Tom Reynolds- One of the top ski coaches in the US and first president of the U.S. Ski Coaches Association.

Jean Luce- Ski race organizer and official in Maine, whose career spanned several decades in the state.

Birger Olsen- Founder of winter carnivals in Portland and other Maine communities in the 1920’s.

Alphonse Ouellet- Maine’s earliest cross country marathoner.

Donald Cross- Founded, built and operated (with brothers Stuart and Norton) Mt. Abram for 25 years.

Linwood “Zeke” Dwelley- Maine’s most successful high school coach at Edward Little.

Roger Page- As one of Maine’s early ski instructors, Page directed the ski schools at Sugarloaf and Saddleback.

Robert “Stub”Taylor- Sugarloaf’s first ski patrolman, Taylor was director of the Sugarloaf Ski Patrol for more than 40 years.

Paul Kailey- Ski coach at Gould Academy and a key figure in the early years of Sunday River.

Greg Stump- National free style champion and ski film maker.

Karl Anderson : Anderson was the first Alpine skier from Maine to ski in the Olympics, in 1976 and 1980.  He won in European Cup competition and the 1978 US Downhill title.  Anderson also served on the US Olympic Committee Executive Board and the US Ski Team Board of Directors.

Franklin Emery: Emery was a 20 year ski patrol veteran, developed his own Ski
Spree Wax, and was involved in many aspects of Maine and regional skiing. Emery
served as President of the Downeast Ski Club and the Maine Ski Council and many
years as race official.

Theo Johnsen: Johnsen was a historic figure who wrote the first ski book in North America in 1905.  From his store in Portland , Johnsen sold skis he developed along with bindings and other winter sports gear.


James "Jimmy" Jones : Jones formed Maine 's first ski patrol in 1936 and served
as patrol leader at Pleasant Mountain for many years. He was a ski instructor and coach at South Portland and Westbrook High Schools .


Richard and Mary Kendall : The Kendalls are known for training skiers in the Lewiston/
Auburn area.  Richard Kendall was director of the Lost Valley Ski School , organizer of the Junior Racing Club and also served as a timing official at the 1980 Olympics.  Mary Kendall also served as a race official and organized and directed Auburn Learn to Ski Programs.

Robert Morse: Morse began his career captaining his high school ski team at Deering High School . From 1970 to the present, Morse has coached cross country and alpine ski teams, winning XC state titles in 1986 and 1995, and named XC Coach of the Year in 1986. 


Richard "Pat" Murphy: Murphy joined the Sugarloaf Ski Patrol in 1959 and at 83 is still active.  In addition to patrolling Murphy has worked as volunteer for over ten years with Maine Handicapped Skiing and with the Special Olympics since it started at Sugarloaf in 1982.

Richard "Dick" Osgood: Osgood’s Edward Little boy’s ski team won 10 state titles and 3 New England championships and he led the EL girls to five state titles. 


Robert "Rem" Remington: Remingtonexcelled in jumping and cross country at Gould Academy and UMO, captaining his teams at both levels. At Telstar, Remington coached his teams to six boys’ state titles and girls to five.  His 1978 boys won the New England title.
    
Robert Pidacks: Pidacks represented the US as a cross country skier in the 1952 Olympics held in Oslo , Norway.

Charles Akers : At Andover High, Akers won state cross country championships in 1955 and 1957. He was an NCAA champion at the university of Maine and went on to compete in the 1960 Olympics in cross - country and returned in 1964 in Biathlon.

Ray Broomhall : Devoted a lifetime to skiing, primarily cross - country. His association with the Chisolm Ski Club began as a competitor and has continued for more than 50 years, as a coach, cross country race official and volunteer. He has worked on races at every level from local to National and International, from the fifties to the 2002 Olympics.

Fletcher Brown: His ski history stretches from 1934 to the present and includes being one the first ski instructors at Cannon Mountain before and after World War II. He was at the beginning of organizing Maine skiing and Worked with Amos Winter both on Bigelow and Sugarloaf where he helped cut Winter's Way.

John Christie: If it has anything to do with skiing it seems as if John has done it. Starting with a standout college racing career he continued as a ski patrolman, moved into management as GM at Sugarloaf and later at Mount Snow and returned to Maine as owner of Saddleback. A tireless promoter of the sport, Christie somehow manages to ski fifty days a season as a recreational skier.

Norm Cummings : Won Maine Interschoalstic jumping championships as a senior at Edward Little in 1952 and went on to All American honors at Middlebury College. In an era when Maine was turning out many top ski jumpers, Cummings won more Maine Class A and B championships than any other jumper, was invited to five try outs for Olympic and World Championships and went on to coach high school jumpers and work as a judge at various jumping events.

Dick Gould : As a student at Bates College, Dick won the Maine Intercollegiate Cross Country title in 1937. From 1938 to 1961, he was head four event coach at Farmington High School where he coached a series of outstanding skiers. From 1952 to 1961 his teams were consistently among the tops in Maine winning state titles in 1955 and 1957 and compiling numerous top three and runner up finishes at New England and Eastern levels.

Irv Kagan: Irv didn't discover the sport of skiing until his late thirties, but made up for it with a deep involvement in freestyle skiing. When Masters skiing evolved into freestyle in the late sixties and early seventies standards and organization were rather loose. Recognizing the need for uniformity, Kagan volunteered to chair the Eastern Freestyle Competition Committee where he developed scoring and judging protocols which became the foundation for the US Ski Association taking over the sport. His input played a key role in freestyle developing into an Olympic sport.


Jack Lufkin: Jack was a standout cross country skier at Stephens High in Rumford from 1962 to 1965 on a team that was highly competitive at all levels wining state and New England titles in 1964. He continued racing at Fort Lewis College in Colorado and in 1966 was named to the US Team and the Olympic team in 1968.

George Oullette : In the sixties skiers all over Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont watched "Ski Trails" on WMTW TV. The host of that show was George who was among the founders of the Eastern Ski Writers Association, an organization that got its start at Olympic tryouts at Wildcat where he was one of a group of reporters on the scene. He served as president of that group from 1967-1969


Peter Webber : Peter has been a part of Maine skiing for six plus decades. It was 53 years ago when he raced in the first Sugarloaf Schuss. Since then he has operated ski shops, managed sales for K2, operated the Sugarloaf Inn and played a key role at Sugarloaf as a board member and chairman of that board. He was also responsible for developing the Sugarloaf Golf Course making the area a year round resort.