Word: skying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weekend skiers, the best skis in the world are the aluminum and plastic Head skis. The finest skis are traditionally made by European craftsmen, who have practiced the art for years, and in his field Howard Head, 45, is a Johnny-come-lately. The first time Head, a Harvard graduate ('36), went skiing was in 1946. He liked the sport but not the skis. An aircraft draftsman, Head decided that light and strong aluminum should be as good for skis as for planes. He proved his point by becoming the first manufacturer to sell metal skis in quantity. Head...
Head made his first pair of metal skis in a Baltimore machine shop with $250 worth of equipment. When an instructor flexed them in the snow for the first time, they broke. But this only convinced Head that he should quit his job, take the $6,000 he had saved and build more metal skis. Week after week during the winter of 1947-48, he sent his skis to Bromley Mountain (Vt.) Ski Pro Neil Robinson and told him to find a way to break them. Most of the time Robinson did. Two years later, Head added a plastic...
...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...
Last Hopes. With that, U.S. prestige rode on the shoulders of Vermont's svelte Betsy Snite, 21, back in form after a knee injury earlier this season and second only to Penny on the proud U.S. team. Hunched low over her skis, cutting corners like a man, Betsy looked the fastest of the day as she shot out of the schuss. Then she hit the bump. The impact slammed her into Airplane's bank so hard that she caught an edge, arched through a double cartwheel, fell on a ski point and lay still...
...series. Further installments reporting the progress of the games on Thurs., Feb. 25 (11-12 p.m.), Fri., Feb. 26 (9-10 p.m., and 11 p.m.- All times E.S.T. 12 midnight), and Sat., Feb. 27 (4:307 p.m.). On Sun., Feb. 28 (2-5 p.m.), the 80-meter ski jump, victory awards and closing ceremonies...