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Show Master's Races Sure to Spark Gate bending Instincts applications at the Record or at USSA headquarters, 1500 East, Hwy. 248, Park Meadows Mea-dows Plaza, Suite D-100. Or write to USSA Alpine, . Box 100, Park City, 84060. . What you'll get is a form to join the USSA and pick up a Master's license. The annual dues to USSA are $20 and a Master's license is another $5. The advantage of the yearly membership is obvious. First, you get to race in all the Master's Series without having to pay a one-time race membership at each event. You receive 20 issues of Ski Racing Magazine (where, if you compete, you'll be able to see your name), you get three $25 discount Continen tal Airlines ticket coupons, you receive the comprehensive comprehen-sive Alpine Competition Guide for 1983, you are eligible as a Master's racer to qualify for the regional and national championships and to compete in Super 40s World Cup races. If you forego the official memberships, it will cost you a minimum of $5 to the USSA on top of race entry fees for each race. And you will not qualify for the nationals without having your Master's license. The Snow King giant slalom is set for Jan. 22-23. The Snowbird slaloms are Feb. 5 and 6, and Snow Basin is the site of the series finals, two giant slaloms, If you are one of those retired gate racers, but you know that you still have what it takes, the United States Ski Association is coming to the rescue. Maybe Nastar hasn't been the tvpe of race that suits your competitive spirit. How about the real thing? It is the USSAIntermoun-tain USSAIntermoun-tain Master's Series. Eight gate races over four weekends week-ends spread over three Utah ski areas and Snow King in Jackson, Wyo. The Master's Series is for racers who want to get on a real race course again, feel the camaraderie of a real racing circuit and be scored on the same basis as the World Cup. According to Bruce Crane, the USSA's national alpine competition director, Master's Mas-ter's racing is highly successful suc-cessful elsewhere in the U.S. In the Park City area, racers can test their skill Jan. 29-30 at Park West in a two-day slalom event that features two races of two runs each. Who needs Val Gardena when you can drive down the street and hit the big time? According to the Park Record's own John Harrington, Harring-ton, who has been appointed chairman of the Park West race, there is only one thing to do. "Enter." With that in mind, here's how to do it. You can obtain USSA Feb. 12-13. All fees and lift prices will be announced soon. In addition to the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain gate, races, The Pacific Northwest of the USSA has opened its Feb. 17-20 downhill championship at Bogus Basin, Idaho, to a limited number of Inter-mountain Inter-mountain racers who desire to downhill. One of the keys to Master's racing is that you do not need previous USSA racing experience exper-ience to compete, the USSA says. That should make it attractive attract-ive to many racers who have perfected their gate technique techni-que in competition like town races, where courses are challenging. Age breakdowns for Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Master's Series races will be in separate categories for men and women ages 21-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69 and over 70. For more information on the series, which is a first in the Interniountain Region of the USSA, call USSA Alpine at 649-6935. Rules are scheduled to be published next week. |
