Word: slaloming
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...learned to ski from her father, who took her to Sun Valley, Idaho, for two weeks' vacation once a year. The family settled in Cascadia, Ore., just 40 miles from Hoodoo Ski Bowl, and by the time she was 14, Jean was good enough to win the slalom at the National Junior Championship in Reno. But it is a long way from the junior championships to the Olympics, and nobody paid much attention when she finished sixth in the giant slalom at the 1962 Fédération Internationale de Ski championships in Chamonix, France. When she returned...
...competitive skiing, seedings are crucial: the best skiers get first crack at a course - while the snow is fresh. The rest make do with slush. Last month when Faure announced his seedings, no American was ranked among the top ten in the downhill, slalom, giant slalom. In the past, that would have caused no great gnashing of teeth. But this year the U.S. has its best men's team ever...
Nobody would know it to see the rankings. Colorado's Buddy Werner, 27, who has been winning international races since 1954 and sat out the 1960 Olympics with a broken leg, was seeded twelfth in the downhill, 22nd in the slalom, and 23rd in the giant slalom. Others fared worse: Michigan's Chuck Ferries, 24, who beat Europe's best slalom skiers in Austria and Italy in 1962, was rated 24th in his specialty...
...want justice," screamed U.S. Olympic Coach Bob Beattie. At first Faure sniffed at the criticism. But at Val-d'Isère, France, in the season's first big international meet, Buddy Werner won the men's slalom and the combined championship, and Oregon's Jean Saubert, 21, took the women's giant slalom and combined. Faure acted uncomfortable. "I foresee difficult discussions at Innsbruck," he conceded...
Water-skiing competition falls into three categories: slalom, jumping, and tricks. Rapidly developing technique in each of the three events and the keen rivalry which has accompanied the growing popularity of the sport have forced increasing specialization...