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ranee ctuel1e BuSiness-Boon. VOL. XVI, NO. 1 JANUARY 1, 1967 FRENCH ECONOMIC PROSPECTS-1967 .................. page 6 ESCOFFIER MUSEUM ............... . page 7 COMPETITIVE GAS TURBINES ........................ page 8 FACTS ON FRENCH FACTORIES ............... . page 8 A semi-monthly Report on Modern France, sponsored by the Comite France Actuelle, a private association of French businessmen. Photoprass. Grenoble Behind The Victory At Portillo FRENCH SKI SUITS AND EQUIPMENT Snme nf the Frenrh team. well-trained and perfectly equipped to turn in a "grand slam performance" at Portillo. The incredible 16-medal triumph of young French skiers in the world cham­pionships at Portillo (Chile) was neither miracle nor luck. Behind the fast, sure, downhill runs of lean-Claude Killy, Annie Famose, the Goitschell sisters and the others on the team were: • the well-developed French style of skiing and the system of training; • the mass of French young people now taking to their many and marvelous snow-covered slopes for winter week­ends and vacations; and- • perhaps the real difference between just doing very well and being the best-the extraordinary effort and accomplish­ment of French artisans and enterprises in creating new-type, better-performance skis, suits, shoes, and other accessories and equipment. SORCERY? WOMEN? SECRET WEAPON? An objective outside report, in the world-respected London Sunday Observer. sums up these sources of the unprece­dented French achievement: "In the context of modern France the grand slam performance of the French skiers in the World Championships at Portillo was hardly surprising ... The French press has explained the Portillo triumph with a variety of theories. Some said it was team spirit, and one suffra­gette journalist suggested that victory was entirely inspired by the women gold med­alists, Annie Famose and Marielle Goit­schell. One even attributed it to their 'sorcerer' trainer, Honore Bonnet. .. while Paris Match described the revolu­tionary skin-tight zip suits worn by the team as the 'secret weapon' of French skiing." THE ANSWER IS MOUNTAINS, TALENT, PLANNING "It was, of course, both all and none of Published and distributed by France Actuelle, a District of Columbia non-profit corporation. located at 221 Southern Building, Washington. D.C. 20005. on behalf of the Comiti France Actuelle. Paris, France. Copies of this bulletin have been filed with the Department of Justice where the registration state­ments of France Actuelle are available for public inspection unde'l1N"~) 1 et seCJ:..!?.egistration does not imply approval of this material by the United States Government. ,y E:.rt'~1 , r OF ~LAHOMA LIBRARY \ \ 2 Among France's marvelous ski slopes-Chamrousse, where a number of the 1968 Winter Olympic ski events will take place. these. It was quite simply a national de­cision to zero in on a sport for which the French have a natural talent, and three ranges of mountains [Annie Famose learned her skiing in the Pyrenees 1, all of which are easily accessible to major population centers. "The French approach to the cham­pionships was as thoroughly professional, determined and serious as the Americans and Russians are about Olympic Gold Medals ... Anyone who has seen the French operate against tight deadlines, with a plan in hand and a clear objective in view, will easily recognize how they achieved the Portillo victories." REFINEMENT OF AN "EVERYMAN'S SPORT" "The man behind it all is Honore Bon­net, the 47-year-old director of the French national ski team. A small but dynamic Frenchman in the Charles Aznavour mould, Bonnet left no stone unturned to fashion world champions out of his 15 chosen youngsters. "In 1946 Bonnet went to Austria to learn. For eight years he took copious notes and learned what he could from the masters before returning to a France where ski stations were sprouting like mushrooms and a whole new generation of young athletic skiers had replaced the prewar generation of dilettantes. French skiing was transformed from a French competitor with all-French equipment in world championships at Portillo. rich man's pastime to everyman's sport. "But Bonnet did more than learn. He refined, perfected and expanded his basic knowledge and behind all his ground­work he was backed by France's greatest Alpinist, Maurice Herzog, formerly Min­ister of Youth and Sports." FRANCE ACTUELLE TESTED IN A WIND TUNNEL "The 16 medals collected by the French team were a marvel of coordination in the national interest. Members took with them special Dynamic 'VRi7' French­made skis. it is to be noted that the skis were made after careful calculations and data collected about the specially cold and fresh snow conditions of the Andes. The French used specially narrow boots to avoid drag around the bosses (humps), and their skin-tight French blue silk com­binations were developed