I dunno. I consider that one to be pretty iconic!
Is that Bob Beattie in the middle.
Is that Bob Beattie in the middle.
How young they are in that picture.Yes. Good eye!
Coach in the middle. Silver medalist Billy Kidd on the left. Bronze medalist Jimmy Huega on the right.
How young they are in that picture.
Jimmy Huega!
parallel shins, equal edge angles, level shoulders, balanced counter & angulation. Pretty much epitomizes modern ski technique .
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Jimmie Heuga dies at 66; skier won bronze medal before developing multiple sclerosis
At the 1964 Games, he and teammate Billy Kidd became the first U.S. men to win medals in skiing. After being diagnosed with the disease in 1970, he founded a nonprofit MS organization.www.latimes.com
Fantastic pic and a great time for the US. I remember the Austrian DH power team called Bill the nose picker prior to Sarajevo because of his new hands up in front of your face position. I’ll bet they changed their tune after that day.This was a big deal in my lifetime.. The US version of Klammer's run.
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I remember that comment, and it was more of an insult about the the guys in the lower tier of skiers than about his style.Fantastic pic and a great time for the US. I remember the Austrian DH power team called Bill the nose picker prior to Sarajevo because of his new hands up in front of your face position. I’ll bet they changed their tune after that day.
His obituaryFantastic pic and a great time for the US. I remember the Austrian DH power team called Bill the nose picker prior to Sarajevo because of his new hands up in front of your face position. I’ll bet they changed their tune after that day.
Muleski you wrote of Jimmy Heuga that: "He was a great athlete, a Squaw local raised by French parents..." They may well have been French citizens (once) but they were more Basque than French. Just wanted to give credit to a proud branch of the human race.
His obituary
"Franz Klammer, the greatest racer of the era, dismissed him as der Nasenbohrer: the nosepicker."
Bill Johnson obituary
Skier who upset his European rivals and became a household name in the US as the first American to win an Olympic gold in alpine skiingwww.theguardian.com
Bill Johnson, der «Nasenbohrer» des Skisports | NZZ
Der amerikanische Abfahrts-Olympiasieger von 1984 stirbt 55-jährig in einem Pflegeheim. Nach dem Olympiagold verlief sein Leben alles andere als in sicheren Bahnen, 1990 beendete er mangels Erfolgen seine Karriere.www.nzz.ch
That’s pretty coolI bought this photo online in 2008. It is an AP photo, dated on the back Feb. 9, 1964. I took it to Steamboat and was there when the Jimmy Huega Express fundraiser was being held. I "ambushed" Billy at the top of Thunderhead as he was heading for his 1:00 run. I told him I had the photo and would he sign it? He said sure, bring it to the Orehouse restaurant that evening, as the award ceremony was being held there. And, Jimmy would be there also. So I went, and brought this and a dozen or so others like it. They had a great time looking thru them, Billy could remember every race and would help Jimmy remember. And, they both signed the photo. That was the last time Jimmy was able to attend.
In 2010 I was on a boys trip to Jackson Hole. I had heard that Pepi had a ski shop there so I brought the photo. After skiing one day I found the shop and asked for Pepi. The manager said he should be back soon so I went to our locker, got the photo and went back. Pepi was there when I returned and I had a nice chat with him and he signed the photo. He seemed to be a real friendly guy. He said it was the only one he had ever signed with all 3 medal winners on it! It was quite a thrill.
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