How Black ski groups are promoting camaraderie and inclusion in the industry

Finley, co-founder of the NBS, said resorts should focus on offering internships to students at historically Black colleges to attract young people to work in the ski industry. Photos: AP

Ben Finley’s first exposure to skiing was comical in any telling. He was on a date to Yosemite National Park, California, the United States, in 1963 with a woman who, on the way home, suggested they visit the ski area in the park.

Finley is from Harlem, New York, and had never seen a ski slope, but he accepted the challenge and the two stopped at Badger Pass.