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...water was heated to a soothing 80°, so the pool was full of happy swimmers. But not so happy was Lifeguard Steve Tourville. Watching over his charges, he sat in his chair wearing a suit of thermal underwear and three sweaters. Is this a Colorado ski resort scene? No, just an unusual 36° day at Walt Disney World in Florida. Across a broad sweep of the country last week, winter howled in with bone-numbing force. In the nation's capital, temperatures dropped 20°, to near zero, during a one-hour period...
Underwood's decision is being appealed this year to the Vermont Supreme Court, and the unfortunate Sunday may never see a cent of his damages. But the case has thrown the nation's ski industry into a tizzy. With rising insurance costs pressing into profits, at least four Vermont ski areas considered shutdowns this year, and one small slope in Underbill Center has remained closed despite generally good snow conditions. At one point, the nation's largest ski insurer, American Home Assurance Co., threatened to cancel its ski-area coverage in Vermont, a move that might have...
Alarmists are raising the specter of $25-to $35-a-day lift tickets. Ski operators, though, have spotted what looks like an easier fix: the passage of special state laws specifying responsibility for accidents. New Hampshire, New Mexico, Washington and Maine already have legislation making the skier responsible for any downhill (as opposed to ski-lift) accidents. This week the Vermont legislature will consider a bill requiring ski operators only to maintain lifts properly and mark all trails and such foreseeable hazards as snowmaking hydrants. If it passes, schussers who come to grief will be on their...
Having a backyard ski slope gives Susan Blakely (The Towering Inferno) a lift. Installed in the driveway of her Los Angeles home, the fake flakes on her port-a-slope enable the model-turned-actress to prepare for her new movie role as a ballet skier. Susan, 28, is taking lessons in 360° turns and crossovers. The script of the film, Free Style, is "heavy and touching," she says. It is about a world champion ballet skier who feels she is past her prime, too old to ski...
Since the Denver cheerleaders are drawn from lithe, ski-slope-burnished Rocky Mountain womanhood, a substantial showdown will occur this Sunday on the Superdome sidelines as well as between the goal lines. It could be more exciting than the game, which?if this year's Super Bowl follows the soporific pattern of recent years?may be a dogged defensive struggle. Certainly Denver's strategy will center on its magnificent 3-4 Orange Crush. When asked whom the Cowboys feared most among that band, Landry replied: "All eleven guys. They play as if they were backed into a corner and fighting...