Legends of Showdown · The George Willett years, 1973–2020

The Stokke Family
Their March event stops the mountain at two o'clock
Legend of Showdown
- Born
- First skied at Showdown
- Brock, as a boy — he learned to ski at Showdown, by his family's account — and racing with the Showdown juniors by March 1997
- First worked here
- Years at Showdown
- Positions
- Brock — Showdown junior racer, 1997–98
- The Stokke family — sponsors of the Brock Stokke Bump Off Bash, from 2014
- Awards
- Brock Stokke — winner, Showdown's Bump Off Bash, 4 March 2012
What they did
8 entries
- Spring 1997Brock Stokke, eleven, raced the boys' J-4 dual slalom and giant slalom at Dillon with the Showdown juniors
- February 1998Brock raced for Showdown in the boys' J-4 class at a speed meet, twentieth of the field
- 4 March 2012Brock won Showdown's Bump Off Bash outright over 21 competitors, taking his student group too, down Gun Barrel
- 16 March 2013The first Brock Stokke Bump Off Bash: a moment of silence on top of Porphyry Peak and 31 competitors through the moguls of Good Luck, Geronimo, Glory Hole, Gun Barrel and Ruby, with $400 raised for Eagle Mount
- March 2014The family of Pete and Athlene Stokke were the Bash's main sponsors, with cash prizes announced at $1,800 to $2,000
- 14 March 2015The Stokke family gave $2,300 for the Bash's prizes and sponsorship; 35 competed
- March 2015Great Falls lit the 10th Street Bridge's blue lights in Brock's memory for Brock's Bash
- 12 March 2016Brock's niece Hanna Stokke won the girls' 13–17 skiing class at the Bash
In their own words
Photographs
4 in the archive




Also
- Named for him the Brock Stokke Bump Off Bash, run every March since 2013
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