Word: skier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Skiman, of course, is no mere skier. He holds that any fool can learn to slide down an icy hill on a pair of slats. True Skimanship consists of appearing as an expert without actually knowing how to ski. This appearance aids the Skiman's technique in such accompanying winter sports as snow-bunnying and bird-dogging, at which he is generally fairly adroit anyway...
...rest of the College's ski enthusiasts are unlikely to become involved in any downhill races or slalom meets over the vacation. But whether the skier prefers a "suicide" trail or just a bulldozed cow pasture, there is something for everybody--snow bunny or schusser...
...lose jump points is by "dusting," touching the water with the rump as the skier comes down...
Dartmouth's Brooks Dodge, FIS skier and National Intercollegiate Slalom champion, won the race in 24.2 seconds. Forty-two-year-old Harvard graduate Al Sise finished second in 30.4 seconds, and former faculty member Jim Klein was third in 31.2 seconds...
Wasserman came in 15th in the cross-country, and Weaver, weakened by influenza, placed 33rd. Porter, normally a downhill-slalom skier was 35th, and Hart, bothered by an equipment mixup, was 40th...