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Show Snowbird to host race in North America telemark roster Telemark Series) hosting this year's championships. Future NATS events are slated for the East, Midwest and Pacific Coast states, as organizers hope to make NATS truly national. NATS racers will accumulate points tor the best three-of-five races, with the top eight men and four women automatically seeded for the championships. Accompanying Accompany-ing all NATS points races will be a citizens rally for beginners and recreational telemarkers. 1 'srrTheU.S. Ski Association announced announc-ed the 1986 North American M Telemark Series with events scheduled in four Western states and ; ' Canada. Snowbird will host the only segment of the telemark series in Utah. The NATS is the first race series of its kind, drawing competitors from - several regional series throughout North America. It represents a major ma-jor step toward standardization of telemark skiing, in addition to laying lay-ing the groundwork for future inter-' inter-' national competition, sponsors say. : The NATS is a primary feature of USSA's newly formed national Telemark Program, now administered ad-ministered by the Summit Telemark Series. The Summit Telemark Series, a proven regional administrator ad-ministrator in telemark racing, ' enters its eighth season in Colorado. The NATS race sites were chosen ; by telemark race attendance figures from each region, with Colorado . (home , of the USSA and Summit Summit Telemark Series Jan. 11 Bogus Basin, Idaho Jan. 18 Aspen, Colo. Feb.l Snowbird, U.tah Feb. 22 Bridger Bowl, Mont. March 22 Black Comb Mountain, Whistler, British Columbia April 4-6 North American Telemark Championships Steamboat Springs, Colo. Dec. 7 Vail, Colo. Jan-18 Aspen, Colo. Feb. 8 Taos, N.M. March 1 Breckenridge, Colo. March 29 Crested Butte, Mont. |