Who invented the (ski) tuck position?

In doing some research to prepare Alain Lazard's obit for “International Ski History Association” I was reminded that old grudges don't die fast.

For instance, one of the last assignment Alain conducted with the help of my good friend Gérard Bouvier, was an interview of Jean Vuarnet, the 1960 French Olympic Downhill Champ, in which the later was taking about the tuck position, downhillers use, and which invention is widely attributed to him.

This point was picked up by no one else but Jean-Claude Killy who objected by saying that his other famous Val d'Isère neighbor, Henri Oreiller, had long used this aerodynamic stance as some photos from 1948 would attest.

So with that in mind, be careful, always remember, that for anything you might ever invent, there's always some prior art that lay, dormant, somewhere ready to pounce at you!