Word: skis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...loan winters have made this year a must for the thousands of people who live on the wintertime ski trade and they're making an all-out effort to combat the weather device with added lure for the would-be adventurer...
Areas which had previously depended on graded inclines to attract the slat-burdened visitor have added new trails; places which required a good deal of snow to cover their trails have spent time and money grading and treating the hills to make skiing on thinly covered slopes almost a pleasure; the traditional refuge of the snow bunny has added many comfortable couches so that it is now possible to go up to the lodge, never put on a ski, and still have a good time...
...between Oregon's blonde Willa Worthington McGuire, 22, and Florida's Shirley MacCalla, 19. Both girls averaged 44 feet in each of two jumps; Willa won on form. She dropped to fifth place in the slalom, but won enough points in the tricks event (turnarounds, etc.) to ski off with the title...
...water-skiers have held eight national tournaments. Last week, while most of the U.S. shivered, crowds lined the banks of Lake Eloise in Winter Haven, Fla. to watch the finals of the first international water ski tournament to be held in the U.S. They saw a U.S. team swamp the best from Belgium, France, Switzerland, England, Italy, Canada and Mexico...
...College is taking a leading role in organizing the new Eastern Intercollegiate Skiing Association, which replaces the old Intercollegiate Ski Union...