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Show I . I k ( 7 "N" i v I l ' ' W ' - .1 u i I - - 'zy N rl 3 T U tfi 'I 1 - . U ci f i 1 j I i 1 V;77- . ; f lV t ; - - . -v jr , V- ' ! t - ll 1 i ' i l .- f . : 4"fY photos by David Hampshire The World Cup it wasn't Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney explode from the starting gates. Mahre won this time but McKinney evened the score the following day. CHALLENGE I $ sa,slcansW0s ws I v . " .-v ""s-(,. . ' ? 'fH ! ; V L l X , f , 111 - 'C4 fi 2 'j, 7 1 . I ; 'V , 'fl 'rl 1 by David Hampshire It looked a bit like a scene out of a Miller Lite beer commercial. I Here was Marv Fleming, a I veteran of five Super Bowls, 1 standing at the starting line, ' saying, "I'm nervous. I'm nervous. I'm nervous." Here was John Havlicek, onetime one-time mainstay of the world champion Boston Celtics, stretched out on a ski patrol toboggan, telling his teammates, "I'm really ready, guys." Here was John Buxman, one of the rising stars on the U.S. Ski Team, charging out of the starting gate, only to find that it wouldn't open. "It's been that kind of a year," he mutters. The setting was the Carbide Cut run at the Park City Ski Area. It was 11 o'clock in the morning but the stars were out. It was a scene from the U.S. Ski Team Celebrity Classic, that annual bash designed to raise money for the national program. , If you follow skiing you would have recognized many of the names: Tamara McKinney, Phil Mahre, Doug Lewis, Cindy Nelson, Eva Twardokens, Pam Fletcher. And if you watch television you would have picked out many others: Marc Singer, Ed Marinaro, Susan St. James, Steve Kanaly. Then there were those whose moments of glory came in other areas:, swimmer Donna DeVarona, runner Joan Benoit, basketball player Lou Hudson . . . The list went on and on. On Friday morning they gathered at the Park City Ski Area for the first team racing event. The course was a dual giant slalom with gates set to make the turns wide and the "Good, I need the ventilation," Kanaly shot back. Lou Hudson, obviously a neophyte on skis, got a pre-race pep talk from Park City Ski Area President Phil Jones. If there had been a prize for Most Determination by a Beginner, Hudson would have won it. He spun around backwards going around the first gate and ended up facing uphill. But he kept going and a couple of minutes later there was a cheer from the bottom of the hill as he crossed the finish line. Havlicek raced against Park City Ski Area employee Molly Laramie. The ex-Celtic got a good jump going out of the starting gate but ended up going off the course. Harald Schoenhaar, U.S. Ski Team alpine director, found he couldn't stop coaching, even in the starting gate. "Relax, relax," he kept telling his opponent. Commentary for the races was i provided by John Dakin, v information irector, for,the U.. , ) ( Ski Team, standing in the slush at the bottom of the course. As swimmer Donna DeVarona came through the gates, Dakin equipped: "If it gets any softer, Donna will be right back in her own (element)." One of the highlights of the afternoon was a series of grudge races, with all proceeds going to the team. A contest to determine the ugliest racer was scheduled between Craig Badami, vice president in charge of marketing at the Park City Ski Area, and Jack Johnson of J.J. Johnson Associates, a local engineering firm. Results of that race were not available at press time. speeds slow. Sunny skies and warm temperatures made conditions ideal for the spectators, if not for the racers. There were some spectacular pairings: McKinney versus Mahre, Lewis versus Nelson, Twardokens versus Fletcher. And even those races where the expertise was lacking made up for it in entertainment value. Kanaly (who eventually won an award as the fastest celebrity racer) was one of the more enthusiastic participants, shouting encouragement to his teammates, harassing , resort officials. In the starting gate, Kanaly found himself racing against Park City resident Vince Donile. "Steve, your fly's open," Donile said, trying to distract his opponent. That's television star Susan St. James before her race against Park City's Mac MacQuoid. ' ' 'I . rtt! T-:'-'Uif ,v'vt: 'r. -'--w--' "'"" u '$?!' f ' i , ' ' ' ' '" " "WOW HH (.amwmiiiMMiMMi,! it iiim Hi. ,' lit v , , ' - . ? . Sim- . ' ' i -i v - " ' ' 'i ' I " . . i ' I I . '- ' ! - . s I !. , ( ; ? o - ; :": '5! ''"" ) ' Vf ft ' VVV V I 1 I ii 11 ru n i-i iti a 1 wwiMfetraMinwjl 1 urn in rtn X. 1 emttj ' mi rr -inr-ni run n - - - -: j r --iiiniiMiMiMit , J The inside tennis courts at the Park Meadows Racquet Club made quite a site for a party. Harald Schoenhaar, alpine director for the U.S. Ski Team. " leans on his poles. J w v . . .. , , |
