April, 2024
EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
– Toby Kravet – 808-224-1065
Vice
President - Anita Hodges
Treasurer - Jonathan Carr
Secretary - Nelson Dang
Michiro Iwanaga
Alan Teramura
Caroline Sluyter
Mike Tsutsui
Carl See
Sandra Robbins
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Newsletter Editor
Toby Kravet
(Click on Contacts for e mail addresses)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Every Monday evening (except on holidays and, of course, during Hawaii Ski Week), at 4:30 PM, a group of ski club members and their friends play tennis at Keehi Lagoon Courts, off Lagoon Drive. Stay in shape and enjoy a "careful social hour" afterwards.
April 7 (Thursday) 5:00 PM General Membership Meeting at Mangiamo with announcement of board election results and election for President.
May 2 (Thursday) 5:00 PM General Membership Meeting at Mangiamo
May 4 (Saturday) Volunteering at Oahu Trifecta, Pre Special Olympics competition for Oahu athletes only (see below). We need volunteers.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
From the write-up below, the Japan ski trips were a resounding success and makes me think twice about not going myself: During the time of the Japan trips, I am usually in Utah resuming friendships of many years and skiing Alta and occasionally other areas around Salt Lake City. I'm sure that many of our members have also gone on trips of their own which we may hear about at Mangiamo and other times we get together. We've had quite a number of new members since the newsletter went on vacation with me: Eric and Cheryl Uchihara, Andrea Weymouth-Fujie, Scot and Caro Willson, Akiko Miyazaki, Richard Browning, Pamela Menter, Jeffrey Protacio, Scott Kubota, Randall Yuen, Jennifer Honda, and Bryn Turner. Hope I've gotten everyone. Welcome to all and hope to meet you at some point in the future. For as long as I can remember, the Club has supplied volunteers for worthy causes on Oahu, where most of our members live (although we seem to be getting more neighbor island and mainland members, not to mention one couple from out of the U.S.), and I'm hoping that we get a good turnout for the Special Olympics' Oahu Trifecta on May 4. Hope to see many of you at our General Membership Meetings and various activities around town.
TOBY
UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
WITH RESULTS OF BOARD ELECTION
AND ELECTION OF
PRESIDENT
MANGIAMO BY 604
NAVY MARINE GOLF COURSE
943
VALKENBURGH ST.
April 4 (Thursday) 5 PM
Come to Mangiamo on the first Thursday of April to break bread, have a libation or two, and compare notes on the ski season. Also, Jonathan will be announcing the results of the board election, and we will be voting for President. Although the meeting itself won't start until 5:30 PM, we'd like you to get there a bit earlier so you can get situated and order your food and drink. We like to get our business out of the way before the live music starts and makes announcements difficult. If you haven't yet been to Mangiamo, it is opposite the airport and off of Valkenburgh Street which runs between Nimitz Highway (under the viaduct) and Radford Drive. Drive almost all the way to Radford Drive and you'll see the entrance to the right. Mangiamo is on the second floor of the golf course's club house. See you there.
TOBY
GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MANGIAMO BY 604
NAVY MARINE GOLF COURSE
943
VALKENBURGH ST.
May 2 (Thursday) 5 PM
Finally, a General Membership Meeting without anything special going on, but we may have some updates by this time on plans for Hawaii Ski Week 2025 at Sun Peaks. Although the meeting itself won't start until 5:30 PM, we'd like you to get there a bit earlier so you can get situated and order your food and drink. We like to get our business out of the way before the live music starts and makes announcements difficult. If you haven't yet been to Mangiamo, it is opposite the airport and off of Valkenburgh Street which runs between Nimitz Highway (under the viaduct) and Radford Drive. Drive almost all the way to Radford Drive and you'll see the entrance to the right. Mangiamo is on the second floor of the golf course's club house. See you there.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
OAHU TRIFECTA
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
KAISER HIGH SCHOOL
511 LUNALILO HOME ROAD
HAWAII KAI
May 4 (Saturday) Time: TBA
Last year we had an excellent turnout to help at the June statewide Special Olympics. This year, upon our application to volunteer again, we were told that where they really needed help was a month early at the Oahu Trifecta, competition in the same events but limited to Oahu athletes - - -so that's what we have agreed to do. This is only 5 weeks away so please contact Mike Tsutsui, mike@hawaiisnowskiclub.com , if you would like to help out. We are hoping that "past is prologue," i.e. we get the same kind of turnout for this event that we got for last year's statewide competition.
TOBY
PAST SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
HAWAII SKI WEEK
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO
January, 2024
Around 50 (I forget the final count) Hawaii Ski "Clubbers" made it to Steamboat Springs for 2024 Hawaii Ski Week. The bus trip from Denver to Steamboat, for those of us (approximately half of the group) that took it, was a bit longer than anticipated (around 4 hours), but after we got there, everything fell nicely into place. The Gravity Haus hotel, where most of us stayed and where we held our opening and closing events, for those of us who figured it out, was absolutely "ski in," within 10 feet of the side door, and the walk to the Gondola in the morning was just around the corner and a bit uphill on the snow which didn't make it "ski out" but close. Although the temperatures were a bit warmer than what is expected at Steamboat in January and there was an absence of their famous "champagne powder" the mountain was eminently skiable, and there was plenty of territory for everyone at every level of ability. Off the slope, there were plenty of bars and restaurants in the base village to keep ourselves well fueled and lubricated. Mahalo to Alan and his Trip Committee for all the planning which included figuring out where we could get together on the mountain for lunch every day, meet for drinks in the evening, and deciding whom of us was deserving of one of the "esteemed" awards given out at the Farewell Banquet (We'll get even).
TOBY
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HAWAII SKI CLUB IS ON FACEBOOK
Facebook is the best way to keep current on the Hawaii Ski Club. On your Facebook page on your computer, type "Hawaii Ski Club" into the search box on the top left. On your mobile device, tap the magnifying glass at the top to get the search box. Pictures from Ski Club activities and other items are posted as they are submitted. You can submit your own Ski Club pictures and other items you wish posted by emailing them to anita@hawaiisnowskiclub.com
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