SPORTS SHORTS TIPS ON ALPINE SKIING fc-ven if you're in top shape, your muscles can become be-come stiff from a day of skiing. Here are a few simple exercises from pro skier Viki Fleckenstein that could help you prevent soreness: To stretch your shoulders, shoul-ders, interlock your fingers so they clasp the hack of the hands. Then turn your hands palms out and push away as far as you can. This can be done standing or sitting. You can even do it while riding in a 0,.,;r nf, Again with fingers interlocked, palms away from the body, push down toward the floor. At the same time, lean the head first toward one shoulder, then toward the other. You can feel the stretch on the opposite side. Ms. I'lcckenstcin, a member mem-ber of the Team lVugeot-Hossignol lVugeot-Hossignol women's pro racing siiiad, reminds newer skiers to protect their skin with extra moisturizer on those cold, windy davs. On very sunny days, one might want to use a sun block because be-cause of the sun's extra rellection from the snow To truly enjoy the sport f alpine skiing, suggests John Douglas, product nanager of Uossig Alpine Division, skiers should select their skis .,,-Ily. .,,-Ily. Several areas to ,,, siller are; number of days skiing per year, type f (,'.,. r"'. ''V'I of expertise and, I p A good skier takes time to exercise properly beforf 1 day's run. On cold, wir days, protect your sk"1 with extra mo iYUim of course, budget. There has been a f"J increase in the niinil"'' 0 new skiers on the si"!"'' Many ski spectators become recreational lf" and some even go e'1 '' competition. This intf" has led to the foiinatn""" three new ski teams lei sponsored by ?''n'l, Motors of Aniericn ami " Hossignol Ski (inPJ"y.( Cress t'ountry, Wmi"'"' and Men's Alpine. Now you're tnorf- 1'J' pared to discover many pleasures of ""' ' , our fastest growing s" ' I lood skiing !