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FWSA Richard Lubin Safety Person of the Year


Holidaze Ski Tours and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area began a joint sponsorship of this award in 2023.  Mammoth Mountain Ski Area sponsored this award from 2020-2022.  Telluride Ski Resort and Mountain Lodge Telluride sponsored this award from 2015-2019. Aspen/Snowmass had sponsored this award from its inception in 1998 until 2014.

The first year, the award was presented to the person who coined the phrase that would best sum up the FWSA safety position. Jim Ortiz contributed the appropriate tag line — a clever safety acronym for FWSA.

Ski With Pride - Watch All Sides - Let It Ride
First With Safety Awareness

In subsequent years, the Safety Award honors the person within FWSA who does the most to promote safe skiing and safety programs at the club and/or council level. Individuals are judged through the utilization of organized events, educational forums, print and electronic media, on mountain activities and partnering with other, safety focused community and industry organizations.

Click on an underscored name to download the pdf citation.
Year
 Awardee Council
2024  Doug Barr
 Sierra
2023
 Barbara Razo Orange
2022
 No award
  
2021
 No award  
2020 No award  
2019 Pete Smith Los Angeles
2018 Monica Palmer Sierra
2017 Emilio Trampuz Northwest
2016 Sue Rimkeit Northwest
2015 Kat Severin Bay Area
2014 Dennis Heffley Bay Area
2013 Gordon Lusk Northwest
2012 Fran Long Central
2011 Gordon Cardona Los Angeles
2010 Richard Rizk Northwest
2009 Sandy Beecher Bay Area
2008 Randy Salzman Bay Area
2007 Emilio Trampuz Northwest
2006 Catherine Ohl San Diego/Los Angeles
2005 T.J. Barnes San Diego
2004 Bob Ellis Sierra
2003 Elaine Cobos Arizona
2002 Richard Lubin Bay Area
2001 Richard Lubin Bay Area
2000 Denise Vance San Diego
1999 Catherine Ohl San Diego/Los Angeles
Safety Website pages
1998 Jo Henry San Diego
Safety Slogan with tag line provided byJim Ortiz


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Richard Lubin and Patrick Rothe, Telluride, presented the Safety Award to Kat Severin of the Bay Area.

Richard Lubin and Mary Manning, Aspen Skiing Company, presented the Safety Award to Dennis Hefley of the Bay Area.

Jo Henry was the first Safety Person of the Year, awarded for her catchy slogan.  Jim Ortiz contributed the appropriate tag line - a clever safety acronym for FWSA.


Catherine Ohl, pictured here with Aspen's Kris McKinnon, won the Safety Award in 1999 and 2006.

Elaine Cobos, with Richard Lubin & Chris Klug in 2003.

Emilio Trampuz, pictured here with Mary Manning, won the Safety Award in 2007.


Sandy Beecher, pictured here with Mary Manning, won the Safety Award in 2009.

Gordon Cardona, pictured here with Richard Lubin, Mary Manning, and his mom Wally, won the Safety Award in 2011.

Fran Long, pictured here with Mary Manning, won the Safety Award in 2012.





 








Richard Lubin won the Safety Award in 2001 & 2002.  The next year he became the award coordinator and served in that role until, sadly, his passing in 2021. That year the FWSA Board renamed this award in Richard's honor..


Barbara Razo, Orange Council of Ski Clubs, was presented with the 2023 Safety Award by Sean McErlean, Holidaze Ski Tours & Stacey Stern, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, sponsors of this award.


 
Emilio Trampuz, Northwest Ski Club Council, was presented with the Safety Award in 2017 by Ryan of Telluride.



Sue Rimkeit, Northwest Ski Club Council, was presented with the Safety Award in 2016 by Richard Lubin.


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