Word: slalomers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Giant Strides. On a clear stretch of highway, Shaw skates with the grace of a slalom skier or dancer. With giant strides of legs and arms, head high, he races westward through the cornfields. One clearly senses that there is more driving him on than the headlines in local papers. For Shaw, there is another dimension of reality out there on the great American asphalt. "Coming down a long hill with the wind at your back and the road to yourself is a high," Shaw says. "It's a thrill you never forget." He sees considerable wildlife and often...
Three of the hottest just-off-the-hot-junior-circuit freshmen swept the giant slalom on Friday. John Macomber of Dartmouth won the race, helping his team to an overall Carnival win. Two Middlebury freshmen swept second and third, just a tick of the timer ahead of Harvard alpine captain Ben Steele. The old lady was at least as respected as fate, so course setter Howard Kelton bypassed the dropoff which led to the NCAA accident last year, but there was no ice to worry the racers this time anyway. The old lady teased everyone with a fabulous 8-inch...
...Steele finished in the middle of an 80-man field in Thursday's U.S. Nationals Slalom at Pat's Peak, N.H. U.S. team member Cary Adgate continued his hot streak from the World Cup circuit with a narrow victory over fellow U.S. ski team members Geoff Bruce and Bobby Cochran. Bruce led at the end of the first run by .6 seconds, but both he and Cochran raced conservatively on the second run, leaving the way open for a go-for-broke attack by Adgate...
...qualifier at Killington, Steele's second run beat the rest of the field by .80 seconds, a large margin in the slalom event. Harvard coach Peter Carter termed Steele's run "phenomenal," although Steele himself said he was not aware that his run was exceptiooal while he was racing...
...slalom at Pat's Peak, Steele will be racing against 80 competitors from seven regions throughout the U.S. Scheduled to compete are members of the U.S. National, a squad returning from World Cup competition in Europe, including Bobby Cochran, Cary Adgate, Ron Biederman, Geoff Bruce, and Craig Gorder...