Warren Miller and E.J. Smith
Warren Miller and E.J. Smith

โ€œYou know I liked your piece on Warren Miller but he wasnโ€™t the ground-breaking filmmaker on skiing,โ€ said my client yesterday, from Jackson Hole, WY during our regular talk. โ€œThe first guy was John Jay. He lived in Williamstown, MA next door to my friend when I was a kid,โ€ he said. โ€œYears later, when I was president of my ski club John Jay put on a great show for us.โ€

I wikipediaโ€™d John Jay and according to Warren Miller, he โ€œvirtually invented the ski film in its modern form.โ€ If youโ€™ve ever skied Suicide Six in Woodstock, VT or have seen the skimobile at Mt. Cranmore in North Conway, NH then youโ€™ll especially like this: