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Eric Klaussen should not be forced to live on the horizontal plane. The captain of the ski team is more comfortable on the inclines, whether it be climbing El Capitan or Yosemite's Half Dome, skiing Squaw Valley or Tuckerman's ravine, or even hurtling down the Rockies on a skateboard...
Klaussen, who's lived a half mile from the Squaw Valley ski area most of his life, will at least be familiar with the surroundings. Hi father, former coach of the Squaw Valley ski team, put Eric in the gates at the age of four. Life has been at a 60-degree angle for him ever since...
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...
...past three years he has either been first or second in the country in contests like the United States Youth Championships, the National Sports Festival, and the Laser World Qualifying Regatta. In 1978, he was selected to participate in the United States Olympic Developmental Training Clinic in Squaw Valley, California--an honor given to only the country's brightest Olympic hopes...
Senior ERIC KLAUSSEN proved last weekend that his GS is no BS. Klaussen captured sixth place overall in the Giant Slalom competition at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival. Although Klaussen has not yet technically qualified for nationals, his Dartmouth performance should assure him a qualifying slot. Hailing from Squaw Valley, California, Klaussen comments that east coast mountains are "a lot smaller and a lot colder"...The ski team as a whole finished seventh out of ten...not bad since the competition included last year's national champion. University of Vermont...