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About John Fry (journalist)
- "John Fry" invented the Nations Cup of alpine ski racing by which the relative strengths of the world's national ski teams are ranked annually.
- Fry created Nastar (National Standard Ski Race), a system for recreational skiers to experience the thrill of racing, in use at more than a hundred U.S.
- ski areas. He has worked as a journalist and as chief editor of large-circulation magazines devoted to skiing, golf, and outdoor recreation and travel.
- He served as editor-in-chief of SKI Magazine and founding editor of Snow Country Magazine.
- He has written more than 300 published articles and opinion columns about skiing.
- He is the author of the award-winning Story of Modern Skiing, about the revolutions in the sport that happened after World War II.
- He is Chairman of the International Skiing History Association, publisher of Skiing History Magazine.
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