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Show Wednesday, January 21 , t.97& Page 7 5s. Top Skiers Set To Race At Labatt Pro Burner Hit tridis m 3f NASTAR 9 Come try your racing skills in a NastarVt SRace. 4 I at 12:30. Cinn i m frrtm Q n ot the raenrt in wiyi i kjj ii win w.ww wi i at u i awi i 11 1 i formation kiosk. v N-.1 4 by Jim Miller, Park West Touring Instructor Probably many of you got into ski touring for the single reason that it is a cheap way to ski. No lift pass, expensive ski equipment or personal injury insurance needed. So last fall you put out about one hundred and twenty bucks for skis, bought a case of wine and waited for winter to start, feeling that you were completely together for touring. Then I come along and tell you that you need special clothes! "Jeans are no good" I say, and "gaitors are a must" I say - "This is no good, that is no good" blah-blah-blah. Now you feel as though another hundred bucks needs to be spent just for new clothes. Not so, although I'm sure you could spent $200 if you : tried hard enough. . , Last week's column dealt with the marvels of wool pants and gaitors nice items for sure, but where do you get them - cheap? No need to buy expensive primo wool pants or knickers (30) or fancy gaitors (20) at a ski shop. Where do I go? Why down to Salt Lake to the plush atmosphere of the second hand shops. Wool pants and shirts are usually abundant. They are definitely pre-1930 pre-1930 style but then they have pre-1930 prices too. If you make as little money as I do, taking a day off to shop in Salt Lake will probably prove worthwhile. I- .V . Now, my friend Gaye will kill me for this, but I'm going to give out a few addresses of the more "discriminating" shops. They usually have plenty of bargains and since America's greatest natural resource is now what she throws away, I think their supply will always be pretty good. In order of cost - with most expensive first here are some good ones. , ; . AAA Tent & Awning , 24 West 5th South slc ; - '-; ' lt" ' Raw, materials for gaitors, camping gear. Capitol Army-Navy Store 325 South State SLC A-l, primo, 100 percent wool pants, all sizes, $5, camping gear. v Value Village Thrift 70 East 3750 South SLC ' , . . ' Down-home wool clothes Salvation Army 307 West 200 South SLC .- ' Steven bought a bagful of wool clothes for $2. If you're into making your own, two choices exist, kit forms and scratch. Knickers can be made from wool pants by simply cutting them off below the knee, rip the seam three inches to form a notch, hem the edges, and attach a tab with velcro closing. EASY. Gaitors I made four years ago are still being used. I got all the materials from AAA Tent and Awning. They are just a tube, with string, elastic and a hook to keep them in place. Come into the shop sometime and I'll show them to you. They cost only $3 back then and they were easy to make. . . We are lucky enough to have a frostline kit outlet store in Salt Lake, 6801 S. State. They have as good a gaitor as I have seen, in kit form. Cost is $9.95. Need a sewing machine? They'll rent you one for 50 cents an hour. In fact, they will even make the kit for another $5. They qlaim that even a Klister-fingered person like me can put together a kit without sewing the zipper shut or putting the wrong side out. They also have low gaitor kits for $5.25 and a 60-40 parka for $24.50. Making your own is a good way to make sure it's done right. It saves you money and you feel good about it. Use your imagination, labor and scrounging ability to find the right clothes and gear at the price you can afford. , ' Werner Bleiner Racers who complete a World Pro Skiing season, in the top ten must be considered con-sidered possible candidates for the overall championship the following season. Werner Bleiner finally qualifies for this consideration: he was eighth in '75 with earnings of $16,000. A pro, Bleiner didn't live up to early expectations. As a member of the powerful Austrian National Team, he amassed an enviable collection of World Cup accomplishments: ac-complishments: 1967,' three victories in World Cup giant slalom: 1970, two victories and five seconds in World Cup giant slalom; and second in the World Championship giant slalom. Since giant slalom skiers generally perform well on the dual-challenge dual-challenge pro courses, Bleiner was considered an automatic threat. Nevertheless, that first season, 1973-74, he only placed 18th overall. Bleiner suffered from inconsistency on the hill due to involuntary shjfts ... in ' equipment. Manufacturers traded him around like a gin rummy card. Finally, last season, things settled and Bleiner The world's leading professional ski racers will be attracted to two Canadian Provinces in 1976 for a pair of $30,000 competitions: Labatt Pro Challenge at Blue Mountain, Ontario, Jan. 31-Feb. 31-Feb. 1; and Labatt Pro Challenge at. Auberge Mont Gabriel, near Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 21-22. "I think these will be the two most exciting pro meets ever held in Canada," says Blue Mountain's own pro Paul Carson, a 23-year-old contender for ; the overall title. "I'm skiing my best ever this season." adds the former Canadian team racer who ranks in the top ten in the current pro standings. "I think I can win at home, something a Canadian has never 'done before on the World Pro Skiing tour." ! Doug Woodcock, another At the final competition of fine Canadian pro who placed 1975 in Cervinia, Italy, eighty overall last winter, is Bleiner scooped his wife and also eyeing