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Show Page 14 4 Thursday, October 25, 1979 oiler fij&fa- R Skiers Continued From Page 12 " When the highways are smooth and nice, you can really make miles on the roller skis," Kristiansen said. "But if the roads are torn up, it's a real problem. And telemarking is tricky! Every one of us has taken a fall and torn up some skin on the highways it makes you try harder to get better at it!" Forty-four-year-old Judy Banks has been thinking of taking this trip for the past two years. She is a school teacher in San Fernando and has taken a leave of absence. She said she has been crosscountry cross-country skiing for the past seven years, and in the last year has been preparing herself by running, swimming, weight lifting and roller skiing. "This trip is really a challenge," Mrs. Banks beamed. "It's the opportunity of a lifetime. My experience working closely with people helps in this situation where we are all so close together when we didn't all know each other. I've always loved watching the Olympics, but it was beyond my imaginantion that I would go there especially this way! I'm in better shape now than I have ever been in my life, and I wouldn't have missed this chance to do this for myself and for the U.S. Ski Team," said the mother of three children, two of whom are college students. It was pouring rain last Friday when the eleven left for Salt Lake City and the long roll to Provo, but their spirits were undampened. They were impressed with Park City and its barely white ski runs and the fact that this is the home of the U.S. Ski Team. Surely, they said, the citizens of Park City will be more enthusiastic than most communities to support the athletes that call their city home. Surely, they said, the people of Park City will want to pledge whatever they can for the long trip across the country for the joy of watching the American ski team race on its home turf in February. Anyone interested in supporting the efforts of the 1980 Los Angeles-to-Lake Placid Ski-Athon is encouraged to send their contributions to 1980 Ski-Athon, Ski-Athon, Coast Bank, P.O. Box 3628, Long Beach. Ca. 90803. Ji I - " '" 'K f is- Coach Patti Fonnichelli accepts $255 contribution for the Park City Ski Team from Prospector Athletic Club's Konn Cooper. The club raised the money at their annually sponsored "Get Psyched to Ski Night." NASTAR Offers ew Programs PRESEASON SALE 10off !ALL NEW MERCHANDISI N mm Open Mon.-Sat. 10:30-6:00 Sunday 12 p.m. -5:00 1240 PARK AVENUE PARK CITY, UTAH 84060 PHONE 801-649-9123 P.C. Ski Team, Past And Present B Bob Marsh ' Did you know Park City has had an organized ski club since 1932? Or that 16-year-old Roxanne Toly is the first person in the history of Park City to be named to a National Ski Team? Or can you picture Erne Anderson and Matt Alvarez with 10 expert racers in a sedan traveling to Sun Valley, the same weekend that 32 Park City racers took home the total number of awards available 36!!!!! There are many questions being asked about the origin of the ski club in Park City, what role it played in the past and what it represents today. The growth of Park City during the past few years has led to many changes throughout the community. In the case of the ski club, each turnover in personnel complimented the previous organization. The only problem prob-lem has been that no one has sustained contact from be-binning be-binning to present. There are still many people in Park City who remember the Snow Park days and how skiing got started here. Those same people likely could paint a clear picture of the Park City Ski Club and the many faces and names that have made the wheels turn for competitive skiing. The popularity of ski clubs is on the upswing everywhere. every-where. It's true that many social groups will thin out as other entertainment becomes be-comes available, but the ski club population is maintaining maintain-ing its own around the country. Skier groups travel thousands of miles each year to enjoy the pleasure of people, competition and the excitement of new areas. At the heart of every ski club are those who take skiing seriously and, sooner or later, have a desire to test their ability through racing. There have been a number of organized competition programs in Park City. Snow Park had its share of schuss boomers testing their skills against others, but organized alpine ski racing did not find roots until the Park City Resort opened in 1963. Since then, there have been several sever-al alpine-oriented programs with similar characteristics: But through time and community com-munity growth, changes have occured. The Park City Ski & Sport Club