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Council Ski Week Award
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Lake Louise Donates Ski Week Council Trophy to FWSA Even before the ‘94 Northridge, CA earthquake crunched what remained of the old Far West Ski Association (FWSA) Ski Week Council perpetual trophy, Gene Fulkerson (FWSA VP Travel ‘91-’97) had been on a quest to obtain a new award. For five years, there had been much talk of Canada donating one. Typically plans to look into the new trophy would be discussed at the Convention and then forgotten until Ski Week. 1996 proved to be different. Gene ran into Sandy Best of Lake Louise Resorts in Los Angeles a mere two months before the 1997 FWSA Ski Week in Steamboat. One drink lead to another and pretty soon they had an idea of an innovative trophy design. Sandy commissioned Rudi Peet. This original keepsake is very special and literally a work of art. Rudi Peet, a Canadian jewelry designer and goldsmith, created the masterpiece for FWSA. The center is a sterling silver Canadian bear that was hand-crafted by Rudi. The fierce looking bear is perched upon “Rundle Rock” from the Canadian Rockies which sits atop a Canadian Cedar block. Behind the bear is etched glass resembling a mountain complete with ski runs. Sandy was on hand at the 1997 Ski Week in Steamboat to unveil this precious work of art. He re-presented this trophy to FWSA at the 1997 Convention in Portland, OR. Rudi Peet, GoldsmithRudi Peet is the creator of the current Far West Ski Association (FWSA) Ski Week Council perpetual trophy. Rudi is a jewelry designer and goldsmith inspired by the forms and shapes of nature. He was trained in the European tradition and has established an international reputation for his flawless workmanship and technique. His designs achieve beauty through sensitivity, earning him the loyalty of customers the world over. Throughout the years Rudi Peet’s designs have been exhibited in major galleries and have received accolades in national editorials. In 1985, his inspirational use of meteorite and diamonds won him the coveted de Beers Award. He won this award again in 1989 for a remarkable ladies ring featuring a single diamond ingeniously set amid a wave of gold. Rudi Peet lives in Lac des Arcs, Alberta with his wife and two children. Rudi Peet and his business partner, Susan Kun, also a goldsmith and certified gemologist, form a creative and successful team. They operate from their Canmore, Alberta studio, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, which is open to the public.
• Hans Georg • Schatzi Wood • J. Stanley Mullin • Jimmie Heuga •
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The prized trophy stored at the Western Skisport Museum in Boreal, CA |
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Rudi Peet & Susan Kun at their Canmore Studio with the finished trophy |
Sandy Best presenting trophy to Gene Fulkerson at '97 Ski Week in Steamboat. |
Sandy Best again presented the trophy to FWSA at the 1997 Convention. |
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