in a wind tunnel so as to clip precious fractions of seconds off their times." "Every member of the party respected the sparse diet of grills, vegetables, fruit and gruyere (cheese) which Bonnet in­sisted was essential. "The physical training ranged from yoga and cycling to tennis and basket­ball ... Also, Bonnet endowed his team with an insatiable will to win and a team spirit which was the springboard to in­dividual victory." IN-THE-MODE AMBASSADORS, SALESMEN The Observer report concludes that, "quite apart from the ambassadorial value of world champions, the French skiers are automatic salesmen of French skis, la methode fran raise and French resorts." Thus, Paris' daily Le Figaro comments: "The French style of skiing, which gave the ultimate, magistral proof of its superi-ority at Portillo, is incontestably 'in the mode.' Not only are large numbers of foreigners coming to ~­the fine points of our 'light Christiania,' but they also want to import our instruc-tors." Toward the end of November, for in­stance, 30 top-notch French ski teachers, selected by the French Skiing Instructors Association, went off to give lessons at resorts in the United States. Yet behind the finely developed French style and the individual skills and elan in winning with it, is the superb French equipment. DYNAMIC CHAMPS Start with skis: The special "Dynamic VR 17" skis, created by Ateliers Michal at Sillans (Isere), were used at Portillo by three French gold-medal winners and by six of the first ten finishers in the FRANCE ACTUELLE slalom, and in the downhill run gold medal victory set a world speed record of 101.52 km. These skis, of course, didn't just hap­pen. Here's the research and progress report by Paul Michal, founder of the small enterprise: "It was in 1932 that with some friends we made seven or eight pairs of skis. Soon we were producing more. They were made in a single piece of ash or hickory wood. We named them 'Dynamic' because they were checked by a dynamo-meter." PERPETUAL PERFECTION "We closed down during the war. Then we went back into production with a revolutIonaly conceptlon~20to 24 lami~ nations of hickory or ash pressed together, with the bottom made of a plastic. "After our wooden skis for several years we produced the 'Dynamic Metal.' Despite its excellent reputation, we aban­doned it to perfect our models made of glass fiber and resin, convinced that this was the ski of the future. And now we're sure our laminated skis in glass fiber poly­ester and glass will replace all other ma­terials. In fact, these skis outclass all others. Yet almost every day the chemical industry comes out with some new and better creation in plastics, and in our Gold-medal winner Annie Famose with former world champion Emile Allais. laboratories we have already found im­portant perfections that are now going into our production." Are these skis only for experts and champions? "Not at all. And in any case, we are now offering a new ski called 'All snow,' for all qualities of snow and all kinds of skiers, from beginners to ex­perts." Rossignol ski factory at Voiron (Isere). POPULAR AMONG BEST SKIERS Also used by members of the French and other teams at Portillo were skis produced by the Rossignol (five medals) and Dynastar (six medals) companies of France. In fact, Rossignol's plastic "Strato" and metal "Allais-Major" skis were used by more contestants at Portillo than any other mark except Head. The "Strato" ski is a plastic monobloc made by a special Rossignol process. It is especially designed for grueling slalom contests, although it also is well adapted to the needs of average skiers. The "Allais­Major" ski is made of the aluminum alloy zicral and is particularly suited to downhill and giant slalom runs. Five medal-winners at Portillo used Rossignol skis. 3 BIG AIMS IN AMERICA Of its total production, Rossignol now exports 25 percent, the total sold abroad zooming up 55 percent this past year and expected to rise another 50 percent this year. To the United States last year the firm sold 3,500 pairs, and another 2,000 to Canada. This year, the company is confident it will double its sales in the U.S. and up them 50 percent in Canada. Primarily because of a more active pro­motion campaign: One of the company's executives has been present at every important international contest, including those in the United States. Rossignol is advertising in American publications, and U.S. teams are using their skis in inter­national championships. (Garcia Ski Cor­porationin New York is the U.S. importer.) Rossignol already has affiliates produc­ing its skis in Switzerland and Germany. The company is backing its optimism about the U.S. and other foreign markets with a new factory near its present one in Voiron (Isere), which will be turning out 200 pairs of skis a day by the end of this year and, soon afterward, it is planned, 400 pairs a day. FOR THE JET SET Next, the