Hi! My name is Rick Holliday, and I would like to tell you a little something about myself. I was born and raised in Richardson, TX, and graduated from J.J. Pearce High School in 1976. I attended Texas Tech University and graduated in 1982, with a degree in Landscape Architecture.
While growing up in Texas, I developed my passion for snow skiing. My parents took our family on our first ski trip during the Christmas holidays in 1969. Even though I broke my leg and was in a cast for twelve weeks, I was hooked! We went skiing as a family every year until I went off to college. During my college days, my passion was so strong that I be came a part of the Auxiliary Ski Patrol at what was then Ruidoso Mountain and is now known as Ski Apache. I also worked my way through college at a local ski shop in Lubbock called Downhill Racer. That is where I met my partner, Gil Murray. He and I worked together for Downhill Racer, where he went on to open and run the Dallas store and deepen his career in the ski industry. I became General Manager and Head Buyer for our Lubbock store. It was during my time with Downhill Racer that I crossed over from an avid skier to being interested in the snow sports industry.
In 1982, I moved to Houston, TX, to start my career in business. While living and working in Houston, my passion for skiing and the snow sports industry continued to grow. I skied as many days a year as possible and supplemented my passion by working part time as a ski deck instructor and ski shop employee at multiple stores in the Houston area. It was during my time in Houston that I married my lovely wife, Ginny, also an avid skier. We have one daughter, Erin, who has been skiing since the age of four and is now an excellent skier in her own right.
After retiring from the business world and moving back to Dallas, my passion for skiing was still strong. One day while shopping for new skis and boots, I ran into my old friend and mentor, Gil Murray. Within a fifteen-minute conversation, we both knew our own ski shop was imminent. We have worked hard over the past year to put together a concept for a unique and professional ski and snowboard shop. Our passion has now become our business. Please come in and share your interest with our passion at Ski Frisco Sports!
Hello! For those of you that I have not met, my name is Gil Murray and I am a co-owner in Ski Frisco Sports. Our store is a labor of love built on our passion for the winter sports lifestyle and our desire is to share it with our friends and families. I have spent all my life involved in skiing and other winter sports.
Our store and business philosophy are unique. We are not just selling clothing and equipment. It is our desire to enhance your experience and develop a new generation of winter sports enthusiasts that will spend their quality family time in and on the mountains-together!
My industry experience covers more than 30 years. It ranges from working for several well-known retailers in the southern region of the United States to working as a technical rep for companies like Fisher Ski, Look Bindings, Dynastar Skis and many years with Salomon North America as both a Sales Representative and Territorial Marketing Coordinator in the Southwestern Region. But I am most excited about this opportunity as a co-owner and Vice President of Ski Frisco Sports in Frisco, Texas! My areas of specialization include ski boot sales and custom boot fitting including alignment, as well as ski preparation and performance tuning.
Thank you for visiting our website and if you haven’t had the opportunity, we would welcome the opportunity to meet you at our store in historic downtown Frisco. Please allow us the pleasure of making skiing and snowboarding a family affair for you!
