Pacific Rim Snow Sports Alliance

Dave Tollakson’s activities in club leadership, racing and committees mark him as the finest that organized skiing can produce. Dave’s involvement in FWSA started in the mid-60s with the Rokka League. He trained, skied, took lessons and practiced.

Concurrently, he took up patrolling with the National Ski Patrol (NSP) at Goldmine and trained in first aid, evacuation and winter survival. He was a major force in the development of search & rescue and ski mountaineering with the Southern Region NSP.

Dave’s climbing was related to this ski patrol activity and the climb on which he met his death on Mt. San Jacinto was in training with Steve Reneker for a 1995 assault on Everest. Steve completed the climb and carried the FWSA banner and Dave’s ashes to the top. In 1995, the Outstanding Club Award was named in honor of Dave.

In an effort to recognize the recreational skier, FWSA awarded the first outstanding ski club in 1963. The criteria used then was based on the percentage of members who belonged to FWSA, amount of money donated to FWSA, number of members holding FWSA offices, and number of members passing the Uniform Ski Test.

Today, the Tollakson Award is presented to an outstanding club based on an evaluation of their structure, organization, skiing, sports, social events, and giving to the community.

Year	Masters	Advanced	Novie
2018	No Award	No Award	No Award
2017	Reno	No Award	No Award
2016	Pacific Rim	No Award	No Award
2015	Pacific Rim	Idaho Falls	No Award
Year	Class A	Class AA	Class AAA	Class AAAA
2014	Snowchasers	Fresno	Mountain High
2013	No Award	Pacific Rim	Reno
2012	Pacific Rim	North Island Snowdrifters	Mountain High
2011	Pacific Rim	Fresno	No Award
2010	No Award	North Island Snowdrifters	Mountain High
2009	No Award	No Award	North Island	Bergfreunde
2008	No Award	No Award	Mountain High	Après
2007	Unrecables	Don Diego	Mountain High	Conejo
2006	Unrecables Skiyente	Mountain High	Pacific Rim	North Island
2005	No Award	Mountain High	Pacific Rim	Bergfreunde
2004	No Award	No Award	No Award	Après
2003	No Award	No Award	No Award	Après
2002	Bota Baggers	Single	Bergfreunde
2001	No Award	North Island Snowdrifters	Bergfreunde
2000	Skiyente	Single	Bergfreunde
1999	Rusty Bindings	Century City	Bergfreunde
1998	Skiyente	Single	Bergfreunde
1997	Bota Baggers	Century City	Après
1996	Tri Valley	Century City	Bergfreunde
1995	Inskiers	Century City	Après
1994	Inskiers	Single	Balboa
1993	Inskiers	Century City	Balboa
1992	Rusty Bindings	Snowchasers	Balboa
1991	Snowchasers	No Award	Balboa
1990	Snow Drifters	Single	Balboa
1989	Inskiers	Single	Balboa
1988	Irvine Ski Assoc.	Single	Balboa
1987	Inskiers	Snowchasers	Balboa
1986	San Francisco	Snowchasers	Balboa
1985	San Francisco	Sundancer	Balboa
1984	Rusty Bindings	No Award	Balboa
1983	No Award	Single	No Award
1982	Wailers	Single	Après
1981	Wailers	Single	No Award
1980	Wailers	Single	No Award
1979	Wailers	Single	Après
1978	Wailers	Westwood	Après
1977	Wailers	Single	Après
1976	Wailers **	Single **	Hughes
1975	Wailers **	Single **
1974	Wailers **	Westwood
1973	Vand Bakke	Westwood **
1972	Single **	Westwood **
1971	Single **	Westwood
1970	Single **	Fresno **
1969	Wailers **
1968	Edelweiss
1967	Buddy's Angeles
1966	Buddy's Angels
1965
1964
1963	Grindelwald
** Won USSA Outstanding Club Award

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