Word: slat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sunapee Mountain will boast a 3,000 foot chair lift by next winter if summer construction work goes well. The development will allow slat addicts to make a 1,000-foot ascent on the north side of the mountain near Mount Sunapee Station...
...Crimson slat sliders are entertaining hopes of a greatly improved cross country and jumping squad this year, since their coach, Bill Halsey, graduated from the Harvard School of Design Monday and will now be able to devote a much more appreciable amount of time to the distance...
There are no perilous inclines to navigate, no trees or cleverly hidden boulders to dodge, and no budding slat experts to schuss by you asserting their proficiency in a spray of icy powder; just a refreshing surface of water through which to plunge and a dozen scantilly-clad maidens to console you in your athletic short-comings...
Other pastimes for the man who has learned "everything" about the sport are skiing on one slat, using only one ski while holding the tow rope with the other foot, changing skis at full speed, and changing skis with another fanatic behind the same boat...
Tail-wagging slat enthusiasts can put weekend and between-term skiing opportunities to use and still return with their shirts in tow. The only requirements: an inexhaustible appetite for a healthy, outdoor life, the ability to make one's own breakfast, and sufficient willpower to roll out at 7 o'clock in the morning...