SKIING WITH A SKI CLUB RICH IN HISTORY:
The Chicago Ski Twisters ski club is the oldest ski club in Chicago. It was organized in 1959 and is still serving as a model for all future ski clubs. The Chicago Ski Twisters was conceived on the principles of teaching downhill skiing, attaining low group cost, traveling with new ski friends and providing an avenue by which skiers and wannabe skiers could gather.
The Chicago Ski Twisters Ski Club was brought into existence, purely for the sake of the downhill skier and snowboarder.
From the originally known four independent pioneer skiers, who started skiing long before 1959; only George Sanders, President of the Chicago Ski Twisters, is still super active in downhill skiing. During the early sixties, the Chicago Ski Twisters enjoyed years of camaraderie with some of the Midwest ski clubs, such as the Jim Dandy ski club of Detroit, Michigan; then on to the 1973 Black Summit, they met, partied and skied with 13 known black ski clubs at Aspen, Colorado. The Chicago Ski Twisters has been in the forefront for a long time. In 1974, the Chicago Ski Twisters played host to the first meeting in Chicago for the formalization of the National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS). The Chicago Ski Twisters and the Jim Dandy’s of Detroit are the two oldest black ski clubs on planet earth. Named for the dance rage of the time - "the twist" in 1959, the Chicago Ski Twisters ski club exhibits its own personality and style. Some of the Chicago Ski Twisters' long list of "firsts" are:
- the club's first Guaranteed "learn to ski on first weekend" or cash back free beginner group lessons free intermediate and advanced private lessons on a selected need to improve
- free lift tickets on selected weekend ski trips and no charge round-trip ground transfers on NBS Summit ski trips.
Even with the many evolutionary changes over the past 40 years and over a thousand skiers later, the same qualities that made the Chicago Ski Twisters Ski Club unique in 1959, continues to make it a desirable ski club in the 2006/2007 ski season.
Raymond Scott, Adjutant (rjscott@ix.netcom.com)
Learn to Ski - Then Change the World
October Briefing (Quarterly) Midwest region ski trips and NBS Summit update - current deposits and current installments are required.
January 19-21 (Weekend) Schuss Mountain Ski Area in Michigan
$ 184.00 p.p. - Double Occupancy
(Single supplements are available)
First Timer Ski Trip Fee w/club - $20.00
August 11th = First Suggested Early Monthly Installment
Free "Learn to Ski Downhill" lesson Saturday afternoon where needed by ski area's instructors. Credit cards accepted at ski area.January 25 - 28
(4 days)Snowshoe Mountain Ski Area in West Virginia - R.T. Jet Flight
Eastern Region Ski ClubsFebruary 2 - 4 (Weekend)
Big Powderhorn Ski Area and Indianhead Ski Area in the Upper Peninsular of Michigan
$194.00 p.p. - Double occupancy
(Single supplements are available)
First Timer Ski Trip Fee w/club - $10.00
August 18th = First Suggested Early Monthly Installment.
Free "Learn to Ski Downhill" lesson Saturday afternoon where needed by ski area's instructors. Credit cards accepted at ski area.February 24 - Mar 3 (eight days)
Steamboat Springs Ski Resort in Colorado - Jet
NBS' SUMMIT $40.00 Initial Introductory Ski Fee Double Occupancy - Single supplements available Attn: You and your friend (s) personal different lodging selection may/can be available upon request.March 21 - 25 (five days)
Crested Butte Ski Area in Colorado - JET
Midwest Regional Winterfest - NBSMarch 21 - 25 (five days)
Loon Mountain Ski Resort in New Hampshire - JET
Eastern Regional Winterfest - NBS
THE OLDEST SKI CLUB IN CHICAGO SINCE 1959
A Member and one of the original 13 Founders of the
NATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF SKIERS
An American League of Independent Ski Clubs
For details and more information:
Operations Control (Aides and Support Staff)
(773) 445-8345 (Voice mail after 5 rings)
Email: sandchskitwis@hotmail.com