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Show park cRg cauj scenes t V 'U v .1 ft ,..,,-. . ' -.- - . r i''ivVfL 1 -' - -.-V ". 6ai?pEiifis sls to EM M. - W ' ' I .. . ' v fe.,. " . .., ..,1 M- Saturday and Sunday's hot dog contest at Park West was a smoothly run, high caliber show where you sometimes couldn't could-n't tell the juniors from the seniors. A hot, high-flying 17-year old Park City skier proved to be the only local jewel in last weekend's episode of the Schlitz Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Amateur Skiing Series at Park West-a smoothly run, two-day affair that attracted sizable crowds. Young John Carpenter showed himself as precocious on skis as off in the 30-competitor junior division by grabbing a second place in the freestyle category and a third in the aerials for a combined com-bined third place finish in the action. Carpenter's steadiness and sense of control in the aerials delighted de-lighted spectators and revealed a feel of skiing-ease lacking in many of the senior division skiers. A 14-year-old skier based at the Skyline ski area in Idaho managed to take first place combined honors in the junior division, mostly on the power of his senior-style aerial abilities. Another 17-year-old from Snowbird, Alan Wood, held down combined second place honors by taking a first in the freestyle and a second in the aerials. (Continued on Page Ten) John Carpenter does a spread-eagle on his way to a third place finish in the junior division. photo by Bert Fox Trophy in hand, Bob Salerno gets a victory lift from fellow hot doggers after the aerials Sunday at Park West. Senior division combined winner BobSalerno of Snow Basin splits for a "daffy" on his first aerial run. Hot Dogs at West (Continued from Page Seven) Senior division skier Bob Salerno of Enow Basin glided through both the freestyle and aerials for a cozy first place honors spot in the combined totals. He proved to be one of few senior category men to combine strong freestyle ability with equally strong aerial technique. He not only wowed the crowd with two spectacular aerial runs on Sunday, he left his usually r.onchallant fellow competitors nodding their heads in envy. After his second run, winch consisted of a well executed mule kick, front flip and helicopter, one hot dog turned to another, shrugged his shoulders and mumbled: "how do you beat something like that?" Rounding out the top three spots in the 3G-competitor senior division combined totals were Dino Dudunake of Skyline and Dave Bossard of Snowbird. Camera crews and photo buffs at times almost seemed to outnumber competitors and ordinary spectators duringthe event. On hand were film groups from Telescene, filming segments for a Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce film, and ski-flick master Warren Miller, who's recording action for a United States Ski Association film about their recreational ski programs. Other ski-oriented celebrities at the event included Doug Pfeiffer, editor of "Skiing" magazine who helped judge the action, and Ski" magazine's Pete Miller. The contest was sponsored by the Schlitz Beer Company and run by Bob Theobald's "Get Hot" group. They proved once again that the only way to put on a good exhibition contest is to know what you're doing. Sunday's aerial event particularly revealed re-vealed Theobald's talents at aerial course craftsmanship. Designed De-signed primarily for contestant safety, the three ramp course was laid out in a "dog-leg with one bump at the top of the leg and two on the, lower half. The arrangement allowed maximum spectator viewing and, more importantly, the best possible line-of sight for judging. |