revolutionary ski suits­Fusalp's one-piece "Combinaison G," in­cluding the patented "Fizz" stretch band along the sides of the chest and the inner part of the legs and outer part of the ankles, worn by all members of the vic­torious French team. They are made of a new elastic material composed of Iycra, wool and nylon, cre­ated by the Fusalp Co. in association PIIolo courtesy Garcia Sid Corp. 4 with the Elastiss Co. after many months and many thousands of dollars of research (including tests in the aircraft and space industries' wind tunnels). These suits enable skiers swishing down a slope at, say 62 mph to meet a normal wind resist­ance of only 18.48Ibs. compared to 21.12 Ibs. if they wore the very best traditional type of ski suit. "In a competition, this gain in tenths of seconds can be decisive." Absolutely, and Minister of Youth and Sports Fran­~ ois Missoffe probably only half in jest has suggested that, "We should maybe keep them to ourselves until the Winter Olympics at Grenoble." SUPPORTING, SUPPLE, BREATHING In the research and testing, the prob­lems were to create a suit giving com­plete support yet having an optimum elasticity for total ease and freedom of movement, warm enough for protection from the cold yet porous enough to allow the exercising body to breathe and not overheat. The resulting material, patented by Jean Laurent as Elastiss "Cristal," basic­ally has a layer of non-rubbing wool next to the skin, a middle layer of special stretch fibers, and an outer layer of nylon especially treated to be light and to slip easily and smoothly through the wind. SPORTY-SMART For those with the lissome or well­built- enough lines for them, the body­moulding "Combinaison G" suits are also mighty flattering to the figure. Fusalp's factory at Annecy also sup­plied after-ski clothing to the French and other teams, and in fact its elegant anoraks, ski pants, coats, three-piece suits and other clothes in all sorts of stylish designs, colors and materials (including leather), find a ready market in France and abroad-not only at winter resorts but also in smart women's shops and In spring and summer as well. In its ski suit department, Fusalp In 1966 produced some 57,000 ski pants and 29,000 anoraks, and next year ex­pects to raise all production about 15 percent. MERCURIAL SHOES The many-medalled French team at Portillo wore the "Elite 66" ski boots newly perfected by Le Trappeur Co. which has been making shoes at Sillans (lsere) since 1887. Son of the founder and present head of the firm, Marcel Carrier, turned out the first 80 pairs of ski boots 45 years ago and has been as­siduously improving them ever since. The firm now makes many types and models of boots, for all pocketbooks and all ages and skills of skiers. Le Trappeur produces 100,000 care­fully made pairs of ski boots a year, basic­ally of the "norwegian" or "vulcanized" types, and in almost every case just as excellent for after-skiing leisure wear as on the ski slopes. Last year the company's exports to 20 countries grossed $546,000, of which $439,200 was earned in the com­petitive United States market. The Ameri­can importer is Anderson and Thompson, of Seattle, Washington. Le Trappeur boots and Salomon bindings at New York Show. FOR LE TRAPPEUR IT'S AL WAYS TOMORROW What will the ski boot of tomorrow be like? Says M. Carrier: "I don't know. Almost every month we bring out a new or improved model. We will continue our nonstop research and will make new progress, and there will always be im­provements. As of now, in any case, the victories of those who wore our boots at Portillo and our well-satisfied cus­tomers in general certainly would seem to indicate we make a superior boot." FRANCE ACTUELLE Half of the French ski team at Portillo used Racer gloves. PERFECT SECURITY The two top French manufacturers of ski bindings are the Look and Salomon companies. In the 1964 Winter Olympics at Inns­briick (Austria), the Look "Nevada" binding was used by 10 medal winners out of the total 18; at Portillo, mem­bers of the French team and contestants from other countries using these bind­ings won seven out of the eight gold med­als and 18 out of the total 24 medals. Basically, the firm's various models assure firm attachment of boot to ski while permitting easy heel lift and allow a precise safety liberation -not too soon to detach a skier's boot when his minor fault can instantly be corrected, but not too late to avoid injury. The "N 17," for instance, with the world's first rear pivot, allows a bump, slide or pull to raise the heel up two em., then immediately brings it back into place; but if the force goes beyond this, the foot is at once freed from the ski. More important to competitive skiers, only if the slip or strain would cause a forward fall does the safety release, be­cause it is, of course, the forward fall which is really dangerous. A special "shock absorber" built into the