have so many American ski schools and resorts been influenced by Austrians? From 1931-1971 Professor Stefan Kruckenhauser and his ski instructors/ambassadors dominated the world of alpine ski instruction and alpine ski racing in particular. American i Product Details
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For generations Austrian architecture, après ski ambience, ski school directors and instructors gained notice and profits in the Americas. The Austrian instructors Emo Henrich, Hans Gmoser and Mike Wiegele, used their cultural and entrepreneurial skills t Product Details
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$74.95
Legacy: Austria’s Influence on American Skiing, documents three generations of ski racers and ski instructors.
Part I*:
Hannes Schneider & His Disciples (1890 - )
Part II*:
Kruckenhauser & His Ambassadors (1950 - )
Part III*:
Austrian Ski Culture & Product Details
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Explains and shows how during World War II many top Austrian ski instructors and racers; such as: Sigi Engl, Luggi Foegger, Bill Klein, Toni Matt, Friedl Pfeifer, Herbert Schneider and Rupert and Werner von Trapp, were recruited to serve as ski and rock c Product Details
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Explains and shows how and why two generations of Arlbergers, not only molded the Arlberg into the world capital of alpine skiing, in particular of ski instruction and technique, but also in the process greatly influence the development of American skiing Product Details
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Explains and shows how the top austrian racer, coach, and ski school director Friedl Pfeifer, with the help of the Americans Walter Paepcke and Dick Durrance, developed Aspen into a world class ski resort. While serving as a trainer in the 10th Mountain D Product Details
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Explains and shows how the owner Everett Kircher, one of the first pioneers of snowmaking, and the Austrian ski racing champion and ski school director Othmar Schneider, who is interviewed in this section, worked together during the late 50s and 1960s to Product Details
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Explains and shows how and why Austria’s “National Sports Home” in St. Christoph am Arlberg, first developed under the leadership of Ernst Janner, with help from Hannes Schneider, in the early 1920s, then by Professor Stefan Kruckenhauser (1930s-1972) and Product Details
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Explains and shows how and why Austria’s “National Sports Home” in St. Christoph am Arlberg, first developed under the leadership of Ernst Janner, with the help from Hannes Schneider, in the early 1920s, and now referred to as Ski Austria Academy, became Product Details
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Listen to Hans Gmoser, the pioneer of helicopter skiing and founder of Canadian Mountain Holidays, recount his childhood growing up in the American occupied zone of post-war Austria, and how and why he emmigrated to Canada, where he naturally fell into a Product Details
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Explains and shows the legacy of Austrians coaching American racers, in particular American women, starting with the first U.S. Women’s Ski Team trained in St. Anton, Austria in the 1930s, and how since then numerous Austrians have been recruited to coach Product Details
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Listen to Ian Scully, Director/Producer/Writer of the Legacy Ski History Series, explain how and why the series was made while gaining insight into his Austrian-American heritage, perspectives, and ski experiences. Ian Scully, son of an Austrian immigrant Product Details
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Explains and shows how the concept of running gates, (introduced by Ski Club Kandahar’s Brithish leader Sir Arnold Lunn and through his connection and friendship with Hannes Schneider, and by association the Ski Club Arlberg), became a widely accepted a Product Details
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Explains and shows how and why Austrians played an instrumental role in developing the Franconia area into a destination ski resort. First at Peckett’s on Sugar Hill, a high society resort hotel of the 1920s and 30s, they led the hotel’s ski school – the Product Details
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Explains and shows how and why Austrians played an instrumental role in developing the Franconia/Sugar Hill area into a destination ski resort. First at Peckett’s on Sugar Hill, a high society resort hotel of the 1920s and 30s, they led the hotel’s ski sc Product Details
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Explains and shows how and why the Austrians Hans Gmoser, founder of Canadian Mountain Holidays, and Mike Wiegle, founder and leader of Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing, pioneered helicopter skiing in the Canadian Rockies. This segment chronicles their stor Product Details
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Explains and shows why and how in the late 1800s and early 1900s Mathias Zdarsky, followed by Hannes Schneider, who is considered by many as the “Father of Modern Alpine Skiing”, molded and started the legacy of Austria as the world capital of alpine skii Product Details
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Explains and shows how the original owner, Paul McCollister, with the help of Pepi Stiegler, the Austrian champion from the 1964 Olympics turned Jackson Hole ski school director, developed, via years of arduous work and marketing, this cold and remote are Product Details
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Explains and shows how and why this town developed into a world famous ski resort area, with the famous Hahnenkamm races, and the Kitzbuehel Ski Club, which during the 1950s and 1960s became home to some of the world’s best racers, i.e. Ernst Hinterseer, Product Details
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