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Harvard ski team captain Eric Klaussen fell yesterday in the first run of the giant slalom at the NCAA's championships held at Park City, Utah. Klaussen, seeded 28th in the country, was hampered by ruts that developed in the soft Western snow...
Klaussen had a setback two weeks ago when he fell in both races at the Eastern Championships at Middlebury. He was foiled by what should have been a Western skier's delight; more than a foot of soft, new snow that was soon gouged into thigh-deep ruts by the racers...
...senior from Lake Tahoe points to one of the mountain landscapes on his bedroom walls, a snow-capped peak that towers next to his high school in Colorado and remarks how "disappointed" he was when he saw what the East had to offer. "There aren't really any mountains big enough for a downhill, remarks Klaussen. But this week Klaussen returns to the Rockies for his first collegiate race there in four years, the NCAA's at Park City, Utah...
Though he leaves Eastern ice and rocks far behind, Klaussen will have to face the same problem of soft snow and deep ruts out in Utah. Having been away from Western skiing for four years, Klaussen hopes he will be able to readapt his form in time for the slalom tomorrow and the giant slalom on Friday...
Once Klaussen was caught in a large avalanche while skiing at Squaw Valley. He was wrapped around a tree and covered by a snow dune. It then became one of his pastimes to create small avalanches, catch them, and ski through them. Possibly, Klaussen's attraction for the slopes may bring him back to those same California snow fields to initiate avalanche surfing as a sport. ABC Wide World of Sports...