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KINGFIELD — The Maine Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2021.
The hall of fame is a division of the Maine Ski and Snowboard Museum, formerly the Ski Museum of Maine, and recongizes individuals who bring distinction to Maine skiing and snowboarding through competition, either as athletes or coaches. The hall also honors those who pioneered the sport in Maine, ski makers, ski area builders, instructors, volunteers and others who have made a significant contribution to the sports.
This incoming class will bring the number of those honored to 160, whose biographies, as well as those of previous inductees, can be found on the Museum’s website, www.maineskiandsnowboardmuseum.org. The Class of 2021 includes:
Roger Arsenault, of Rumford, director of alpine racing operations and Nordic programs at Black Mountain, chairman of Chisholm Ski Club and former alpine ski racer.
Elizabeth Carey-Butera, of Anchorage, Alaska, three-time NCAA Cross Country Champion, U.S. Ski Team member and currently a master racer.
Virginia “Ginny” Bousum, of Kingfield, certified PSIA ski instructor for more than 50 years, president of the Sugarloaf Ski Club and race official for 40-plus years.
Harvey and Laura Boynton, (deceased), of Kingfield, ski shop owners and real estate developer at Sugarloaf, created low cost rental programs for young skiers, famous for Boynton’s Beach at Sugarloaf;
Mike Chasse, of Presque Isle, alpine skier, member of the Maine Elite Ski Team, ski lift engineer for Doppelmayr CTEC, director at Big Rock Ski area, volunteer ski instructor and ski patroller.
George Gagnon, (deceased), of Waterville, manager at Dunham’s Trading Post in Waterville, where he sold skis, ski school director at Dunham’s Mountain Farm Ski Slope, member of U.S. Army ski troops and cut trails at Sugarloaf in the 50s.
Scott Hoisington, of Kingfield, ski racer and former head coach and Alpine director at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire; program director for Carrabassett Valley Academy and Alpine Operation Director at University of Maine at Farmington.
Hazen McMullen, of New Portland, vice president/operations manager at Sugarloaf, responsible for the installation of the PHB gondola at Sugarloaf, installed the mountain’s first snow making system, retired manager of Kassbohrers-PistenBully Inc.’s USA operations.
