Tag Archives: skiing

Buff Tribute: Jimmie Heuga 1943-2010

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Dave Plati
Jimmie Heuga (PolSci’73)

Former CU-Boulder skier and Olympic bronze medalist Jimmie Heuga (PolSci’73) passed away Feb. 8, 46 years to the day he won one of the first two medals in United States men’s Olympic ski team history. He was 66.
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A film mogul in action

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Ken McConnellogue

The hard part for the extreme skier, who has been featured in the past 20 Warren Miller films, is getting to the cliffs. To film the spectacular segments in Miller’s movies, Anthony has taken some long, strange trips around the world — white-knuckle flights in rattletrap Russian Army helicopters over Iran and three-day slogs behind horses through belly-deep snow in the remote reaches of northwestern China.
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Kidding around on the slopes

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Jennie Lay
Kidd in Steamboat powder

Kidd says it’s all a dream come true – and his genuine passion for skiing has driven him to spread his love and inspiration with everyone from Special Olympians to Ute Indian schoolkids.
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