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Certifications and Awards

This file contains:
Dave Murray Lake Placid, NY participatory award from Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark.
Dave Murray Lake Placid, NY participatory award from the Canadian Olympic Association.
Dave Murray Pilot's Certificate of Merit for flying accident free.
Dave Murray Blackcomb Ski Club award for Outstanding Character, Sportsmanship, and Integrity, naming Dave Murray as honourary lifetime member of the Blackcomb Ski Club.
Tourism Industry Association of Canada awarded to the 1982 Crazy Canucks.
Dave Murray Certificate of Participation in the 1988 Calgary Winter Games Canadian Torch Relay.
Dave Murray Certificate of Achievement in Effective Communication.
Dave Murray City of Abbotsford Certificate of Appreciation.
Dave Murray Canadian Ski Coaches Federation Level III Coaching Certificate.
Dave Murray Olympic Club Canada Participatory Certificate.

Second accession (WA.2010.007):

  1. Certificate from participating in the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid
  2. Certificate from Olympic Club Canada recognizing Dave Murray as an Olympian
  3. Certificate from 1982 World Cup [Dave's last race?]

Misc. TSSSC or DMSSC Photos

File contains six photographs depicting people at a summer ski camp in Whistler. These photographs were originally received attached to two photo album pages.

  • 001 - Dave Murray and Stephanie Sloan seated on a bench in front of a tent on the mountain. He is leaning over to kiss her cheek.
  • 002 - A man and woman (Alex and Noellette Douglas?) standing together outside a tent on the mountain.
  • 003 - Three women and a man inside a house.
  • 004 - A man (Alex Douglas?) outside wearing a Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp t-shirt. "Cynthia [Testu]" written on back. August 22, 1985.
  • 005 - Several people on the mountainside with their backs to the camera.
  • 006 - Group photograph of skiers (including Dave Murray, Stephanie Sloan, and Wayne Wong) taken on the mountainside in front of a Dachstein banner.

Notes made by Alex Douglas in 2020:

001: "Dave Murray + Stephanie [Sloan]"
002: "Alex Douglas, Noelette Douglas, Atomic Video Tent"
004: "Left to right: Greg Lee, Craig Glundie, Wayne Wong, Whistler instructor?, Brad Richardson?, Christian Saxvik, Stephanie Sloan, Grant Brown, ?, ?, Felix Belczyk, Kim Dixon, Alex Douglas, Toulouse [Terry Spence], YP, Noel Peewee Workman"

Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp raw footage for TV

DVD contains raw footage of the Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp for TV, circa late 1980s. This includes interviews with skiers such as Dave Murray, Stephanie Sloan, Wayne Wong, and Rob (Boyd?), footage of ski tricks and stunts, and campers relaxing and windsurfing down by one of the lakes.

Molson World Cup Downhill Poster

  • BBARN-01-002
  • File
  • February 27, 1982
  • Part of Bob Barnett

Poster for the Molson World Cup Downhill on Whistler Mountain on February 27, 2982 featuring the Crazy Canucks (Dave Irwin, Ken Read, Dave Murray, and Steve Podborski) skiing.

National Film Board of Canada - Supplementary Film Material

Four promotional paper materials for two ski racing documentary films featuring Dave Murray from 1975 and 1976 (one duplicate present). One poster is promoting a film titled "No Way They Want to Slow Down" and was co produced by the National Film Board of Canada and the Department of External Affairs. The film is 28 minutes long and follows the Canadian Ski Team in Chile and Argentina during a training session in August of 1976. One film is from 1975 titled "Descent" or "La Descente" in the French version and is a 10 minute short documentary focusing solely on Dave Murray and a World Cup that was shot over a six month period in both Europe and South America. The posters include names of directors, producers, and other film crew.

