Arlberg Ski Club
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| Surname | Arlberg Ski Club |
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| Founded | January 3, 1901 |
| Place of foundation | St. Anton am Arlberg |
| Association headquarters | 6580 St. Anton am Arlberg, Dorfstrasse 46 |
| Members | 9056 (as of June 2019) |
| Departments | Alpine skiing , freestyle skiing , freeride |
| Chairman | Josef Chodakowsky (President) |
| Homepage | www.skiclubarlberg.at |
The Ski Club Arlberg , founded in 1901, is the first Austrian winter sports club and one of the oldest in the world.
history
The ski club was founded on January 3rd, 1901 in the St. Christoph am Arlberg hospice in the municipality of St. Anton am Arlberg. The founding members were the hospice host Oswald Trojer and his daughter Liesel, the village doctor Adolf Rybizka, the hotelier brothers Carl Schuler and Adolf Schuler, as well as Messrs. Josef Schneider, Ferdinand Beil and Dr. F. Gerstel. On January 3rd, 1901, the six friends set off in fresh powder snow from St. Anton to St. Christoph - in Loden, on simple boards with heavy boots on their feet and a stick in hand. They took a break at the Hotel Hospiz at 1,800 meters, which ended with an idea: the founding of the Arlberg Ski Club. You can still read the entry of the founding member and councilor Adolf Rybizka in the guest book of the hospice:
" Delighted by nature, enthusiastic about sport, permeated by the need to create a modest meeting point on the Arlberg for friends of this noble pleasure, the ex tempore (unprepared) day trippers feel moved to found the Arlberg Ski Club. "
The entry was made by the founding members Carl and Adolf Schuler, Dr. Adolf Rybizka, Oswald Trojer, Josef Schneider, Ferdinand Beil, Dr. F. Gerstel and Liesl Trojer signed. In 1903, two years later, the 100th club member was welcomed.
Just three years after the ski club was founded, on January 5th and 6th, 1904, the club held the 1st general ski race. There had never been anything like this in the Alps before. The route for this long-distance run was precisely worked out and led from the Ulmer Hütte over the Schindlerferner to the Arlensattel, then on the Galzig, from there down to St. Christoph and finally on to St. Anton. Today it is hard to imagine what high performance was required of the participants back then. The competitors plowed their way through the deep snow with the heaviest sports equipment - cable cars, lifts and groomed slopes did not exist at the beginning of the 20th century.
In addition, the club members built a hut on the Arlberg at an altitude of 1800 m , which offered some of the simplest accommodation and catering options. In February 1990 an avalanche destroyed this hut, but the board decided to build a new one. This began in 1991 and the clubhouse was inaugurated on September 10, 1993. Here hikers, skiers and other people can spend the night again (23 beds as mattress camps) and have a snack .
In its more than 100-year history, the club has not only produced numerous top athletes, but has also set milestones for alpine skiing. The SCA was a co-founder of the Tyrolean as well as the German and Austrian Ski Associations. In 1928, the SCA organized the 1st Arlberg-Kandahar race , which is still run today as a World Cup race, in addition to St. Anton am Arlberg in other Alpine locations. And last but not least, Hannes Schneider, who was born in Stuben, set new impulses with the "invention" of Arlberg technology and the establishment of the first ski school. The Arlberg technique, also known as the stem bow, is considered to be the forerunner of the parallel turn.
More than 100 years later, the Arlberg Ski Club is one of the largest in Europe and probably also the most traditional in the world. With the integration of the towns of Lech, Zürs, Stuben, St. Christoph and St. Anton, it already has 8804 members from 57 countries in 2018.
Historic club sign
Much has changed over the course of more than 100 years since the Ski Club Arlberg was founded, but the club symbol and emblem of the Kaderschmiede has remained, just as the medical student Fritz Gerstel designed 100 years ago: a circle with two crossed ones Skis and a ski pole that indicates the one-pole technique . The signet can also be found on the facade of the mountain hut as a plastic representation.
structure
The club comprises the community areas of St. Anton am Arlberg with St. Jakob and St. Christoph, Lech and Zürs, as well as Stuben. The Arlberg Ski Club is a full member of the Tyrolean Ski Association (TSV) and, at the same time, is a full member of the Vorarlberg Ski Association (VSV), along with its association in Vorarlberg. The activities of the SCA cover the entire Arlberg region and are divided into four local groups, each headed by a chairman.
The management of the association is incumbent on the board. It consists of (as of 2010):
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Youth promotion
With a tradition going back more than 100 years, the SCA pays particular attention to promoting young talent. In the entire Arlberg area, more than 150 children are looked after and trained by successful and well-trained trainers. The goal is clearly set: the youth of the Arlberg should receive comprehensive and well-founded training in snow sports, because skiing is one of the most important components of the Arlberg.
Winner at world ski events since 1936
Olympic champion of the SCA
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World champion from the SCA
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Other important winter sports events with winners from the SCA
- Freeride World Tour
- Nadine Wallner , 2013 Freeride World Tour gold medal
- Lorraine Huber , 2017 Freeride World Tour gold medal
Racing athlete
Internationally successful racers, medal ranks in World Cup races or the Olympic Winter Games from the ranks of the SCA are among others. a .: - Sort alphabetically by last name -
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President
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literature
- Christian Mähr : Arlberg Ski Club. A report of the century. Ski Club Arlberg, St. Anton am Arlberg 2000, ISBN 3-9501375-0-5 .
- Sabine Dettling, Bernhard Tschofen : Traces / Tracks. Ski culture on the Arlberg / The Arlberg and the Culture of Skking . Bertolini, Bregenz 2014.
- Hans Thöni: Hannes Schneider on his 100th birthday , 1990, Ludesch, ISBN 3-7022-1779-7 .
- Hans Thöni: Not a beautiful country on the Arlberg; The fate of Rudolf Gomperz ; ISBN 3-9501280-1-8 .
- Hanno Loewy: wonder of the snowshoe? Hannes Schneider, Rudolf Gomperz and the birth of modern skiing on the Arlberg .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "The most famous ski club in the world", gloss column 4 . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 4th 1951, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ Entry in the guest book of the St. Christoph am Arlberg hospice
- ↑ History and illustrations of the SCA hut , accessed on March 22, 2019.