A legacy of success: Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s 100-year timeline
1914: Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club founded, first Winter Carnival, Nordic jumping and cross-country programs debut, first jump built at Howelsen
1915: First Winter Carnival street events
1916: First club in Rocky Mountains to join National Ski Association, hosts first National Jumping Championships
1917: First Alpine slope opens at Howelsen Hill, Henry Hall breaks 200-foot jumping distance
1931: Alpine racing program introduced
1932: John Steele, first Winter Sports Club Olympian, competes at Lake Placid
1935: Debut of high school marching band on skis
1936: First Lighted Man
1937: Night skiing introduced at Howelsen Hill
1938: First ski lift installed
1939: First night show at Winter Carnival
1944: Dryland training introduced, Al Wegeman becomes first full-time paid ski coach, skiing accredited as part of public schools
1948: Hosts first Junior Nationals, one Olympian competes in St. Moritz
1951: First Ski Swap
1952: Six Olympians compete in Oslo
1956: Six Olympians compete in Cortina
1957: Little Toots program begins, Bud Werner wins Hahnenkamm at Kitzbuhl
1958: First Torchlight Parade
1960: Five Olympians compete in Squaw Valley
1964: Four Olympians compete in Innsbruck
1968: Three Olympians compete in Grenoble, including Jim “Moose” Barrows, whose crash gets documented by ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” as “The Agony of Defeat”
1969: Barrows wins North American Downhill Championships
1972: Howelsen ski jumps burned to the ground in protest of Denver’s bid to host 1976 Olympics, one Olympian competes in Sapporo
1973: First Soda Pop Slalom
1974: First Wednesday night jump and Town Challenge race
1976: One Olympian competes in Innsbruck
1977: Walt Evans hired as first executive director
1978: Freestyle program introduced
1980: Three Olympians compete in Lake Placid
1988: Seven Olympians compete in Calgary
1991: Howelsen Hill opens first cross-country trails
1992: 10 Olympians compete in Albertville, Nelson Carmichael wins bronze in moguls, Olympian Hall built
1994: First World Cup Nordic combined held at Howelsen
1995: Snowboard program introduced
1998: 15 Olympians compete in Nagano, Shannon Dunn wins bronze in snowboarding
1999: First half-pipe installed, David DeHaven Strength Training Center opens
2000: Howler Alpine Slide opens, freeskier program launched, athlete travel program established
2001: Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Foundation established
2002: First Olympian send-off celebration held for 15 athletes competing in Park City, Travis Mayer wins silver in moguls
2003: Water ramp complex built at Bald Eagle Lake
2004: Telemark and cycling programs begin, winter enrollment exceeds 1,000 athletes, paid coach and staff exceed 100, STAMP (strength, talent, athleticism, motivation and perseverance) slogan adopted, in memory of Ashley Stamp (1991-2004)
2005: Hosts Disabled World Cup
2006: 20 Olympians compete in Torino, plastic installed for summer jumping
2007: Tubing operations debut to help fund programs
2010: 17 Olympians compete in Vancouver bringing home seven medals, Johnny Spillane wins first U.S. Nordic combined Olympic medal (silver), club hosts first Telemark World Cup
2012: Centennial Campaign raises funds to install plastic on second jump
2013: Club celebrates 100th Winter Carnival and seven World Championship podiums, including gold by Arielle Gold; freeskier, snowboard programs receive airbag donation; on-snow training opens on earliest date in history (Nov. 12)
2014: Winter Sports Club celebrates 100 years of providing area youths educational and athletic opportunities to reach their personal best in all aspects of life

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