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Show 1 Thursday, February 1, 1979 Page 7 Colorado Skier Tops In 'Battle Of The Nations' i 1 ill II ill' JF JU It X -""lk.-;.. I i II Am w . 'r. A id? ; u with Craig Altsch I saw SUPERMAN the other night at the movies and fell asleep. Boring plot. In my dream, I rewrote it the way you readers would have liked it. fere's my version. I was born on a planet called Kryptic. It knew it was Kryptic because it looked like a stage set for life in a ski condominium complex. My father was a competitor in the Interplanetary Inter-planetary Winter Olympics and won three Magnesium Medals. One day the planet blew up and my father stuffed me into a fanny pack, poked me with a ski pole and sent me hurtling to planet earth. After a dull childhood where no one told hie I should wear pants, I got a message from the old man. I shall always remember him... .sort of an aging, fat ski instructor who mumbled. "Son," he slurred. "It's time for you to move on to serve your intended purpose.... to fight for truth, justice and the American technique." In a flash, I landed in Vailtropolis. I pretended preten-ded to be Clark Bent, a reporter and joined the staff of the Vail Plan-it. I was a mild-mannered ski writer (and you can't find those kind any more). I met a lovely lady reporter named Lois Lift-line Lift-line and instantly fell in love. She was so cute when she asked me how to spell snow. I kept after Lois to have dinner with me at the Clock Tower but she wasn't interested. I just wasn't macho enough, I figured. Late that afternoon, Lois was informed the President was going to arrive to spend the holidays (my story is a few years old) and she was to meet his plane at Vailtropolis Airport for an interview. She jumped into her skis and raced off to the interview,, skiing much too, carelessly. She end-, ed up (hanging , from (!a branch oq a .tall tree , overlooking J Hunky 'Dory Run. A9larger'crbwia gathered as she hung helplessly above it. Quickly, I dashed behind a lift tower, ripped off my parka, piled into my powder blue outfit with a red cape and leaped into the air, pulling Lois to safety. "Who are you anyway?" she asked. "You look just like that insipid Clark Bent, the mild-mannered mild-mannered ski writer. ' ' "No, no, my dear," I said. "I am simply a fighter for truth, justice and the American technique." Someone in the crowd gave it all away. "Look," he yelled "Up there! It's a bird. No it's a plane. It's.. ..it's SUPERSKIER !" Then, a real problem developed. Word came that Air Force One was going to actually bypass by-pass Vailtropolis and go to that ancient enemy city of Aspirin instead. The Vailtropolis city fathers went berserk. Truly another job for SUPERSKIER. Up into the air I leaped.... over rocky peaks in Snow a single bound... through clouds. I grabbed the nose of Air Force One and brought the president back where he belonged. Another triumph of right over wrong. Lois was sipping wine in her condominium when I rapped on the window. She was expecting expec-ting Clark Bent, but I came in my SUPERSKIER SUPER-SKIER get-up instead. I gave her my ski instructor's special kiss. I had learned it from my father who taught it to me after he made a movie about the last tango in Paris. I learned a lot from him. ..but, you'll have to wait for the sequel to see it on the screen. "SUPERSKIER," she said. "Is it really true you can see through anything at all?" "Of course," I said. "Right now you are even wearing pink longjohns." She blushed. "Want to ski with me?" "Oh, I'm just an intermediate," she said. "I'd hold you back." I told her not to worry and we leaped to the slopes. Up to the top of Riva Ridge (we didn't need chairlifts).... swooping down the Tourist Trap. Over to Minnie's Mile and up to China Bowl. Lois gained great confidence and then, she let go of my mittens. She tumbled down the hill in a ball. But, I swiftly scooped her up and saved her from another tree. All in all it was a very sensual scene. I brough her home and kissed her goodnight. After all, it was only our first date. Next, I met a very evil person. He was a weather man named Lex Luthor, who lived in the lap of luxury burrowed beneath the Vailtropolis Associates office building in sur-burban sur-burban Lionsmouth. He confronted me. (t?It;saUnWer, SUPERSKIE I said." i" I have a sinister plan "to rid this earth o people like you once and for all." "Right this moment, I am turning on strategically placed showerheads in trees all over ski country. They are connected to a vast network of pipes containing the one thing that can destroy you and skiers