
The signs that summer is fading have started to pop up as the kids have gone back to school, trees up north are starting to show their fall colors and sunsets are getting earlier and earlier.
Another sign that winter will be here before you know it will be on Sept. 11 as the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame will announce its next class of inductees during its golf outing and announcement party at Whiteface Club & Resort in Lake Placid, New York. The actual induction ceremony will be March 29, 2025, also in Lake Placid, the final day of a four-day event.
Last year’s induction ceremony was in Park City, Utah, and speed skier Ross Anderson, Olympic moguls medalist Shannon Bahrke, snowboarder Jeff Brushie, Nordic combined gold medalist Billy Demong, Powder magazine founders Dave Moe and Jake Moe, builder Les Otten, educator Mike Porter, and racer and ski manufacturer Hank Kashiwa were enshrined.
But the actual Hall of Fame is in Ishpeming, Mich., on the Upper Peninsula. Basecamp podcast hosts Mike Specian and Keith Pearson spoke recently with U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame executive director Justin Koski recently about the history of skiing in the U.S. and how a skiing museum ended up on the UP, what it takes to be considered for induction and how those at the Hall of Fame bring the experience of being there to you at home (while still recommending a visit in person).