binding, keeps the foot right in line with the ski at all times. FRANCE ACTUELLE PROVED PRODUCT, GOOD AGENTS Look exports 60 percent of its "N evada" bindings and sells well even in countries with strong competitive manufacture­such as Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Italy. It also does very well in the United States-along with Salomon sup­plying about 40 percent of the American market for this equipment. "We do so well in the United States be­cause we have a proved product and because we have found excellent agents and technicians there. Also, for several years now, we have been carrying out a rather large promotion and advertising campaign iII America." Look sales this past year were up about 15 percent over 1965. WISE SKIERS TURN TO SALOMON Five members of the French team preferred Salomon's "Step-In" bindings, and performed excellently with them. This binding has "no cables," i.e., "without lateral hooks or attachments which risk catching on something." In short, "nothing projects." The Salomon binding has two heel guides which permit adjusting the boot (seven different "fixes," according to size and quality of skier) as wanted, auto­matic stepping-in heel cup, two independ­ent springs-one for release and one for forward tension. Salomon's patented "Step-In," "Allais toe piece" and "Lift cable assembly" are manufactured at Avnecy in the Alps. In 1965, the company turned out 291,- 613 pairs of bindings and exported 70 percent of them. The United States alone absorbed 30 percent of Salomon's total production. RESEARCH, QUALITY, MARKET CONTACT Salomon's success is due to "our eight­person research bureau; our quality of manufacture-of 115 employees in our factory, 11 are exclusively occupied in checking and control, our relatively low price resulting from our modern factory, . its advanced machinery and assembly line production." "Besides having a good agent, Anderson and Thompson in Seattle, we keep con­stant contact with the American market. Our top executives make at least two trips a year to talk to our importer, re­tailers, ski instructors and customers; and our importer comes to France twice a year and American technicians dealing with our bindings come to work for short periods with our people at the Annecy factory." POLES OF STARTIUM The ski pole used by the French team and other contestants at Portillo was the "Kerma," made by H.C. Joseph Co. at Sallanches (Haute-Savoie). It is made of "startium" metal, a special mixture of aluminum, zinc, copper and manganese. The "Kerma" is extra-light and supple, better-balanced, and unbreakable in the cold. The grip is leather shaped to the hands and the moulded plastic disc which remains on the snow surface has a design providing a sure but quickly detachable push. ALREADY WELL-KNOWN IN AMERICA Half of the French team's gloves were made by "Fabrisport," an affiliate of the Gamet Co. at La Ciotat (Bouches-du­Rhone), and half were Racer, the mark of Patault Co. at Vendome (Loir-et-Cher). The Racer model used was the especially designed "Portillo" made of silk-lined pony leather, with a quick zip on the back of the wrist, and offered in a variety of bright colors. Patault Co. exports "quite a lot" of its gloves to other European coun­tries and to the U.S. The goggles selected by the French team were made by CEBE (Ets. Crettin­Billet L. et Fils) of Morez (Jura). For the competition, "Quatras," a mask in chlorate of polyvinyl with adjustable ventilation; for after-skiing protection from sun and glare, the "Rallye," made with a special unbreakable mirror glass. Of CEBE's exports, 68 percent go to the United States. NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT France's Director of Sports, Col. Mar­ceau Crespin, on returning home from Portillo with the French team, at once declared: "The French triumph in Chile means we must go to work in the world market. The time to export is now." Toward this end, the Centre National du Commerce Exterieur (C.N.C.E.) has 5 put together a 65-page report on the export potentialities for French skiing equipment. And the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Charles de Chambrun, has announced that: "We are undertaking a vast campaign. We are bringing to France foreign importers and retailers of winter sports articles. We are welcoming foreign ski instructors to our resorts and slopes to acquaint them with our methods and materials. Weare going to set up, in for­eign resorts, ski schools with French in­structors using French equipment. Weare going to participate in skiing equipment exhibitions in America and other coun­tries. "We can't let this chance pass. We must develop from large-scale artisans of un­surpassed winter sports equipment to really mass-producing industrialists." BUILD-UP TOWARD THE OLYMPICS The C.N.C.E. strongly and succinctly advises the French producers to "make direct contact with foreign importers and retailers; advertise; participate in trade fairs." This past autumn, in fact, French fabricators of winter sports equipment participated in such exhibitions in Bos­ton and N ew York. In the other direction, C.N.C.E. will add its weight to a special pitch based on the Winter Olympics at Grenoble next year. It is bringing over a number of American and other foreign ski resort managers, instructors, sports shop owners, etc., to inspect the Olympic slopes and French display at the International Ski and Win­ter Sports Show in New York. October 1966. Photo courtesy French Exposilions In the U. S .