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Show Wasatch — "Wednesday Night Town Come Every Wednesday come sundown all the ghouls gather at Bear Hollow. They migrate to the ski jumps with aspirations of glory and flight, don their colors and their implements of war, and take to the air. Who knows the source of their inspiration: Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Eddie the Eagle, or maybe just the chance to kick the butts of all their buddies in a no-holdsbarred ski jumpathon? Reporter (the K18 and K38, that is) to duke it out every seven days for bragging rights to be the best damn amateur jumping team in Utah. | With three weeks of jumping left in the season, last Wednesday night saw a heated competition, but not due to the weather. Conditions colder than a witch’s proverbial left one made correct waxing diffi- One, Come | J umping Series: by David Peck All thick-skinned enough to stay were treated to reggae and strangest and most enviable equipment was the Hexcel other dance music, often over- Hexcellerators, shadowed by the droll wit of announcer/scorekeeper/president/registrar/crowd control Kris “Kringle” Severson, him- with three-pin bindings. Anything goes at Wednesday night gelandesprung! Competitors were sup- self a ski jumping legend in his posed to register for either the ~ own mind. The cold was not enough to deter the skiers, K18 meter, or the larger K38 meter jump, though some circa Down the Windows” hand position seemed to draw the lowest scores. The skiers themselves place more emphasis on distance than style, and 1977, while no’‘hill records were set, jumps in excess of 100 feet _ were commonplace on the larger hill. A chance to thaw, toast their success, and win a raffle however, as some _ thirty - switch-hitters did double duty. prize brings jumpers and specEntries ranged from teenagers jumpers on six different teams tators to the O’Shucks tavern to the “Metamucil’-era, competed on both jumps in a cult and spectating painful, in Park City after the event. according to Severson. The two-round jump-off. which precluded any record Jans Sports, Alf Wear, teams spanned Park City and The. loose... rules. < “of Whatever the reason, this jumps or crowd numbers. Fans Tsunami, Zah Bou, and Jav’s the Canyons, with the Wednesday night jumping did flock to the event by the group of dedicated and resmom donated prizes for the Altaholics winning the allowed some strange equipolute flyers takes to the hills five’s and tens; those brave or raffle. Teammates and arch > “longest commute to jump” ment to surenemies alike get together to prize. The “Howlin’ Coyote face. Whereas tell fish stories about their 125 Grill” team was by far the helmets . are meter jumps, and laugh at the most vociferous, but their winmandatory and poles for- © some canine mating calls were © knoll-hopping efforts of their buddies. The Wednesday not motivation enough, as the bidden, skiers Night Series has been a suc“Beyond K” team eked out a jumped on all cessful endeavor, whether as manner of _ mine-point victory. Word on an excuse to party, or to fulfill the hills has it that last year’s alpine, jumping, and tele- _ format of a competitive league . lifelong ambitions of flying. anggumndl rated! GREE Throw on some extra woolies on one Wednesday alternating mark equip| ge ae RE a ie EET next Wednesday, and g0 enjoy with a fun “beer” league on the ment. No see Gelgo, ‘Wire Wintel: deeds axils ginllheed Miele Eo, fee the show. other elicited some competiGudiiiee oF Zomiles' bo Goel dae et OA int dhe mobbed snowboarders tive bad feelings. “This year were competTheg tiek tag aki mare ike @ Berrort Try dans on #0 we have a beer league, and a ing, but a few i perences che areal Sor ond eemfert calgaleeer bowed boot can provide. The Tid Banige ales factored Gre — beer league.” said Severson. have jumped avouire, Arie Sabor evhisols fer durebitit,? “Now everybody just does it at Bear ined perforate, Linriind thine ante, io Many Meret forthe fun.” Hollow in the a ee Te ra Sma rae eee a 3oy Jumping styles varied with 649-8790 past. The a7 2-710 RA et be | the equipment and experience Arkos telemark boot Close-out !f § 235,00 Arkos TM EQUIFE §f oN edi oases ote mi WHAT’S IN A NAME. .........ccc00cce0000 2 2 Little Cottonwood Canyon’s only on site real estate office now has a new name- cottonwood canyons realty. Formerly snowbird realty. 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