is now an active : III r J ti a yJ Bob Marsh community program which supports alpine skiing. Through the past 40 years or so, a number of eager ski enthusiasts have been working work-ing to form a ski team that would represent both the community and resort in a beneficial way. Until 1965, the only organized organ-ized ski racing instruction was taught by the ski school at Park City. Mike Wilson, Bud Temple and Jerry Matsen worked under Phil Jones, who was ski school director at that time and organized the Park City Racing Team. The majority of participants were from Salt Lake or were walk-in "learn-to racers". In 1965 a group of interested parents renewed plans for a local ski club. The main focus was to give our young skiers a chance to train, travel and compete on a regional basis. The Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Region, at that time, had not been split into north and south, so the entire team had to travel to Jackson Hole, Sun Valley and other distant resorts. This created hardships for program organizers, parents, par-ents, etc. Due to the enormous enor-mous expense and time involved, the Intermountain Region has since been divided. There are many stories about the trips to Jackson, Sun Valley, and other race sites for everyone. It wasn't uncommon to see parents trying to fit 12 kids into one Chevy Sedan. During this time, many of our young skiing stars were getting a start. The goals were just as high then as they are now, and many had aspirations of making the U.S. National Teams. At one divisional race the Park City Ski Club took home 36 trophies. They stacked up 1st, 2nd, 3rd in 12 categories Continued On Page 15 NASTAR (NAtional STAn-dard STAn-dard Race) will offer three new programs this season designed to broaden the racing activities for recreational recrea-tional skiers. The largest recreational skiing program in the world, NASTAR will offer Super NASTAR for the advanced racer, a Ski Club Grand Prix for all club members and a completely revised cross-country skiing program focusing on instruction instruc-tion and improvement. Subaru Super NASTAR In response to an ever increasing demand on the part of regular NASTAR racers for a more technical, challenging course, NASTAR NAS-TAR officials and Subaru have organized Subaru Super NASTAR. These more advanced courses will be set in 50 ski areas across the country and will provide a run of no less than 40 seconds. Regular NASTAR courses are little more than 30 seconds in length. According to Bob Beattie, commissioner of NASTAR, the Subaru Super NASTAR courses take his philosophy of improved skiing through racing one step further. "Over the past 11 seasons of NASTAR we have seen average skiers develop into excellent ones by racing NASTAR on a regular basis," said Beattie. "While running a slalom course all skiing skills are put to a combined test: anticipation, pole planting, weight transfer trans-fer and edge control. Now through Subaru Super NASTAR, NAS-TAR, those skiers who can advance to a more difficult course, proven by the gold and silver NASTAR medals they have won, can challenge chal-lenge their skills and technique tech-nique on a higher plateau." The grand prize for the "Subarskier" who has the lowest NASTAR handicap for the season will be presented with a 1980 Subaru from the sponsor. Grand Prix The Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company, sponsor of NASTAR NAS-TAR since its inception, has developed a program specifically speci-fically designed for ski club members. Called the Schlitz-NASTAR Schlitz-NASTAR Grand Prix, ski club officials can enroll their organization to compete for monthly trophies and possibly possib-ly be recognized by Schlitz as the top ski club in the country. It is estimated by NASTAR there are as many as 600 clubs in the U.S. which will be contacted to fake part. According to Schlitz assistant assis-tant brand manager, Tom Sehwalm, unlike other ski club programs that require a four or five person team represent the club, the NASTAR program encourages encour-ages all club members to compete. "We are not looking tor ability as much as total group participation," said Sehwalm. "Every member's run counts toward their organization winning a trophy tro-phy each month." The three categories in which awards can be won are: The club with the most points for the month (representing (repre-senting the number of runs: made by club members ). The total number of NASTAR medals won by club members during the month. The club with the lowest combined iAbi ak nanai-cap nanai-cap for the month. MAEDEL'S Sales and Service BODY SHOP Welding Kilby Rd. 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