Week of October 25, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; Paul Burrows; David Murray; Felix Belychek; Gary Athans; Glen Wurtel; Lorne Borgal; Gondola Village Construction; helicopter; mountain views; fire; firefighters; waterfall and river rapids; small airplane crash; Rotary Club; Susan Musgrave poetry reading
Appears in October 25, 1984 issue:
02-411-B-2. Pg. 1. Caption: Burning debris coming out of a chimney at this Drifter Way house started a fire that caused an estimated $50,000 damage according to Whistler's fire chief Lindsay Wilson. The blaze was reported at 9 p.m. Monday and was brought under full control within 45 minutes. At the time, no one was in the house, which belongs to Kelly Fairhurst.
02-411-A-32. Pg. 5. Caption: The Canadian National Ski Team added $2,500 towards training more World Cup Winners through funds raised at Whistler Mountain's Mouton Cadet Spring Festival this year. Dave Murray, director of skiing for Whistler Mountain, presents the cheque to (l-r) national team members Felix Belzyck, Chris Kent and Gary Athans. New men's coach Glenn Wuertele was also on hand at the Vancouver Ski Show where the cheque was presented. National team members such as Todd Brooker, Dee Dee Haight, Rob Boyd, Mike Carney, Wade Chritie, as well as Belzyck and Athans will also be at the Oct. 31 ski team benefit at Dusty's in Whistler.
02-411-C-14. Pg. 6. Caption: The water looks frozen but that's still a few weeks away. It's a long exposure that fools the eye in the photo taken Saturday on the Cheakamus River just north of the Cheakamus Canyon. But winter is coming, and on the top of nearby mountains over a metre of snow has fallen and shows no signs of melting.
02-411-B-25. Pg. 7. Caption: The Baxter Group's condole development in the gondola area is just the beginning, and planners are now deciding how work in the rest of the area will proceed.
02-411-C-11. Pg. 8. Caption: Members of the Whistler Rotary Club are raising money for their programs this fall by selling firewood. Working Saturday to fill remaining orders are, left to right: Bill Wallace, Don MacLaurin, Bob Brown, Paul Burrows, Richard Heine, Brian Brown, Sid Young and a visiting Rotarian from New Zealand.
02-411-B-19. Pg. 11. Caption: Lorne Borgal, president of Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation, introduced a slide presentation celebrating the 20th year of incorporation for the firm at the Granville Island Hotel Thursday. A reception preceded and followed the catchy slide show attended primarily by members of the ski industry in Vancouver.
02-411-C-32. Pg. 15. Caption: [right] At right, Whistler Volunteer firemen prepare to enter a burning house in Alpine Meadows Monday night. It was also a test for the fire department's new command procedure, which chief Lindsay Wilson says worked well under pressure.

Week of July 18, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; chef; art; policeman; mountain views; fixing hydro lines; beach; windsurfing on Alta Lake; road construction; planning to build the Whistler Community Centre; clothing store; office; canoeing Alta Lake; parking lot; artist painting; dancing in Whistler Village; "Getaway to Whistler" promotional film
Appears in July 21, 1983 issue:
02-340-93. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Sunny skies and the colourful show put on by the Estonian Folk Dancers of Vancouver brightened up Whistler Village Sunday, July 17. Weathermen are predicting more rain, but say it shouldn't last for long.
02-340-102. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] Artist rendering.
02-340-42. Pg. 2. Caption: When weekend temperatures soared to the mid-20's, sun worshippers who had been denied their pleasure for nearly six weeks flocked to Lost Lake like the swallows to Capistrano. The new forecast, after four days of sun? Get out the ark, and don't ask again.
02-340-21. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Latest addition to Whistler RCMP detachment is Gerard West (24) who began his duties as a constable July 18. West, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was most recently posted to Surrey where he specialized in liquor enforcement. Although not a skier, West plans to learn and in the meantime is interested in karate.
02-340-48. Pg. 5. Caption: Diane Eby of Community Services Society points out details of the new community centre which would provide space for a library.
02-340-5. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Pascal Tiphine, Restaurant Owner, Alpine Meadows.
02-340-16. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Ken Findlay, Waiter, Alta Vista.
02-340-10. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Simone Aaron, Bar Manager, Tamarisk.
02-340-31. Pg. 8. Caption: Paul Gibson of Selkirk Cable Vision turns a final screw to get Alpine Meadows booked into Whistler Cable Television's system. Besides six channels, subscribers can now enjoy a host of FM radio stations.
02-340-85. Pg. 9. Caption: Isobel MacLaurin.
02-340-75. Pg. 10. Caption: It was a wet dry run as this boat load of paddle-masters took on the Lillooet River July 14. Bow to stern Pat Kelly, Jim Browning, Pete Lazier and Mike Jakobson were joined by Dave Murray, Brian Allen and Ken Hardy for another spin from Squamish to Vancouver July 17. The crew of the 400 lb. war canoe is preparing for the Molokai to Honolulu race early this fall.
02-340-60. Pg. 12. Caption: Thuy Read admires a shirt from Whistler Tops in her role as a shopper in "Getaway to Whistler", a promotional film being made by Curtis Petersen (right) of Petersen Productions.

Announcer's Sheet

Announcer's sheet, containing team names, numbers, and members for the 1975 Mogul Bash held on Whistler Mountain.

Team names include:
1 - Cocaine Team
2 - The Assholes
3 - Geriatric Ski Team
4 - Snorts and Sniffles
5 - Painted Ladies
6 - Pile Drivers
7 - Lucky 7
8 - Lunch Buckets
9 - Ozark M[oun]t[ai]n Daredevils
10 - DEAN TEAM Fort Boogie Bashers
11 - Toronto Turkeys
12 - The Ski Devils
13 - Tohid
14 - Bump Suckers
15 - Northsport Daredevils
16 - Lucky Lips
17 - Fuck Ups
18 - Joint Effort
19 - Hoop Suckers
20 - Back Bowl Burgers
21 - Roundhouse Rowdies
22 - Tuner Company
23 -
24 - Feeble Keneevel and his Foolish Foursome

Ski Action and Portraits

Photographs of various ski action shots and portraits of unidentified people.

The people skiing in photograph 2 have been identified as Dave Murray and Stephanie Sloan.

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