{"id":694,"date":"2026-04-30T21:17:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howardhead.org\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:43:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.howardhead.org\/es\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Acerca de"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Howard Head Sports Medicine is a service of Vail Health. Howard Head Sports Medicine helps people of all abilities rebuild their body and spirit. Working with the world&#8217;s top orthopaedic doctors and researchers, our progressive sports medicine treatments help people get back to the activities they love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f5a44f5b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a (not so successful) ski trip to Stowe, Vermont in 1946, Howard Head had an idea that would revolutionize the sport of skiing for years to come- metal skis that could be used by everyone, instead of the heavy, \u2018clumsy\u2019 hickory skis that existed at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While he wasn\u2019t the best skier or athlete, Head was an engineer for Glenn L. 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