| Show Skiers Back Organized Activities Skiers will support organized skiing in a business manner for the first time in U. S. ski history this winter when the two leading ski groups of the country the National Ski Association of America and the National Ski Patrol System take on the nation-wide sponsorship of the new Dick Durrance movie featuring World Champions Zeno Colo and Dagmar world-famous ski champ in his own right and the top ski photographer in the covered the World Ski championships of the Federation de Ski at last February with a battery of six capturing the thrills and g-lamour of the which brought the greatest skiers on the globe In Durrance and his William wealthy Arizona cattle man and ski flew to Italy to film in superb detail the racing technique of Ceno who won the men's downhill and giant slalom championships at and to Austria for background pictures on lovely Dagmar winner of the women's world crowns in slalom and giant The which is the official movie of the Aspen FIS also shows the best skiers of Holland of the United Ski clubs and sports groups will be invited to sponsor the film in a plan which will not only aid them in replenishing their own treasuries but will also help keep the wolf from the door of the National Ski Patrol system and the National Ski Financing organized skiing has haunted skiers since the founding of both The National Ski Patrol for depends almost solely upon voluntary contributions to its very necessary job of giving- first aid to injured mountain rescue and teaching Ed national director of the and Fred C. president of the in a joint statement made here feel the sponsorship of the Durrance movie by organized U. S. skiing will give thousands of winter sports who didn't get to the Aspen a chance to see great beautifully and It will help raise the standards of U. S. competitive skiing by showing what makes a World this film plan seems to answer the clamor of skiers all over the country that a sound basis for financing organized skiing be |
