Lapsuuden idoli ja esikuva hiihtohommissa!Olin kahdeksan vuotias vuonna 1978 tai 79. Mietaa oli hiihtämässä Joensuun kupeessa Lykynlammen iltahiihdoissa. Sain nähdä vilauksen idolista ja kyllä suksi kulki seuraavissa kisoissa! Muistan kovan pettymyksen kun Juha hävisi Lake Placidin 15km hiihdon Wasberille.
I went for coffee with Erkki Salkeld this morning. He was competing in the same era as Juha. He boarded together with Juha in Inuvik Canada in 1979 at an Imperial Oil sponsored event, where the deal was they had to take care of a little poodle dog in exchange for the boarding. He told how they flew with Mary ??? on a Twin Otter flight to Tuktyuktuk. Other names in skiing at the time were the likes of Antero Rauhanen and Risto Santala.
