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...course, there are holdouts, purists who scorn the brash intruders. Complains veteran Vermont Skier Mary Simons: "Snowboarding is not about grace and style but about raging hormones. It is adolescent boys with their newest toy." Ralph DesLauriers, owner of the Bolton Valley Resort in Vermont, compares the gripers with "people in the horse-drawn carriages reacting to cars driving by." At least skiers can be grateful that snowboarders cannot gun their engines and spew exhaust...
Suddenly, though, Rossignol's reputation has taken a spill. French skiers, ! two-thirds of whom use skis supplied by Rossignol or its Dynastar subsidiary, have had a dismal season. It culminated earlier this month with their total failure at the world championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. While Swiss skiers claimed eight gold medals and even tiny Luxembourg carried off a gold, not one of the 30 prizes at stake was won by a French skier. The dejected French competitors blamed the bad showing on their skis and on poor preparation by the team's technical support staff, most of whom...
...Stratton caters to the chic and fashion conscious, Killington caters to the single skier who likes to party. With more bars per person than any other ski area, the mountain complex is a college student's dream come true...
...other areas scramble for a piece of the college skiing pie, it's still Killington that has the largest portion. More than 6000 students have spent one of the last four weeks at Killington's annual skifest. Sponsored by Miller Lite and Chevrolet, the festival has everything from skier obstacle course races to '60s and '70s revival parties. And, whether or not there's anything from the '70s that deserves to be revived, the kids seem to have fun, to drink a lot of beer and to ski a little on the side...
Sugarbush is really two areas, Sugarbush and Sugarbush North, connected only by a shuttle bus. The main area is one of the grandfathers of Vermont skiing. Trails such as "Stein's Run," named after Olympic racer Stein Erikson, are still among the most challenging in Vermont. Although skiers no longer sit on the deck of the Valley House Base Lodge and watch Stein ski his run, spectators will certainly see top-rate skiers and some show-offs who should have stayed on the intermediate trails. Without doubt, Sugarbush is for the serious skier...