US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame inductees enshrined

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The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony. Tom Kelly

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony. Tom Kelly

ISHPEMING, Mich. — Six athletes and sport builders were formally enshrined into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in Ispheming Friday at the birthplace of organized skiing in America. Honorees on hand in Ispheming included freestyle pioneer and world champion John Clendenin, freestyle aerials champion Kris Feddersen, globally-acclaimed ski film producer Joe Jay Jalbert and Barbara Alley Simon, the wife of ski show pioneer Jerry Simon.

“It’s been over a century since organized skiing was formed here in Ishpeming, but the fiber of the sport is still strong in this community, which is home to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame,” said U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Chairman Tom Kelly. “For the new honored members, being in the Hall of Fame and Museum and seeing the names of the hundreds who have been honored before them is a very moving experience.”

The National Ski Association, predecessor to today’s U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, was formed in Ispheming in 1905. The Hall of Fame was created in 1954 and has now enshrined 394 athletes and sport builders. The inductees were selected by votes cast in a National Voting Panel of over 200 representing all areas of the sport.

Honorees not in attendance included big mountain skier Scot Schmidt and 2006 Olympic moguls bronze medalist Toby Dawson as well as ski show pioneer Simon who passed away in 2010. Biographies of all of this year’s inductees can be read in our nomination article.

The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization based in Ishpeming, MI. Donations of support for its cause in honoring pioneers of the sports of skiing and snowboarding are welcome here.

Release courtesy of USSA

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