Word: skiiers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Leslie Streeter, American skiier from Northfield Vermont, who suffered torn ligaments and a fractured shoulder Monday was permitted to leave the hospital for his hotel yesterday. During practice on a treacherous Olympic hill the 22-year-old Army private fell and broke a small bone in his shoulder. The United States team physician said that the injury would put the skiier out of action for a month...
...self-torture. From the first day of a skiing career when one learns how to permanently twist his legs through a stop known as the "herring-bone" to the day when he finally succeeds in relieving himself by breaking them off leaping from a 60 meter jump, the skiier must be firmly convinced that permanent mutilation is not too severe a price to pay for a few days on the slopes...
...assist the beginning skiier, there are at least three types of slopes at every skiing resort. These are strangely named: the beginner's hill, the intermediate slopes, and the advanced trails. The philosophy behind these titles is one of the mysteries which have baffled sporting experts for years...
Because the beginning skier has no knowledge of the techniques of slowing down, he travels very fast on his skiis. However, to stop him from going too fast, beginner's slopes are usually almost flat. As the skiier advances, he learns to hinder his progress by slowing up more effectively. To balance this the intermediate slopes are a little steeper than those for the beginner. The science of skiing is, therefore, a mathematical progression. The steeper the slope of the hill is, the slower the experienced skiier is able...