Thursday, February 20, 2025

EP 121 The Birth of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley Podcast Series Overview

The Birth of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley Podcast Series Overview

From Anamaki Chronicles and InDepthNH.org

This podcast series was produced in three main parts with ancillary interviews also published. YouTube interviews are included where possible.


Part 1 - The Dreamers and the Doers

https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/merRchZ-4/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes




Sunlight Follows Rain on Lupine


Part 2 - The Mentors and the Protectors

https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/h9zwlyIsg/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


Birch Tapestry

Part 3 - The Athletes

Coming soon


Accompanying Interviews

Frank Deboise

Frank Deboise:  https://feeds.podetize.com/HGW31ThDn.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


Nick & Suzi Preston

Nick & Suzi Preston - A Life in Skiing, a Freestyle Life  https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/bRHCU52Td/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

YouTube - Coming soon

Show Notes


Remembering Ray Brox

Bill Brox, Son of Raymond Brox

https://feeds.podetize.com/b04rwqlg2.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


Jack Sanders

Jack Sanders a brilliant legal mind and protector of Freestyle

Jack Sanders

https://feeds.podetize.com/Gybe4fSK3.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


Tom Gross

Nick Preston calls Tom the Unofficial Mayor of "Waterville Valley"

Tom Gross

https://feeds.podetize.com/C6pYhDC1A.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


John & Donni Hughes

Understanding the culture of Waterville during the birth of Freestyle. The wind beneath the wings of Freestyle.

John & Donni Hughes

https://feeds.podetize.com/nOawqmYok.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


Bernie Weischel

Bernie Weischel: 75 Years on the Boards and an Exhibition Guy at Heart

https://feeds.podetize.com/6w0RDNU_2.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


George Askevold

Attitude and Altitude in the Wild West of Skiing https://feeds.podetize.com/yp_6i71bi.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes 


Hali Beckman

Hali Beckman Remembers JD Nelson and the early days of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley

 https://feeds.podetize.com/v_ggGFPqm.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


Jerry Dunfey

Episode 119. Jerry Dunfey Remembers his Friends JD and Frank Deboise

 

Jerry Dunfey, Nadine Dunfey & Nelson Mandela - Global Citizens Circle Photo


 

Jerry Dunfey has had a very full life but he never fails to appreciate the little things that matter most to our hearts as humans. His love for Waterville Valley was a key component in the critical mass that brought Frank Deboise and JD and David Nelson to Waterville in the early years of the Freestyle revolution.

In this episode Jerry reflects on his friendship with JD Nelson, Skiing with Paul Pfosi and other great memories from the Waterville years.




Links



Global Citizen's Circle: Established more than 50 years ago by the Dunfey Family

https://www.globalcitizenscircle.org/




Jerry Dunfey is the 1974 founding president of Global Citizens Circle (GCC).. Nadine Hack has been actively involved with GCC for 40 of its 50 years. They are fervent citizen activists. Below we share their views on the importance of voting.

Voting: The Price of Democracy

by Jerry and Nadine Dunfey



The Birth of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley Podcast Series Overview

From Anamaki Chronicles and InDepthNH.org

This podcast series was produced in three main parts with ancillary interviews also published. YouTube interviews are included where possible.


Part 1 - The Dreamers and the Doers

https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/merRchZ-4/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


Maple Chaos




Part 2 - The Mentors and the Protectors

https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/h9zwlyIsg/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes



Part 3 - The Athletes

Coming soon


Accompanying Interviews

Frank Deboise

Frank Deboise:  https://feeds.podetize.com/HGW31ThDn.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


Moonlight on Night Blooming Cereus



Nick & Suzi Preston

Nick & Suzi Preston - A Life in Skiing, a Freestyle Life  https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/bRHCU52Td/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

YouTube - Coming soon

Show Notes

Crown Vetch Portrait
Signed Originals.     Unsigned Open Edition Prints




Remembering Ray Brox

Bill Brox, Son of Raymond Brox

https://feeds.podetize.com/b04rwqlg2.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes



Purple Passion in Sugar Hill
Signed Originals.    Unsigned Open Edition Prints



Jack Sanders

Jack Sanders a brilliant legal mind and protector of Freestyle

Jack Sanders

https://feeds.podetize.com/Gybe4fSK3.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


Tom Gross

Nick Preston calls Tom the Unofficial Mayor of "Waterville Valley"

Tom Gross

https://feeds.podetize.com/C6pYhDC1A.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes




John & Donni Hughes

Understanding the culture of Waterville during the birth of Freestyle. The wind beneath the wings of Freestyle.

John & Donni Hughes

https://feeds.podetize.com/nOawqmYok.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


Bernie Weischel

Bernie Weischel: 75 Years on the Boards and an Exhibition Guy at Heart

https://feeds.podetize.com/6w0RDNU_2.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


A Glow of Lilies
Signed Originals.     Unsigned Open Edition Prints

George Askevold

Attitude and Altitude in the Wild West of Skiing https://feeds.podetize.com/yp_6i71bi.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes 




Hali Beckman

Hali Beckman Remembers JD Nelson and the early days of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley

 https://feeds.podetize.com/v_ggGFPqm.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes

Airborne on a Butternut Mist
Signed Originals.    Unsigned Open Edition Prints

Jerry Dunfey

Jerry remembers JD Nelson and his friend Frank Deboise

https://feeds.podetize.com/YTfKrY5qL.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes
















Cloud Over Loveland Monochrome
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Colors Above the Notch
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The Birth of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley Podcast Series Overview

From Anamaki Chronicles and InDepthNH.org

This podcast series was produced in three main parts with ancillary interviews also published. YouTube interviews are included where possible.