some of the young son Thomas into his $60,000 in prize money Labatt arms and beamed. He won will award to the top finisher a rvrir mm began living up to his reputation. He qualified for 17, of 26 individual events; compiling one victory, one second place, two thirds and a fourth. With success, his formerly stiff Austrian personality gave way to a more cordial, likeable demeanor; he was sometimes even charming. the giant slalom there, and he seemed to know he would win again. , Pros It In The Arm WInnp in the Labatt Pro Challenge. "I won one race last season and placed third in two of the , Canadian races. The fans really inspire me in Quebec ' and Ontario,, and I'm; not going to let them down this . i year. , - Woodcock and Carson will ; v have to beaC such notable, t prps.ifs Frencpmen Henri-Duvillard Henri-Duvillard (currently the tour leader), Patrick Russel and Jean-Noel : Augert; . Swiss Josef Odermatt; Austrians Werner Bleiner and Harald Stuefer; and American standouts Hank Kashiwa (reigning pro champ), Rudd Pyles, Bob Cochran and Tyler Palmer. "Blue Mountain has been a Austrian Werner Bleiner and Aspenite Rudd Pyles are both ailing from right shoulder dislocations. Pvles. in a tumble at the Budweiser stoP on tour trail since Cup in mid-December at 1973 and always attracts one NASTAR medal winners on Saturday, Jan. 17 are as follows : ' Gold: Bob Bailey, Rolf Sandberg. Silver: Bob Brody, Jim Totora, Phil Straus, Pat ,Mansing, Jon Peterson, Vivion Fulton, Warner Lewis, Olshefski, Hope Eccles; Beverly Ross, Dave Ward,' Rick Shambroom, James v Longford, Terry Gottsm, Thomas Chancellor, James Goggin, Rym Beftognoli, Randy Ken-nard, Ken-nard, Karen Epifano, Robin Locke. Bronze: Tom Horn, Susan Johnson, Paul vMawhinney, Norma Hershfield, Howard Shutz, Spencer Eccles, Nancy Steward, Christopher Rieder, Dave Straub, David Anderson, Denise Nolan, Randy Taylor, Michael Fink, Andrea Peterson, Scott Middleton, Bob Smith. Aspen, chipped and dislocated his right shoulder. And the husky pro who placed fifth overall last season is suffering the consequences. "I can't pole at the start gate," he allows, and I'm nervous about further damage when I " race." Bleiner popped his shoulder in the First of Denver Cup giant slalom eliminations Jan. 10. The steely Austrian narrowly escaped a serious collision with a finish line standard; still, he's returned to Europe .for medical care and may be forced to miss some pro events. of the largest most enthusiastic en-thusiastic crowds eaqh season," according to Bob Beattie, executive director of the International Ski Racers Association. "Mont Gabriel is ' a new area this year for the tour, the first area in the Laurentians to host a pro meet. We feel that going to Mont Gabriel for the Labatt Pro Challenge will bring pro ski racing into the heart of the Quebec ski' market, thereby enabling more skiers to enjoy pro competition." Each meet will consist of two events: dual-challenge giant slalom and slalom. NASTAR racer Beverly Ross X4l , M 4 ; ft s 1 ' 1 Zfe;8Peclaly welcomeleS tzin v'$ x, u) S,, First time racers J( specially wolcomo! ( Schedule ) , Even. ( (. A. J 22 . V V ' : 23 ; V 26 c- A v 3i to Salt Palace CHL Hockey -S.L. Golden Gol-den Eagles vs. Dallas MichaelJackson Hypnotist CHL Hockey -S.Ll Golden Gol-den Eagles vs. Dallas CHL Hockey -S.L. Golden Gol-den Eagles vs. Tulsa CHL Hockey -S.L. Golden Gol-den Eagles vs. Tulsa March of Dimes Facility Arena Little Theatre Arena Arena Arena Arena Feb.l Telerama For ticket information please call Salt Palace Box office: 363-7681. All events subject to change without notice. by Jim Tedford i . At one time or another we have all pushed our heels to make a ski turn. For the most part, these are incorrect. We should strive to turn with the tips of our skis, not the tails. Two main factors prevent us from making nice round turns with our tips. 1) We have too much weight on the tails of the skis. This can be corrected by leaning forward in our boots. 2) We are over-edging our skis. This can be corrected by leaning toward the outside of the turn and flattening the skis. If we do these two things correctly we should be able to make nice round turns or "S" turns. "Z" turns or heel thrust turns can be left to those unlucky few who do not read the weekly edition of "Bodies and Boards.". Next Week: What about bumps? Tfczdsi trails Y 3 . ad biuortz ia D -3Aa flHw 12-1 K w to gruBnng Yd in oJ r When we open a new trail at ; Copper, we always have a big name-the-trail contest. Prettv soon, the trail has inspired someone to submit just the right name and he or she has won a season pass to the great ski mountain in a state of great ski mountains. The mountain -like every trail on it lives up to its billing. And the way Copper's laid out makes it more enjoyable for everyone. Experts ski on one end of the mountain, intermediates in the middle, and beginners on the other end. ' (A note to beginners: You can ski high on the mountain, so you'll enjoy the same spectacular scenery as the experts. ) Plan to ski Copper this winter. The great mountain with the cozy village right at its base, is just IV2 hours from Denver. We'll have more new trails this year. ' And each one's going to have to earn itself a name. Send me your brochure about skiing, lodging, the village, special'rates and package plan's at Copper Mountain. Tell me about the new condominiums still available for purchase. I I Name J Address I City j State 1 .Zip. COPPER MOUNTAIN IK.. . . 200 Solitude Station . , Copper Mountain, CO 80443(303) 668-3883 J |