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Show 6 C The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, April At Wimbledon 17, 1982 Park Citys Lief Nelson Borg Will Not Play Speed Skier Set For Record Run By Craig Hansell Tribune Sports Writer PARK CITY Lief Nelson has one run on his mind. He pictures himself at the top, pointing his at the bottom and skating down the slope. Not too many skates, only three, until he reaches such speed that skating would be dangerous. Nelsons mental image is based on his last trip to Storm Peak Basin above Silverton, Colo , where he clocked 116 miles per hour at the International Speed Skiing Trials last year. It is a new year and Nelson has polished the image in his mind. Now he is ready for anothei shot at taking the title from Californian Steve McKinney. McKinney is generally considered one of the more active speed skiers in the world and 25 skiers including Nelson, have been invited to try and break his record April fastest-man-on-sk- is 19-2- The task will be a bit more difficult than it was last year because McKinney established a new record at Les Arcs, France, March 26. The women's record also fell at Les Arcs. Frances Annie Breyton broke her sister Cathys record and clocked a run of 109.6 mph. Nelson and the other skiers, including McKinney, will be shooting at the new 125.77 mph mark and the International Speed Skiing Incorporated group has renamed the area Velocity Peak in honor of the trials. McKinneys new mark eclipses the mph record he established at Portillo, Chile, in 1978. 124 Nelson, 24, is from Milwaukee, Wis. He has been a Utah resident for four years and this is his second season as a member of the Park City ski patrol. moved to Utah for the skiing and backpacking. Salt Lake is centrally located, Nelson said about his decision to come west. He started as a Little Cottonwood Canyon devotee. I met a couple of local pro racers who got me into downhill." He has been going quickly downhill ever since. During the season I try to ski as fast as I can, within the bounds of the Nelson said. He credits his resorts, mental preparation as being the major factor in his training. Mental concentration is the most important thing. It is I steep-and-dee- p safer to go 100 miles per hour on skis than in a car. On skis you have nearly total control over everything. You have to remain loose. You have to overcome those fears. No speed is too fast. Nelson recalls his first trip to A guy fell and flipped head over heels 12 times and I was in the starting gate when it happened, Nelson said. Standing at the bottom of the course isn't that exciting, but on the side, seeing a guy go by at 120 mph is pretty exciting. Some guys skate after they drop into a tuck. I only skate three times and by then Im already doing 0 mph, he commented of his strategy. "Im not a competitive person at all and I dont consider myself a daredevil I can give it (speed skiing) up anytime I want but I do want to go fast before I do." When asked about his skiing preferp ences, he said he was a powderhound of the Little Cottonwood Canyon variety and he likes catching air and normal air, both jumping. I dont ski the bumps at all. It is bad for the body, and that is one of the reasons I dont ski Little Cottonwood Canyon anymore. Nelson maintains that skiers have already exceeded terminal velocity on skis. The skiers have traveled faster through the measured kilometer than a body would if it were dumped out of an airplane. The special skis and fast suits with farings behind the boots and the crash helmets have allowed skiers to go beyond what was thought possible a decade ago. 60-7- Tribune Staff Photo bv Craig Hansell Park Citys in d Nelson tends to ski faster than most folks and he admits to losing passes while skiing at a few Utah resorts for restricts his speed practice sessions to areas and times where there is little skiing pressure. his excessive speed. He When you go out skiing you have to take responsibility for your own actions, Nelson said from the Park City ski patrol room as he finished up a day on the slopes. He normally skis on skis. He saves his 240s for going fast, and I do mean fast. a little upcoming International Speed Skiing Trials in Colorado. Lief Nelson gets practice for the which gives him almost a month to reflect on his decision. Another crucial factor is the compromise deal worked out between Borg and Sir Brian Burnett, the chairman of the Wimbledon Management Committee, in Monte Carlo last week. Sir Brian proposed that instead of Borgs year running from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, it shocld run from March 31, 1, 1983, giving Borg an extra three months to play three tournaments next year. 1H nnalifv Hirectlv for That way ba the main draw despite having a rest from last November until last week. Although he turned down the plan twro weeks ago, if he reconsiders his action, it would be a way around the situation If I had started my schedule in January there would have been no problem, Borg said I still love the game, I am not planning to retire, but I wont be at Wimbledon 1982-Apr- il five-mont- h FIAT STRADA Utes Sign Prep Ace From Calif. steep-and-dee- high-spee- England (UPI) champion Bjorn Borg turned his back on this years Wimbledon tennis tournament Friday, claiming he had been unfairly punished because he wanted a rest from the sport. I will not play at Wimbledon this year because I have to go through the said the qualifying competition, Swede, explainmg his decision to shun the competition with whose name his own has been synonymous for the last six years. I have heen penalized for wanting to take a rest. The Grand Prix rules are stupid. Its a matter of principle and it is a shame it has come to this, he said in Tokyo, where he was taking part in an exhibition tournament. Although Borg seemed adamant he would not compete, there is still an opportunity for him to play if he decides to change his mind. Entries for the $1,068,060 tournament 4 close May 10, which runs June WIMBLEDON, Five-tim- e SPECIAL BUY $5,454 FOB S.L.C. Front wheel on ve Clyde Rivers, a shooting guard from Victorville, Calif , has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Utah and play basketball. The announcement was made by Utah Coach Jerry Pimm Friday. Rivers, who played for Victor Valley High School, averaged 28.4 points per game last season. He scored over 30 points ten times during the 1981-8- 2 campaign and over 40 points once. first team his junior Rivers was named and senior year and was named Most Valuable Player in his league this season. 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