Part 1 - The Dreamers and the Doers

https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/merRchZ-4/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes



Part 2 - The Mentors and the Protectors

https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/h9zwlyIsg/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes



Part 3 - The Athletes

Coming soon


Accompanying Interviews

Frank Deboise

Frank Deboise:  https://feeds.podetize.com/HGW31ThDn.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


Nick & Suzi Preston

Nick & Suzi Preston - A Life in Skiing, a Freestyle Life  https://feeds.podetize.com/ep/bRHCU52Td/media

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

YouTube - Coming soon

Show Notes


Remembering Ray Brox

Bill Brox, Son of Raymond Brox

https://feeds.podetize.com/b04rwqlg2.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


Jack Sanders

Jack Sanders a brilliant legal mind and protector of Freestyle

Jack Sanders

https://feeds.podetize.com/Gybe4fSK3.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


Tom Gross

Nick Preston calls Tom the Unofficial Mayor of "Waterville Valley"

Tom Gross

https://feeds.podetize.com/C6pYhDC1A.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show Notes


John & Donni Hughes

Understanding the culture of Waterville during the birth of Freestyle. The wind beneath the wings of Freestyle.

John & Donni Hughes

https://feeds.podetize.com/nOawqmYok.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


Bernie Weischel

Bernie Weischel: 75 Years on the Boards and an Exhibition Guy at Heart

https://feeds.podetize.com/6w0RDNU_2.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


George Askevold

Attitude and Altitude in the Wild West of Skiing https://feeds.podetize.com/yp_6i71bi.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes 


Hali Beckman

Hali Beckman Remembers JD Nelson and the early days of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley

 https://feeds.podetize.com/v_ggGFPqm.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


Jerry Dunfey

Jerry remembers JD Nelson and his friend Frank Deboise

https://feeds.podetize.com/YTfKrY5qL.mp3

https://www.anamaki.com/art-productions/podcasts/new-hampshire-secrets-legends-lore

Show notes


EP 118 George Askevold: Attitude & Altitude in the Wild West of Skiing

 

Legends of Freestyle Skiing event commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Freestyle Skiing, March 8, 2001. Pictured (left to right), Paul O'Neill, Floyd Wilkie, Wayne Wong, and George Askevold - Wikimedia Commons


EP 118 George Askevold: Attitude & Altitude in the Wild West of Skiing

George came to New Hampshire from his childhood home in Rhode Island. He began skiing barely after he began walking. Life from there has been an evolution in skiing with George at the frontline. Considered one of the pioneers of Freestyle skiing, George competed in the very first days of Freestyle and wowed the crowds everywhere. . . retiring - as he says - "while my knees still worked"!





Also mentioned in this podcast

Devereaux "Dev" Jennings

Bill Polleys - Obituary


Wednesday, February 19, 2025

117 Bernie Weischel: 75 Years on the Boards and an Exhibition Guy at Heart


Bernie Weischel - Courtesy Photo




117 Bernie Weischel: 75 Years on the Boards and an Exhibition Guy at Heart
Last year Bernie logged more than 50 days skiing at 75 years of age. He is still an active and eager part of the skiing community and a key member of the team that made Freestyle possible, even when it was back on its heels.

Running events and shows is never easy but Bernie seemed to make it look so. 




EP 116 Jack Sanders: a brilliant legal mind and protector of Freestyle.

 

Jack Sanders -  Courtesy Photo


Attorney Jack Sanders

Jack Sanders a brilliant legal mind and protector of Freestyle.

Jack Sanders a brilliant legal mind and protector of Freestyle

While most folks in his native state of New Hampshire knew Jack Sanders as one of the finest attorneys in NH, but something else was happening "backstage" that most did not know about. Jack's love of skiing and freestyle was compelling him into the national freestyle legal space. He got into it somewhat reluctantly at the urging of Floyd Wilkie who was concerned about the future of freestyle and felt it needed the steady hand of Jack Sanders and his legal expertise to assure a brighter future. Ultimately Jack would serve in a national role helping to provide guidance to the young sport in its time of need.





  
A Rest at Jefferson Highlands


Ep 115 Raymond Brox as recalled by his son Bill Brox




The Birth of Freestyle Skiing at Waterville Valley, NH


Raymond Brox - Rehabilitated the Rope Tow
and built the T-Bars at Snows Mountain


Ep 115 Bill Brox, Raymond Brox as recalled by his son Bill Brox


Bill Brox modestly and humorously suggested that his father's value to the Waterville Valley story was "Without portfolio", specifically, he said that Tom Corcoran "had a pedigree, unlike my father". But the worth of Ray Brox is more accurately measured by the fact that Ralph Bean gave Ray two acres of prime real estate in the center of Waterville Valley to build a ski home in thanks for his contributions at Snow's Mountain. Further, the Beans considered him a close friend for the remainder of their lives. 

Ray began by rehabilitating an old rope tow at Snow's Mountain - actually it WAS the entirety of Snow's ski area. Then he purchased two old T-Bars from a Utah ski area and rebuilt them at Snow's Mountain accessing two newly cut intermediate and expert slopes.






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