divisional championships and a national championship. A program pro-gram similar to Nastar will be developed for freestyle skiers. The Olympics will feature an exhibition ski event. The professional pro-fessional circuit will increase from the present six to more than a dozen money laden competitions com-petitions in the United States and Canada. There will be a need and demand for equipment especially designed for freestyleacrobatic free-styleacrobatic skiing. In short, exhibition skiing will soon be one of the most popular forms of skiing on all levels including skier participation, prestige and spectator attendance. attend-ance. These predictions are based on three simple concepts: 1. All skiers ski for fun. Freestyle Free-style skiing is synonymous with fun. 2. The primary requirements for freestyle is snow and a mountain. 3. An exciting spectator event will draw sponsor support which will create more interest and participation. The degree of success can be measured by the interest and participation. THE FUTURE OF EXHIBITIONFREESTYLE SKIING by Bob Theobald Director 'Get Hot" Exhibition Ski School System Until recently, freestyle acrobatic ac-robatic skiing was limited to professionals and dare devils. These two groups still exist, but this exciting new form of skiing is becoming more popular pop-ular to skiers of all ages and abilities. It is now common to see recreational skiers performing perform-ing trick and freestyle maneuvers. man-euvers. The growing interest and popularity is also reflected reflect-ed by the ever increasing ski films, magazine articles and advertising which use freestyleacrobatic free-styleacrobatic skiing as subject sub-ject material. Most ski publications pub-lications have at least two and more often three or four mentions men-tions or advertisements about freestyle. The most requested ski films feature gelandes, hot-dog hot-dog skiing, somersaults, kite flying, ski-bobbing and other forms of freestyle skiing. Amateur and professional exhibition ex-hibition skiing contests are being be-ing organized and promoted with fantastic success from the standpoint of both competitor participation and spectator attendance. at-tendance. If growth continues at the present rate, most ski schools will offer freestyleacrobatic programs and classes. The UJS.S. A. will present nine