4@
4@ >>>
4@ >>> THE MUSEUM OF MAINE WILL HOST THE ANNUAL MAINE SKIING
HALL OF FAME INJECTION ON
OCTOBER 19 IS A BIG 4@EVENT FOR
THE MUSEUM AND ANYONE WHO IS
INTERESTED IN SKIING AND
SNOWBOARDING IN MAINE.
HERE WE HAVE TWO GUYS THAT ARE
MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN, KIPP
FILES, MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND
SETH WESCOTT A SPORTING HERO,
TWO-TIME OLYMPIC SNOWBOARD
CHAMPION4@. THANKS FOR COMING I
>> GOOD TO BE HERE .
>>> A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT THINK
IT HAPPENED IN THE 40s AND 50s
BUT IT GOES FARTHER4@ .
>>> WE 4@CAN ATTRIBUTE IT TO TH
SWEDES THAT CAME OVER IN THE
1870S AND SETTLED AND THEY HAD
LAND TO COME ACROSS AND I
STARTED FARMING AND WHAT THEY
DID BRING HIS NEW CONTRAPTIONS
BECAUSE UP UNTIL THEN4@ THOSE O
US AND OUR 4@ANCESTORS LIVING I
MAINE WERE DOING DEEP SO IN 4@
SNOWSHOES THAT NATIVE AMERICANS
HAD TAUGHT THEM 4@BUT THEN THEY
BROUGHT THE SKIS ALONG AND FROM
THERE4@ IT TURNED INTO HOW TO
CROSS THE SNOW EASILY AND THEN
IT BECAME RECREATION4@ .
>>> THAN THE LIFT MADE IT INTO
INDUSTRY. 4@
>> YOU STARTED ON SKIS NOT
ABOARD4@ .
>>> I DID, ABSOLUTELY.
GROWING UP4@ WE HAD CROSS-COUNT
SKIS AT A YOUNG AGE AND WE
WOULD BE OUT ON CHINA LAKE, WE
LIVED ACROSS FROM THE LANDING 4@
BUT THEN MOVING TO RANGE THE IN
THE FORCED FOURTH GRADE4@ IS WH
LIVED ACROSS FROM THE LANDING 4@ BUT THEN MOVING TO RANGE THE IN THE FORCED FOURTH GRADE4@ IS WH@
I SWITCHED4@ .
>>> HOW OLD WERE YOU?
>> I STARTED DOING BOTH AT AGE
10 BUT SNOWBOARDING WASN'T
ALLOWED IN FARMINGT4@ON SO I HA
>> I STARTED DOING BOTH AT AGE 10 BUT SNOWBOARDING WASN'T ALLOWED IN FARMINGT4@ON SO I HA@
TO WAIT UNTIL I CAN START
GETT4@ING RIDES UP TO SUGARLOAF
TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT4@ .
>>> THEY DIDN'T WANT REBELS
LIKE YOU ON THE PURE AND
PRISTINE SLOPES .
>>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>>4@ WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE
THIS INDUCTION, IT'S A WAY TO
HONOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD
SUCCESS IN SKIING AND
SNOWBOARDING IN 4@MAINE .
>> WE'VE HAD LIKE 100 M 4@
INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME4
AND ENSURE WE HAVE EIGHT.
WE SKI BECAUSE WE ARE 4@USED TO
IT BUT SKIING AND BOARDING NOW
.
>>> IT'S QUITE AN HONOR, WE
LOOK AT TH4@E PEOPLE WHO'VE
CONTRIBUTED TO OUR INDUSTRY AND
WEASEL4@ -- WE'VE LOST OVER 60
SKI AREAS IN THE STATE OF MAINE
SO THE MUSEUM IS TRYING TO
PRESERVE AND COLLECT ALL THIS
INFORMATION BECAUSE THE PLACES
YOU SKIED IN AS A KID ARE
STARTING TO GO .
>>> YES, THEY ARE DISAPPEARING
.
>>> WERE TRYING TO COLLECT ALL
THE MEMORIES AND MEMORABILIA
THAT WE CAN WE HAVE 4@A FUTURE
FUNDRAISER TO HELP THOSE IN THE
SKI INDUSTRY ARE PART OF THE
SKI INDUSTRY IN MAINE .
>>> FOR THOSE WHO HELPED WITH
THE SPORT ON THE MAP THAT YOU
OCCUPY A UNIQUE POSITION IN
MAINE4@4@ AND THAT MUST BE REAL
GRATIFYING FOR YOU, 4@
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOUNG
BORDERS, TEENAGERS AND LITTLE
KIDS THAT COME UP TO YOU WITH
THAT WIDE-EYED LOOK AND SAY
HEY, I WANT TO DO WHAT YOU DO4@
>>> IT'S AMAZING, I HAD A
MEETING WITH THE YOUNG
SNOWBOARDER THIS MORNING4@
LOOKING FOR ADVICE4@ ON HOW TO
HAVE HIS CAREER HIT 4@A TRAJECTY
SO, IT'S NEAT.
I'M IN THAT 4@TRANSITION PHASE4
GETTING OFF THE NATIONAL TEAM
AND TAKING ON DIFFERENT ROLES.
I WILL HELP OTHER YOUNG
AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIAN THROUGH THE
NEXT THREE SEASONS THROUGH THE @
CHINA GAMES .
>>> IS STILL DOING SOME
COMPETING YOURSELF?
>> YES, FILM PROJECTS, 4@
BACKCOUNTRY WRITING, I STILL
LOVE IT4@4@, I HAVE A TWO-YEAR-
DAUGHTER NOW SO I CAN'T REALLY
GO OUT AND BE ON THE WORLD CUP
THE WHOLE WINTER, YOU'VE GOT TO
BE HOME AS MUCH IS POSSIBLE,
BUT IT'S NEAT. 4@I'VE HAD
PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
TRAVEL THE WORLD BECAUSE OF
SOMETHING I PICKED UP 4@AS A
PASSION AS A YOUNG KID, SO TO
BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE FUTURE
GENERATIONS .
>>> WHEN YOU DEVELOP A PASSION
PEOPLE LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
ITS HISTORY, IF YOU GO TO THE
MUSEUM YOU SEE PHOTOS, ALL
THINGS TO PIQUE THEIR INTEREST
.
>>> SINCE 4@119 48 WE'VE HAD A4
MAINER 4@IN EVERY 4@OLYMPIC SIN
1948, SO4@ 4@MAINE HAS BEEN
REPRESENTED WELL IN THOSE
SPORTS AND THE MUSEUM 4@NOW HA
THIS TRAVELING EXHIBIT THAT
WILL 4@GO AROUND4@ AND IT'S IN
KINGFIELD RIGHT NOW BUT AS WE 4@
CHANGEOVER IT WILL GO AROUND
THE STATE.
IT TOUCHES US ALL. 4@
LOOK WHAT SETH DID. IT'S JUST
AMAZING4@.
>> OUR RICH HISTORY AS PART OF
THE FABRIC OF THE STATE.4@
>> WE WILL LEAVE IT THERE,
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, IT'S
THE 17th ANNUAL INDUCTION FOR
THE SKIING HALL OF FAME AND IT
WILL HAPPEN AT SUGARLOAF ON
OCTOBER 19 THE