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  1900    
 
1830s-1904

Skiing arrived in America; ski clubs founded in New England and the upper Midwest.
   
 
February 22, 1904

First U.S. ski jumping national championships.
   
 
1905

First alpine downhill race held in Kitzbühel, Austria.
   
 
February 21, 1905

National Ski Association of America (NSA) founded in Michigan.
   
 
1905

First continuously operating ski resort in North America.
   
 
1907

First cross country national championships joined ski jumping in Ashland, WI.
   
 
1908

Skiing clubs and competitions increased throughout United States.
   
      
  1910    
 
January 10, 1910

Dartmouth Outing Club founded.
   
 
February 18, 1910

International Ski Commission (now FIS) organized.
   
 
January 19, 1911

First Arlberg-Kandahar race in St. Anton, Switzerland.
   
 
1911

Northland Ski Co. began manufacturing hickory skis.
   
 
1912

Lars Haugen won the first of seven U.S. ski jumping national titles.
   
      
  1920    
 
1922

U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association founded.
   
 
January 6, 1922

First organized slalom competition.
   
 
February 1922

NSA joined the International Ski Congress.
   
 
1922

NSA tournaments turned amateur.
   
 
1924

First organized alpine combined race competed in Europe.
   
 
February 2, 1924

Birth of the International Skiing Federation (FIS).
   
 
January 25 - February 5, 1924

First U.S. medal at Olympic Winter Games.
   
 
1925

USEASA affiliated with NSA.
   
 
1926

NSA's Rocky Mountain Division organized.
   
 
1926

First American ski shop.
   
 
1927

First organized downhill race in United States.
   
 
1927

NSA's Central Division organized.
   
 
1928

First American slalom race.
   
 
1928

Magnus Satre won the first of four U.S. cross country championships.
   
 
February 11-19, 1928

Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
   
 
1928

First international alpine combined competition.
   
 
1928

Harold Grinden became NSA president.
   
 
1929

The first resort-based ski school in America opened.
   
      
  1930    
 
1930s

Skiing clubs of the 1930s.
   
 
February 24-26, 1930

FIS recognized alpine skiing as an official sport.
   
 
October 7, 1930

The California Ski Association created.
   
 
November 23, 1930

NSA's Pacific Northwest Division organized.
   
 
February 1, 1931

First FIS World Alpine Championships.
   
 
1931

Beck International Award for outstanding competitors inaugurated.
   
 
1932

First U.S. nordic combined events at national championships.
   
 
February 4-15, 1932

Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, NY.
   
 
1933

First NSA downhill race.
   
 
1933

Dick Durrance set new U.S. standard at Arlberg-Kandahar race.
   
 
1933

First men's U.S. downhill national championships.
   
 
1933

Laminated ski construction.
   
 
1930s

Professional skiing exhibitions in United States featured "freestyle".
   
 
1934

First American rope tow built at White Cupboard Inn.
   
 
1935

First national championships for slalom and alpine combined.
   
 
February 1, 1936

FIS authorized a World Championships separate from Olympic Winter Games.
   
 
February 6-16, 1936

Alpine skiing introduced at Garmisch-Partenkirchen Olympic Winter Games.
   
 
1936

World's first chairlift built at Sun Valley, ID; skiing grows in popularity.
   
 
February 1, 1937

Clarita Heath placed fourth in downhill at World Championships.
   
 
1937

Release binding invented by Hjalmar Hvam.
   
 
February 1, 1938

Marian McKean placed sixth in women's downhill World Championships.
   
 
1938

First women's alpine national championships.
   
 
1939

NSA's Intermountain Division created.
   
      
  1940    
 
1940

1940 Olympic Winter Games cancelled.
   
 
1944

1944 Olympic Winter Games cancelled.
   
 
1946

NSA began awarding of Julius Blegen Award.
   
 
January 30 - February 8, 1948

Gretchen Fraser won first U.S. alpine Olympic medals.
   
      
  1950    
 
February 1, 1950

First World Championships in United States.
   
 
1952

Giant slalom races added to alpine national championships; champions 1946-1963.
   
