Word: slalom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unless lack of snow prevents, the second annual Open Giant Slalom for the Louise Orvis Trophy will take place at Big Bromley at 10:30 a.m. Sunday...
...member of a division of the National Ski Association, of a foreign ski association, or of the USEASA may enter, though amateurs must show USEASA class A or B downhill or slalom classification or its equivalent...
...high scorer on the five-man Crimson team and thirteenth man in the tournament. He took seventh place in the cross country and tenth place in the down hill. Dee Bogert, number two man on the team, was twenty-first in the meet and captured eighth place in the slalom event...
Emile Allais' one-track mind leaves visible traces-he is a skier. He grew up in the French Alpine village of Mégève, and there learned his skiing early. He raced all over Europe, won the 1937 downhill and slalom world's championships, coached the French Olympic skiing team for seven years. He fought World War II on skis. He even courted his wife at a ski meet...
Allais' admirers insist that his method is swifter, simpler and safer-but so far, the U.S. is a long way from accepting it. Schneider himself still teaches at the Eastern skiers' mecca, North Conway, N.H. Most U.S. Olympic stars, including Slalom Champion Gretchen Fraser, are confirmed Arlbergians. Even Sun Valley isn't committed: it is teaching both methods...