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...Sunday both varsity and freshman skiers will compete jointly in the glant slalom championships at Mount Greylock, Mass. and Pinkham Notch, N.H. The slalom is a downhill race which requires the skier to wind in and out of a series of poles called gates...
...Varsity skier have come home from New Hampshire primed for next Saturday's competition in the Lyndonville junior divisionals--but minus the services of one of their co-captains...
...this time of year the resorts are lousy with 'em) is the "snowbunny." This term is usually mouthed with much contempt by those who "know how." It means that the poor guy hasn't had much experience. He asks straight as far as he can till he meets another skier, or a tree, or a bump, and then he falls down. When he gets up he tries again. But he's happy. He loves the feel of the cool clear crystals in his early, the wind whipping by his watering eyes, and the relaxing ride...
...wonder of the modern-day fairy-land that is a New Hampshire or Vermont ski resort. Whether it's a chair lift, a rope tow, or a T-bar, there they all are. All types ride the tow. And here is where the basic purpose of the skier comes to the surface...
...there it is-the basic human urge, and the fundamental purpose for a "ski" trip. Everybody, no matter what class skier he is, looks forward to the evening. The cozy fireside, the soothing Old Fashioned and the second and the third) and the pleasant company...