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Pneumatic bliss gets out of hand. The girl goes off by herself for a swim, and he has to pump up a shark to scare her back into his arms. A bronze-god water skier comes along and skis her off to a romantic island for a torrid love scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Psssssssss | 11/24/1961 | See Source »

...combination of mogul geology and sun chemistry make a mediocre skier without edge control into a magician. The hill becomes a slippery sandbox of rhythm in the frosty intensity of late winter afternoon. But crossed tips can make a four-stitch salad out of a novice leg. The end: the skier looks out of a mountain urinal at the back of the city...

Author: By Robert E. Fulton iii, | Title: From a Skier's Journal | 3/24/1961 | See Source »

...compressed air blast, turns into snow crystals as it sprays out into below-freezing temperatures. Not only are the machines making of skiing a new Southern custom, but they are bailing out northern areas that have been losing money for lack of steady snow. For the beginner or afternoon skier, they are also creating a new set of small ski slopes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Snow Job | 2/17/1961 | See Source »

...Whistling softly to remind herself to breathe, svelte U.S. Olympic Skier Betsy Snite, 21, swivel-hipped down the steep, tight trail on Mount Mansfield, completed her two runs a full 4.4 sec. ahead of a topflight Olympic field to win the women's slalom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Mar. 21, 1960 | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

...Squaw Valley last week, Olympic skiers were testing a new racing ski Head has developed to overcome the problem of fluttering at high speeds, which slows the skier. As Head walked the slopes seeking pointers on how to improve his product, he saw dramatic proof of the superiority of metal skis. For the first time in Olympic history a gold medal was won by a skier. Frenchman Jean Vuarnet, wearing metal skis, developed especially by a French firm. For Head this was proof that the metal ski will be as good for racing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECREATION: Head of the Trail | 3/7/1960 | See Source »

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