Jozo weider biography books
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The name &#;Weider&#; will live as long as the Blue Mountain because that escarpment west of Collingwood will remain as a natural monument to Jozo Weider.
A former European ski champion, Jozo came to Collingwood from his native Czechoslovakia in as a ski instructor and manager of an area preliminarily developed but he Collingwood Ski Club.
He remained to mould this raw escarpment into a ski empire that is still growing
and will continue to grow with the passing years.
Bestowed with a remarkable sense of vision, perseverance in the face of adversity and narrow minded opposition, and a rugged physique, he literally stamped Collingwood on the map as a ski symbol.
Jozo Weider brought international skiing to Collingwood, and he constructed the facilities which made the Collingwood ski area equal in challenges to areas which had far greater natural potential.
There is no question, Jozo is rightfully the first of many Collingwood skiers to follow into the Sports Hall of Fame.
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John Hethrington remembers&#;
In at age 12, inom received my first membership badge for the Toronto Ski Club. In the Club bought 1 pair of jumping skis and sent Dave Palmateer and me to the Pete Petterson ski jumping school at Midland. During the winters of – 54, I raced for TSC at Blue Mountain with the Weider kids (Helen & George). Various adults like Dr. Doug Firth and Bob Gooch provided transportation from Toronto and I slept on any floor available at Blue.
In those years there were only 40 to 50 junior racers in Southern Ontario. Ellis Hazen, a high school teacher in Sudbury, would bring a bus load of junior racers from his Nickleteen Ski Club down to the Ontario Championships at Blue and regularly clean our clocks, particularly in the Nordic events. In those days, we raced all 4 events each weekend; downhill and slalom on Saturday—cross country and jumping on Sunday. Put that in your pipe and smoke it you spoiled kids of today. For races at Blue, Jozo made dinner plates p
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The Blue Mountain area near Collingwood is blessed with more attractions for visitors than most tourist destinations. There are so many things to do and sights to see that even those who return year after year find attractions they never knew about before.
Whether you’re looking for outdoor activities, like skiing, hiking, biking and water sports; unique natural features, like the mountain itself, caves and Georgian Bay; restaurants and nightlife; theatres; museums; arts and crafts, urban settings or a chalet getaway, Blue Mountain offers it and much more.
But there’s no denying that, without the Blue Mountain Ski Resort, not as many people would have discovered the treasures that Blue Mountain offers. And the story of how the ski resort came to be is a good one.
The Story of Blue Mountain Resort
All you have to do to start learning about who started the Blue Mountain Ski Resort is drive to it. No matter which direction you come from, you’ll end up on Jozo Weider Blvd. before y