 
February 14-25, 1952

Andrea Mead Lawrence became first women's alpine skier to win two gold medals in a single Olympics.
   
 
February 1, 1954

Jannette Burr won giant slalom silver at Alpine World Championships.
   
 
February 21, 1954

U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame dedicated.
   
 
1955

Tauno Pulkkinen ended three-year cross country nationals winning streak; 30 km race introduced.
   
 
1950s

Skiing emerged as a major recreational activity.
   
 
January 26 - February 5, 1956

Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
   
 
1956

First inductees into U.S. Ski Hall of Fame honored.
   
 
1958

Alfred Vincelette took first of three national nordic combined titles.
   
 
January 1958

Buddy Werner won Lauberhorn alpine combined.
   
 
February 1, 1958

Sally Deaver won giant slalom silver medal at alpine World Championships.
   
 
1959

Buddy Werner became first American to win Holmenkollen race.
   
      
  1960    
 
February 18-28, 1960

American women won three silver medals at Olympic Winter Games.
   
 
1960s

Freestyle skiing continued to develop in 1960s.
   
 
February 1, 1962

Barbara Ferries and Joan Hanna won bronze medals at Alpine Worlds.
   
 
1960s

Mike Gallagher dominated cross country national championships.
   
 
1962

NSA became the U.S. Ski Association (USSA).
   
 
1963-1974

U.S. alpine national championships.
   
 
1963

USSA's Alaska Division created.
   
 
1963

John Bower won first of four nordic combined U.S. championships.
   
 
January 29 - February 9, 1964

Billy Kidd and Jimmy Heuga earned first U.S. men's alpine Olympic medals; Jean Saubert with two medals.
   
 
U.S. Ski Team Foundation created to provide fundraising, scholarship and marketing support.
   
 
June 21, 1965

Bob Beattie named first USSA full-time alpine coach.
   
 
1965

The "snurfer," first mass-produced snowboard, introduced.
   
 
1966

Alison Owen competed at cross country junior championships.
   
 
1966

Amateur freestyle competitions began in United States.
   
 
August 1966

Origins of alpine World Cup.
   
 
September 1, 1966

Penny McCoy took slalom bronze medal at Worlds in Portillo, Chile.
   
 
March 1967

American resorts hosted three alpine World Cup events.
   
 
1968

John Bower made nordic combined history winning King's Cup at Holmenkollen.
   
 
February 6-18, 1968

Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble, France.
   
 
April 5-7,1968

Billy Kidd and Kiki Cutter lead U.S. Team in World Cup placings.
   
 
1969

First women's cross country U.S. nationals held.
   
 
March 20-22, 1969

Marilyn Cochran won giant slalom World Cup.
   
      
  1970    
 
February 8-15, 1970

U.S. skiers won four medals at Alpine World Championships.
   
 
February 16-22, 1970

U.S. women's cross country team made international debut.
   
 
1971

Men's 50km FR race added to cross country national championships.
   
 
March 13-14, 1971

Barbara Cochran and Tyler Palmer both placed third in World Cup slalom.
   
 
1972

USSA's Southern Division organized.
   
 
1972

Mike Devecka and Jim Galanes dominated nordic combined nationals.
   
 
February 3-13, 1972

Barbara Ann Cochran won Olympic slalom event by closest margin in Olympic history.
   
 
March 17-19, 1972

Alpine World Cup leaders.
   
 
1972

First disabled national ski championships in Winter Park, Co.
   
 
1972

USSA's U.S. Ski Educational Foundation created.
   
 
1974

15km FR race added to women's cross country nationals.
   
 
February 1974

Fiberglass skis replaced wooden skis at Nordic World Championships.
   
 
Summer 1974

Alpine portion of U.S. Ski Team relocated to Park City.
   
 
1974

U.S. Handicapped Ski Team organized.
   
 
1970s

Martha Rockwell, Alison Owen-Spencer, Tim Caldwell, Stan Dunklee dominated cross country nationals.
   
 
1975-1984

U.S. alpine national championships.