February 8, 1887

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1887, the Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the first US ski club. Hans Johannsun, one of the founding members later mentioned after an afternoon of cross-country skiing that skiing across a flat field (Minnesota is very flat) was nice and produced a satisfying amount of exercise, but wouldn’t skiing down a mountain be more fun. He was immediately elected president of the club.

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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