!!!Schneider, Hannes

b. Stuben in the municipality of Kloesterle am Arlberg (Vorarlberg), June 24, 1890, 
d. North Conway (USA), April 24, 1955. Skiing pioneer. From 1907 ski 
instructor in St. Anton  Sankt Anton am Arlberg, with his 
"Arlberg School" founded in 1922 and instructive films propagated the 
stem turn and a technique which was adapted to the terrain, and in 
this way made the Arlberg area an international skiing centre. Also 
took part in ski films and founded the North Conway ski centre in New 
Hampshire after his emigration to the USA (1938).

!Literature
H. Thoeni, H. S., 1990.



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