everywhere... .warm rain." I gasped for air, choking slowing. Suddenly, a voluptuous Vailtropolis secretary tossed some cold powdery snow in my face and saved me from a horrendous demise. In a flash, I turned off all the faucets and blew cold air onto the hills. Snow was quickly returning. I arrived just as Lois Liftline was sinking into the slush of the back bowls. I pulled her up by her bootstraps. "Oh," she crooned. "Just like a ski writer. Always there when I heed one." She kissed me and told me to keep my SKI TIPS up. Richie Wood worth Hunter And Woodworth Win Bird Race Canadian "Jungle" Jim Hunter won Saturday's downhill but Richie Wood-worth Wood-worth led an American sweep of Sunday's slalom in the $50,000 World Pro Skiing Volvo Cup held at Snowbird last weekend. In sixth place after the first downhill heat was completed on Chip's run, Hunter waited after a sizzling siz-zling second run to see if the leaders could retain their standings. None could. Austrian Franz Weber clocked the fastest first run time but he left the course on the second run and eventually even-tually took fifth place. Hunter, a downhill specialist, posted a two-run time of three minutes 5.228 seconds over the" 8.100-foot rinwni Kin vu iijiom .ir-'iitsu course. He was followed by Austrians Hans Hinterseer and Andre Arnold, who took second and third respectively. respec-tively. Fourth place went to Walter Tresch of Switzerland. Swit-zerland. The following day, 21-year-old Richie Woodworth registered the first win of his rookie year by beating fellow American Gre Bar-tlett Bar-tlett in the dual slalom finals. Woodworth bested Frenchman Patrice Pellat-Finet Pellat-Finet and another American, Ken Corrock, in the semi-finals on his way to the $6,750 first place money. Corrock took third over Frenchman Bernard Front to complete the 1-2-3 American sweep Doesn't Bother Heidi Regardless of deteriorating deter-iorating snow conditions, con-ditions, Heidi Preuss, 17-year-old from Lakeport, New Hampshire, member of the U.S. Ski Team 'B' team won the Europa Cup Giant Slalom in Megeve, France, January 19. She skied a brilliant first run to finish 1.46 sec. ahead of the entire field. Preuss was the winner of the 1977 Can Am Trophy series having won both the slalom and giant slalom events of that competition. She missed the entire 1978 season due to back problems. Having returned to the European race circuit this season, she has shown progressively better results and that she is still a winner. win-ner. Preuss won the race with a time of 2.35.41. In second place was Christine Loike of, Austria with a time of 2.36.29. Other American finishes include D team member Sarah Duff, Red Wing, Minnesota, who placed 14th; B team members mem-bers Tiania Tutt, Colorado Springs, Colorado , 17th and Mary Seaton, Hancock, Missouri, 20th; 14-year-old Beth Morrissey, Stowe. Vermont placed 38th. 'Che irmmhupiaiicie u c . t mm. rv vvwe ,i3r ot Park city Pastor- Randy Morich "Prospector Square Convention Center" Sunday Service-9:30am Bible Study-6:00pm for more information 649-8301,649-8295 or write Box 2473. Park City Ut 84060 The fourth event of the Coors Colorado Pro Tour could be called the battle of the nations featuring Germany, Ger-many, Sweden, Chile, Italy and the United States, but it was captured by Boulderite Stephan Hienzsch, 22. The slalom event at Loveland Ski Basin January 19-20 was a tough challenge met by some of the world's best, and Cool Hand Stephan raced to an impressive finish ahead of 175 competitors. com-petitors. 1975 Europa Cup winner Diego Amplatz, 23, Italy, did not survive the first round of qualifications Saturday morning. Neither did Werner Wer-ner Mattle, 27, West Germany, Ger-many, who was the 1972 Olympic bronze medalist. Mattle was knocked out while running against Bruce Gamble, 23, Boulder. Windy gusts wreaked havoc with banners and visibility, and the numbing cold was an added adversity, adver-sity, but the two-day event was the scene of incredible racing. Hienzsch beat Greg Bartlett, 24, California, in the final round and Bartlett walked away with second place's $600. Hienzsch was an NCAA slalom and giant slalom champion as an amateur. Tour leader David Cleveland, 24, New Hampshire, Hamp-shire, progressed to the round of 16 after straining his knee at Steamboat Springs last week. He admitted ad-mitted to favoring the leg during Friday's qualifying runs when the course deeply rutted out. Bruno Confortola, 25, Italy, met Brian Raasch, 22, Oregon, in the consolation round and bumped him to take third, handing Raasch fourth. 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