Word: slalomers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...month looked more like the world ski-trade fair. With their equipment splashily plastered with brand names, contestants paraded before the TV cameras like walking commercials. For a $400-a-month payoff, one entrant sported the badge of a resort he has never even seen. After winning the special slalom, France's Jean-Noel Augert shouted "Vive Le Courbier!"-a hard-sell pitch for a ski resort in which, as he put it, "I am investing all my savings...
Ranked number one in the East in the giant slalom as a sophomore. Watson this year did not make the top 15. He decided to spend more time instructing a junior program this winter, and as his practice time declined, bi? performance suffered. Nevertheless, next year's Alpine captain did well in the last carnival...
...Larry Carter, who rated an excellent chance to place in the Alpine, was the first of the Harvard skiers to meet with bad luck. "He was handling the slopes well in the giant slalom." coach Bill McCollom explained. "when he must have clipped the top buckle of his ski boot with his pole. The buckle came undone and Larry lost control of his skis. He took quite a spill...
John Boyle didn't fare any better in the giant slalom. "John hit a bad piece of ice and ran into the woods. Fortunately he wasn't hardly hurt, but the incident shook his confidence a bit." McCollom said...
Barring a fall or a missed gate, Carter should definitely total enough points in the two slalom races to capture fifth or better in the combined...