Résident de Val David, Gilles Parent fut l’investigateur de l’Association des stations de ski de fond du Québec. Un des rares Canadiens à détenir une reconnaissance de guide de montagne en Suisse. Il a écrit et produit La grande aventure du ski, une série documentaire de 10 épsiodes de télévision portant sur l’histoire du ski […]
Lloyd Langlois, le légendaire athlète natif de Magog a, pendant sa longue carrière, aidé à populariser à l’échelle internationale le très spectaculaire sport du ski acrobatique. Il a disputé plus de 100 épreuves de Coupe du Monde dans une dizaine de pays. Il remporta deux médailles Olympiques de bronze soit à Calgary en 1988 et […]
La famille Goodman changea le visage du ski au Canada. Aubrey et Joan, les parents, furent tous deux des bénévoles hors-du-commun sur les circuits de compétition des Laurentides durant plus de 40 ans. Ils y élevèrent leurs trois garçons : Peter, Russel et Gary. Leur dévouement a contribué à établir les bases de ce qui s’avèrera […]
Né en Suisse, Paul d’Allmen émigre au Canada en 1910. Il découvre le ski et les Laurentides peu après son arrivée. En 1915, il part à la guerre où il subira plusieurs blessures dont une importante aux jambes. En 1931, il reprend le ski de fond, il ne peut guère avancer avec ses jambes, il […]
Claude Girard was president of the Quebec Ski Federation for 5 year in the 70s. It was during his mandate that the idea of an Elite ski team for Quebec was conceived. That team has since become known as the Quebec Ski Team. It had and continues to have great success. Shortly after the creation […]
Instructor, builder, cross-country skier, physical education teacher, Marc Desjardins devoted an incalculated number of hours to extra-curricular activities and to Quebec Winter Games. More than 30 years ago he created in Saint-Jérôme an important cross-country ski club called Les Fondeurs for young people. He remains an excellent role model for potential cross-country skiers, for anyone […]
Instructor, builder and member of the Cochand family born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 1937, Eugène Chedel devoted more than 40 years to skiing in various functions. He arrived in the Laurentians in 1957. He served as ski school director at Chalet Cochand (1964-68) and at Stoneham (1971-73). He served as president of Ski Quebec for […]
The Booth clan is the first family inducted into the Laurentian Ski Hall of Fame. In the 30s, Ron Sr. fly by cockpit bi-plane in the Laurentians to ski the week-end. By 1950, the Booth had become full time residents of Saint-Sauveur and were involved in the growth of this new industry. Gertrude operated a […]
A Norwegian who immigrated to Canada in 1953 and eventually to Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs in 1958, Mike Loken has since been very active at developing and maintaining a cross-country trail network of which the « Loken », trail remains very popular with skiers from the region. At 85, he is the « Jackrabbit » of Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs. Every year, he continues to […]
J.D. Miller is one of the key « behind the scenes contributors to the B2ten program which funded the training of several promising athletes in preparation for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. This program contributed, among others, to the success of Alexandre Bilodeau and Jennifer Heil in freestyle skiing and Alex Harvey in cross-country skiing. J.D. […]
