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Show B-8 The Park Record Saturday, January 4, 1997 New luge opportunity at Winter Sports Park fi 026 G&BQ5ffiGfa&S ere's your chance to "test drive" some of the finest equipment around; all those skis and boards you've been dying to try will be available (and in most lengths you want). Bring your credit card as a deposit to demo. EJki models you can demo include BLACK DIAMOND, K2, OLIN, ROSSIGNOL, SALOMON and VOLKL. Snowboards include K2, ROSSIGNOL, HOOGER WINTERSTICK, BURTON and SALOMON. Call our Jans store at (71 UUi uew years Resolution; The National Ability Center (NAC) is dedicated to the development of lifetime skills for persons with disabilities and their families by providing affordable, quality sports and recreational experiences. The benefits of these experiences build self-esteem and confidence, enhancing active participation in the fabric of community com-munity life. NAC offers a wide variety of year-round activities which include alpine and cross-country skiing, swimming, tennis, basketball, water skiing, horseback riding, outdoor education trips, rafting, camping and much more. Last year, more than 1500 individuals with disabilities participated in nearly 5,000 lessons! acixrwa Troy Stevens Loan Officer m o,;.g'.-isi ;T..A i n OJ.T e,fT: f E R S 4 W' if the Park City Resort Center for (801)649-2500 9 nai s a our 97 67) Help me support the National Ability Center NAC'S office is located on the Plaza at the Park City Ski Area. For further information please contact us at 801-649-3991. My New Years resolution is to donate $100.00 to the NAC with every loan and re-finance I close in 1997. For more information on how we can work together call me at 649-6660. Home by and try all of the 1996-97 gear that we sell at JANS and JMO. a you find a ski you'd like to buy this weekend, JANS will give you a gift certificate for $149 ($100 plus $49 for your lift ticket) to be applied towards any other merchandise in the store (for example, bindings). If you buy a board, JMO will give you a gift certificate for $99 ($50 plus $49 for your lift ticket) to be applied towards any other merchandise in the store. Participants under 18 must be accompanied by and adult. more information. f .. O Intermountain Mortgage Co. Continued from B-7 someone involved in the construction con-struction rolled a ball down the track to see if a sled could somehow some-how leave the track, but the ball stayed in. Compared with other winter sports, Owen said tests have shown a low injury rate, partly because the sled weighs 50 pounds and can be pushed away in case of trouble. Since the Utah Winter Sports Park luge facility is brand new, and the only one in the West, Owen said the western regional team has open slots that need to be filled. "Some local kids have experience, experi-ence, but it's wide open," Owen said. Owen said the general age guidelines are 12 to 16 but can be flexible if a young person is big enough for the sleds. A young luger that makes it on a team can expect to pay between $800 and $1,000 for the season, which includes track fees, coaching fee, sled, helmet and speed suit. People interested in participating partici-pating in the clinics should wear some kind of non-bulky outerwear, outer-wear, sneakers and warm ski gloves. Owen said bulky clothes don't work well because of wind resistance and vision down the track. All of the other equipment, equip-ment, including sled and helmet, will be provided. Local club time will be available avail-able to the public Wednesday and Friday nights and race time will be allotted on the weekend. The luge program at the park will provide the equipment for the local clubs but particpants have to join the luge association and pass a physical. For more information on the 'Learn to Luge' clinics and teams, contact Jon Owen at 647-3800 647-3800 or call the Utah Winter Sports Park. Disabled Continued from B-7 "After skiing up here for 25 years, learning to ski on a mono-ski mono-ski is a fairly large learning curve," Lannington said. "It's a whole different animal than stand-up skiing." He said the most difficult part of the sport is adjusting to different differ-ent snow conditions. Monoskis have shock absorbers, which are adjustable on the more expensive expen-sive models, but Lannington said it is difficult to adjust for all conditions. con-ditions. Regardless of the limitations Park City strong in Continued from B-7 Team coach said the racers were challenged by heavy snow throughout the day on Saturday. Out of the 25 men racing for Park City, 15 did not finish. But, McNichol said those that did finish, fin-ish, raced well. McNichol said almost everyone every-one cut their second-run bib number num-ber in half. Charlie Reed moved from 80th to 51st and Evan Freedman started Saturday's race at 107th and moved to 62nd after the second run. "Those guys that did finish, did really good," McNichol said. On Sunday, Katie Shackelford couldn't repeat her first-day victory vic-tory but was able to hold on to second place, behind Heather Walker of Snowbird. Park City Jl racer Kristin Edwards finished third overall, just behind Shackelford, securing two of the top-three positions Sunday. Sierra Blauvelt had another good day of racing on Sunday when she finished 8th overall after starting the first run in the 23rd spot. Elisha Stephens took 15th, despite hiking back up the mountain to a missed gate. Rebecca Roth finished Sunday in the 20th spot and Sierra Swing got her first big-race finish of the season. On the mens' side, 16-year-old Brian Freedman had a strong day of racing, finishing in 2nd place overall behind Peter Shaffer of Rowland Hall-St. Mark's. Rhett Christensen moved from 22nd to 7th while his teammate Todd Ligare jumped 14 spots from 34th to 10th. Strong runs were also turned in by 16-year-old Colby Gail who moved from 25th tol3th and Skylar Tritt who skied to 15th after starting 62nd. The Park City team was helped again on Sunday by Charlie Reed who moved from 78th to 25th. However, the big mover of the weekend was Evan -r "X SCOTT SINEPARK RECORD Jon Owen, program director for the United States Luge program pro-gram in the West, is excited to see ice on the luge track at the Utah Winter Sports Park. Owen is offering 'Learn to Luge' clinics, starting later this month. races this of their mechanisms, some of the disabled skiers push the envelope. enve-lope. Another monoskier, Quentin Gray, who teaches for the Park City Ski Area Ski and Snowboard School said getting his chair off the ground is not uncommon. Gray and some of his friends ventured into a snowboard half-pipe half-pipe in Colorado. He said the falls can be intense. "We were not necessarily landing any good but you could sure get big air," Gray said. Gray is one of several instructors instruc-tors at the Park City Ski Area Ski Team finishes Jackson Hole race m :i:illliiiilt .... ., Sierra Swing, of the Park City Hays memorial, was one of well last weekend in Jackson Freedman who moved 77 spots on Sunday from 105th to 28th. Travis Gaylord finished his first big race of the season in the 42nd spot, after starting 93rd. The Park City Ski Team was skiing against teams from Rowland Hall-St. Mark's, Snowbird, Hailey, Bogus Basin, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Snow Basin and Brighton. All roads leading in and out of Jackson Hole were closed for most of the day on Sunday but McNichol said the road home opened in time to get the four weekend who teach disabled lessons coordinated coor-dinated through the NAC. Gray not only teaches the disabled, he occasionally teaches upright skiers. The NAC's second session for the season will begin Jan. 11 and will include five weekly sessions. For $85, disabled skiers can get two hours of instruction, all the equipment and a day pass for five weeks. Huntsman Cup racing begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday and will be held on the same run as the World Cup races earlier this season. DAVE FIELDSPARK RECORD Ski Team, racing here in the Eric many team members that skied Hole, Wyoming. vans full of young skiers home late Sunday night. "It was a really good weekend," week-end," McNichol said. "Especially for the young guys. They finally made it up there and showed the big boys their stuff." Most of the team will be racing today, Saturday, in Sun Valley where two super-G races will be held or at Brighton for the South Sierra ski races. Some of the team's racers will then hop a van to Mammoth, Calif, where they will be racing in the Open Sierras, an F.I.S. points race. |