No. 828 Bill Kerig, 2013

File — Box: 75, Folder: 22

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Bill Kerig, documentary film producer, fundraiser and supporter of women’s ski jumping, talks about his career, his work promoting women’s ski jumping and his move into crowdfunding for athletes. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Bill attended college in Vermont and moved to Utah in 1984, first working as a dishwasher at Snowbird before getting into pro skiing at Vail. He returned to Utah in 1997 to make the film Net Worth, wrote for Skiing and other outdoor magazines, and worked in numerous television productions. A producer for CBS at the Nagano Olympics, he got into documentaries soon after and did Steep with Peter Jennings, along with Edge of Never. In search of a female hero to focus on for his daughter, Bill got into women’s ski jumping and made Ready to Fly, focusing on pioneering women’s ski jumper Lindsey Van. He discusses his work with Whitney Childers, the struggle to get women’s ski jumping recognized as an Olympic sport, and finishes with a discussion of his and Whitney’s creation, athletic crowdfunding site RallyMe.
Project: Outdoor Recreation oral history project.
Interviewer: Erin Halcomb

Dates

2013

Conditions Governing Access

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