- Joined: September 2006
- Location: Garden of Eden
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I first met Stu Campbell many years ago when he was at Heavenly in CA. For those years that he was in the west our paths crossed many times & I would, like many 100's of others consider him a mentor in many ways. Stu treated everyone he met as if they were very important to him, & always remembered something personal. Although I haven't seen him in many years, things he said, advice I got & things that I learned from him will always be remembered.
It was great to know you Stu!
JF
"Apparently, a person who dives headfirst down an icy cliff wearing a spandex jumpsuit is supposed to celebrate with a nice glass of tea."
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- Joined: August 2003
- Location: Maine
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I feel fortunate to have had the chance to ski and visit with him last year. My condolences go out to his family.
Epic, can you get us an address to send our respects and condolences to his wife?
Thanks for letting us know. I will miss him at Stowe this year.
Momentum is a terrible thing to waste.
- Joined: September 2000
- Location: Summit County, Colorado, USA
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The passing of a true legend, an icon in the skiing and ski instruction world, and one of the most passionate students of the sport and of life that I have ever had the pleasure to meet...
Stu was an early inspiration to me when I began teaching--a rockstar-status legend I knew only through his writings. Ski With the Big Boys was one of the first instructional books I ever read, and the impression it made on me greatly influenced my journey as an instructor.
It was an extreme pleasure and honor to finally meet Stu and work with him at the EpicSki Academies in Stowe. He was the consummate pro, and yet one of the humblest people I've known. Through health issues that weakened him physically, the pure joy and passion he held for the sport of skiing and the profession of ski instruction, never waned. Many times I'd hear his students sing his praises and talk of the great times and brilliant breakthroughs they'd had with Stu, but he'd always insist that he had had more fun that day than any of them. I believed it, and it made me smile.
I can only hope to maintain the positive outlook and pure delight in learning and helping others learn that Stu demonstrated--always, no matter what, without conditions. He combined genius, generosity, skill, and humility like few others.
Stu, it was an honor to know you, and I will miss your inspiration and spirit! Thank you for being a mentor and guru for me through the decades. Thank you for being my friend in recent years. I hope you realized what an honor it was for me!
My annual pilgrimage to Stowe for the ESA will not be the same, but I know that we'll feel Stu's presence and influence, everywhere. His was, as far as I could tell, a life perfectly lived.
Best regards,
Bob
- Joined: November 2005
- Location: Michigan, oop nort in da land of trolls
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I feel fortunate to have met him. I am blessed by the special way he touched my heart.
I recall his humour injected in clear knowledge on the Coaches panel at Stowe last year.
Stu, you made me smile
Peace to his lovely wife.
Surviving is essential, thriving is incredible!
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- Joined: October 2004
- Location: Massachusetts
- Post Count: 4,392
I too met Stu at the ETU (ESA) and had but one conversation with him. That brief contact showed me what an incredible man he was.
As long as we remember him, he will live.
We are all the same distance from infinity.
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- Location: somewhere between the worlds of men and make believe
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As in every walk of life, whether it's in sports, politics or religion, when a Pioneer and Representative and leader passes away, there is a void left. Stu, even though I never met the man, was certainly all of these. The void will be there forever. The skiing world will be missing something. Like the WW2 veterans who are mostly gone. I wonder if there will ever be people like them to step in when needed. I've read most of everything Stu wrote. We'll always be able to do that. Thanks Stu for what you've given to me and the sport I so love.
There is no Darkside of the moon. It's all dark
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Notice how those around him were drawn to listen carefully.
Surviving is essential, thriving is incredible!
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