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Show I FINAL NEWS SKI Friday, January 7, 1949 --------------------------------------~-- SCHOOL SET Drag. Out Red Flanne.ls, ·I FOR 'ALTA SLOPE For Ski Class Saturday Entry Blanks Available For Ogden __ Area Free Sessions Jan. · 7 a·t Basin Lunches Ready Salt Lake area Deseret News ski schoolers are scheduled for the grand finale class Saturday at Alta and according to Alf Engen, chief instructor, there'll be action aplenty with a regular class per iod, exhibition by the school's top instructors and a testing per~od on tap. r q alified to pass the National Class work begms at 10 a.m. u . . . . • 'th b 1 t d to 1 s lt Ski Associatwn,.fourth class pro- Wl uses s a e eave a . . . Lake City pickup points at 8 fic1ency listed elsewhere on this . a.m. for the "windup" session. pai!e. -- . . --r~- M~while, Ogden slqers .._are Instructors w ~~ ~ ~~ a s kAeltd eagerly awaiting a three week Wedn:s ay e l!f e a free school at Snow Basin with Peruvian .Lodge be'fore .10 a.m. the first class scheduled Jan 7. for the fmal class period. Alf Engen and a Mobile Free Ski ., School staff, the only one of its kind in America, will direct the Ogden area sessions and will be assisted by prominent Ogden skiers. · "Ski With Sverre" a n d Ski Tests Due Saturday "School on Skis," two top ski All Deseret News ski school movies will be shown at the Ogden "Kickoff" meeting Jan. students qualified to take the 4 at the Washington Junior High National Sk~ Association fourth School. Everyone interested in class proficiency test listed beskiing is invited to this session. low will be given the exam OGDEN SCHEDULE during Saturday's ski school 1 Equipment clinics, to check finale at Alta. skis, bindings and boots for Through special arrangem'ent ' proper fit, are slated at the Og-den National Guard Armory this ski test is being given by Jan. 5-6. Appointment times News ski school instructors. will be given ski schoolers at However badges go only to the "Kickof~" meeting.. Free th se ski~rs belonging to a recbase wax w1ll be provided at _ 0 these clinics. ognized ski club. Registration for the initial Student who pass the test will Snow Basin class must be com- be given a certificate which enpleted by Jan. 5. Entry blank~ titles then to the . proficiency must be returned to the Sk1 . Editor, Deseret News. badge if and when they jom · Blanks are f o u n d every a ski club. Wednesday on the Ski Page. In Each candidate must demon-addition sk.i hopefuls may get · their entrys from the following strate his skiing ability by sue-leading Ogden Sports stores: cessfully completing the followEngen- Strong, 466 24th Street; ing maneuvers on a hard packed Kammeyers, 318 24th Street; R. slope: M. Hoggan; C. W. Cross, 2242 1. Side Washington Blvd., and Armstrong Sporting Goods, 302 25th Street. Students will be given school identification badges and a "How to Ski" booklet upon' receipt of their entry blanks. step up a 1lope of about 15 d~grees . 2. Herringbone up a slope of about 10 degrees. ·for Students At Snow Lodge By George Nelson Drag out those old red flannels and you probably won't be one little. bit sorry that you did when you start schussing around in the cold-powder at Alta Saturday with The Deseret News Ski School classes. Chief instructors ,,Alf Engen, Jack Reddish and Sverre Engen cautioned all ski school r egistrants to bundle up sufficiently to withstand possible cold weather on the slopes. Maybe all this warning to dress warmly will be in vain, however,l because Alta's own Mayor Wat-' sQn claims he has ordered warm weather for the big "News" ski class. Busses have been arranged at a special coSt-price for all clas- • ses at Snow Basin through the Wasatch Transportation Company. Tow privileges will be given ski schoolers by Ogden City through the efforts of Com. Thomas East and a special hot lunch will be available on 3. Snowplow at least 30-feet under control and come to a complete stop on a slope of about 10 degr ees. 4. Climb and descent a 10 to 15 degree slope of at least 100- feet vertical rise using traverses and kick turns. 5. Controlled sideslip for a distance of at least 20-feet on a slope of about 15 degrees both to the right and left. ]NEW LODGE AT ALTA the slopes. SALT LAKE FINAL,J: 6. Make four linked stem tur:ns, each of them at least 120 Saturday Salt Lake City skidegrees, executed slowly and ers will be hosted by the Alta under complete control and sepPeruvian Lodge with another arated by special low cost lunch. Classes ,parallel. and exhibitions will be held - - on the slopes directly south of the Lopge. Following the class and show students will be able to use the Alta Peruvial]. rope tow free compliments of the lodge management. Bus transportation will again be furbished for a cost~price of only 80 cents. All tickets for the final class must be pur-chased before Friday at 5 p.m. Tickets are on sale daily at the Deseret News Main S t r e e t ticket office. Following ihe classes Saturday all 1ki IChoolers who feel Rustler lodge is the newest ad~ clition to one of the West's finest skiing areas- the land of the deep powder- Alta, Utah. His personable manner now transferred to the lodge, Sverre Engen, powder skier aq.d instructor extraordinary, and his charming wife lois are manag~ ing Rustler. Ever-popular Alta lodge is now being managed by A. Rulon Mans~ field, Jr. The same friendly atmos~ phere that made Alta lodge so widely known still prevails. The Alf Engen ski school serves both Rustler and Alta lodge. "Mayor" Watson, the venerable host at Alta has settled down for a long season of welcoming skiers to this famed Utah resort. Early snows have already indicated a banner year ahead. Three chair lifts now serve the fine slopes at Alta and the new Landes Memorial Jump hill rounds out the skiing picture. To make it all pleasure both Alta and Rustler have rope tows to take the skiers from the base of the lift up to the · lodge. Alta, always the scene of many spectacular competitive events, has also snagged the sponsorship of the National Junior pownhill and Slalom Championships on March 18 and 19. KEEP THE HEELS PRESSED OUT -Ski School Instructor Alf Engen demonstrates the proper manner to begin a snowplow turn . Note how his weight is beginning to shift to his downhill ski. Instructors cautioned all ski school mem- 1 . bers to dress warmly for Saturday's •class to be held at Alta. 'News' Ski Lesson Nine Learn The Snowplow As First Control Act To learn the snowplow, start weight to the rtght ski and turn on a gent}e hill. On the descent, your right s~oul~er and hip for- . ward, you w1ll fmd that you are press the heels outward. This ·turning away from the direction naturally brings the ski tips ·to- line of descent to the left. gether, but be careful not to To avoid a complete ·stop, you cross them. Knees should be then shift 'your weight to the left 1' htl bent. Weight should be ski and a~vance .the left shouls Ig Y . der and h1p, which helps steer, distributed evenly on both sk1s and you turn to the r ight. The which. sho~:,~ld be held as flat as snowplow position is maintained , possible, but a slight edging on continuously. Arms are hanging the inside is unavoidable. Re- loosely from·· the body, hands member · not to look at the skis near the knees, and poles pointbut to look well ahead. This po- ing sideward and back. sition immediately slows you l i'- ~-~=----=-- down both by its snowplow ae- 1 tion and the increase of friction 1 due to your skis traveling broad-side. To change the straight snowplow turn, all you have . to do is put more weight on one ski than the other. If . you shift your |
