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Show ' Idaho Skiers Took Ivlosf of It Home After some competitor fussing and fuming over prizes and lift tickets, two Sun Valley aces ended up with most of the goodies from this weekend's week-end's hot dog contest. Two determined Sun Valley Skiers rode out of Park City this weekend with new skis, two trophies, some ski clothing and $300 between them after taking top honors in the freestyle and aerial division of the Olympia-Park City Hot Dog Contest. Taking first in the freestyle division after a tie-breaker decision was nationally-ranked hot dogger John Urban who edged out Snowbird-based Bill Leyer on the basisofhis stronger second run. Third in the freestyle went to Sid Uyetake who squeezed by Park City's Marty Lofquist by one point. Taking a strong first in the aerials was Ted McCoy who drew the loudest cheer from spectators and provided the highlight of the event with a graceful and spectacular front layout flip that seemed to take place in slow motion. Second best to that move was a front flip by Urban that earned him a second four points back. Marty Lofquist took third with a front flip that pleased the crowd but evidently not the judges who rated the maneuver two points under Urban's. Other Park City skiers placing in the top aerial ten were Gary Loritz at seventh with a double spread eagle and eighth place finisher Chris Andrus with a double daffy. (Continued on Page Ten) Hot Doggers (Continued from Page Seven) Taking spots further back were Ned Sickels at 14th, Johnny Carpenter at 17th, John Van de Camp at 22nd, Mike Kovach at 23rd,'Ginny Molten at 24th and Bob Cole at 28th. Placing in the top twenty of the freestyle were Park City skiers Bob Cole at 11th, John Carpenter at 16th, John Jenkins at 18th, Chris Andrus at 21st, Gary Loritz at 27th and Mike Kovach at 27th. Several aspects of the contest drew criticism from a variety of sources. Some of it was justified and some not. Competitors fumed at having to put up prize money that many realized they really didn't have a chance of winning on top of full price for a day lift ticket. Also grumbled one top UJ3. freestyler on the cash prize economics of the event: "At the nationals last year we paid an entry fee of $25 which included our lift passes, but we stood a chance of winning a car and some nrettv heftv cash. Here, for $17.50 we only stand to earn a possible $300 for two first places." But such are the pitfalls of winning in such a fledgling sport. The event's sponsor naturally made the most of its opportunities op-portunities to push its product by promoting free beer for the competitors during the competition and liberally plugging its product via the announcers usually at the drop of a pop top. The effect of offering free beer to the competitors during the competition could have turned out disasterously realizing that both events required razor-sharp reflexes and coordination for safety's safce. Fortunately few hot doggers thought it wise to imbibe andski. |
