Word: kitzb
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...downhill races and twelve combined championships. Last year he shattered all previous records by entering 32 races and winning 23. In a sport where victory or defeat is usually a matter of split seconds, his winning margins were all but incredible: almost two seconds in the special slalom at Kitzbühel, Austria, three seconds in the downhill at Megève, France. With the maximum possible score of 225 points, he skied off with the World Cup, the supreme trophy of the sport...
...existed. Some might call that ignorant or childish or foolhardy, but within the special company of downhill racers, Bud Werner won only admiration and respect. Austrians called him "the cowboy from Colorado"; autographed photos of his boyish face decorated the walls of stores and inns in ski towns like Kitzbühel and Bad Gastein...
...races in the U.S., none at all in the Alps, was noted mainly for a helter-skelter skiing style that neatly matched his nickname: "Cyc," for cyclone. But last week Cyc Ferries was the sensation of the 1962 season. He had scored successive slalom victories at Austria's Kitzbühel and Italy's Cortina d'Ampezzo, was a solid favorite to capture the slalom again this week at the Fédération Internationale de Ski (F.I.S.) world championships in Chamonix, France...
...Aspen, Colo., to polish his technique. He improved so quickly that he decided to risk his savings on an Alpine tour. Ferries still shudders at the recollection. "I fell in all the down hills. I was tense, and my reflexes always failed." By 1960 Ferries was still falling-at Kitzbühel, St.-Moritz, Squaw Valley. At Stowe, Vt., he streaked through the slalom in record time-only to be disqualified for straddling the final gate...
...Caution. Despite his mounting misfortunes, Ferries refused to change his daredevil racing style. "In this game," he explains, "you can't afford to be cautious. You just have to go as fast as you can." Now Ferries has finally found the control to match his speed. At Kitzbühel fort night ago, he ranked eighth in the slalom after a mediocre 77.2-sec. first pass at the course. On his second run, Ferries clocked a sizzling 69.7 sec.-fastest time of the day-to eke out a .7-sec. victory over France's Périllat. Last...