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Show <a -Ski-Yaking on the Salza Photos: Hilty from Monkmeyer eneensat seems to be the sort of rugged com‘petition in which the man who remains standing becomes the winner. At least that’s the way it looks here at the annual championships near Werfen on-Austria’s Salza River. Experts, too, are those who know the whims—the tricky cross currents, whirlpools, and hidden rocks—of the rapid mountain stream. Whentheracers get going, they can speed up to 17% mph on their kayak-like pontoon skis. ° Ski- aking racers often attain speeds up to 17! m rice they head down the stretch in swirling ihee Family Weekly, January 18, 1959 |