• tnc. 6 t , t~~~!j- Future champ?-This slope is at Morzine (Haute-Savoie). facilities in and around Grenoble. The editor-in-chief of Ski magazine visited France to have a first-hand look at French resorts and equipment. ONL Y TWO MILLION AMERICANS, BUT ... The particular pitch is toward the rapidly growing American market, and skiers there who will want the very best. As the French weekly L 'Express has re­marked: "Only two million Americans ski. And employees in the United States usually get only two weeks vacation a year, so those who take winter vacations are apt to be the rich, the retired, those in certain professions, and students. mans, and even Yugoslavs together sold almost half a million pairs in the U.S. (Last year, however, the French sold quite a few more than in 1965.) While the French sold 62,000 pairs of ski boots to the U.S. in 1964, the Italians and Austrians each sold twice as many. The French did, however, sell as many of their ski poles and safety bindings to the U.S. in 1964 as the Japanese and Ger­mans. Paris' France Soir recently commented that: "Our best salesmen in the U.S. will be the skiing instructors over there this winter. They will publicize the high qual­ity of our methods, our equipment and even our resorts and slopes at home." Pluses And Minuses Of :'a" o e , CD ~ f FRANCE ACTUELLE Close-up of French skier with revolutionary suit. skis. bindings. shoes, poles. gloves. goggles. etc. ENTERPRISE MUST CATCH UP TO ITS PRODUCTS On the quality of French winter sports clothing and equipment, and an increas­ing world market for them there can be little doubt. But there is some question as to whether the French producers are gearing up fast enough to meet their new renown and market. Because in research­ing and testing to achieve their excellent designs and materials, and in producing each item with such special care, their factories have tended to stay relatively small. Yet limited production, no matter how efficient, means higher cost prices. Mergers may be an answer. But more promising, the terrific competitive suc­cesses of the French equipment and the growing call for French style and quality, seem bound perforce to turn the French "big artisans" into "true industrialists." Primarily because the French are now in the lead, like it, and want to stay there. "Yet the U.S. Market is expanding fast: 15 percent more skiers every year -which means that by 1970 there will be three million. And these skiers will be buying clothing, shoes, skis, poles, etc., many of them from France, even though slightly more expensive (due to shipping costs and import duties), since the Americans realize they are the best." FRENCH ECONOMIC PROSPECTS-1967 SO FAR, NOT SO GOOD FOR THE FRENCH The facts are that in 1965, less than three thousand pairs of French skis were sold in the U.S., while the Japanese in particular, as well as the Austrians, Ger- With rising living standards and secu­rity, and strengthening industry, 1966 in net was good for France. Basic indicators now point to a happy new year for its economy: gross national product is ex­pected to expand 5.3 percent over 1966, consumption 4.9 percent, and the all­important investments 7.2 percent. Industrial output will rise about 6.5 percent, and the individual Frenchman will consume an average 3.8 percent more than last year. UPS AND EVENS French automakers had a great 1966, with production and sales up some 25 percent, and look forward to a solid 1967. Prospects for this year in chemicals, rubber, plastics, glass, electrical con- FRANCE ACTUELLE struction, machine tools, foods and other lines are all quite good. There are problems, however, in steel, where there is surplus capacity in West­ern Europe and sharp competition. Also, housing starts still lag behind the pent­up demand. Textiles and leather will just about hold even. And while the state has raised its expenditures on services, most particularly in education, the public im­patiently calls for accelerated rate of investment in more autoroutes, telephones and train service. MOST NEEDED: CAPITAL For French enterprise, the fundamental challenge is to find the large amounts of capital it needs to expand and modernize plant and mass-produce its new, advanced Museum, A uberge For products. This is often difficult, because business carries a heavy tax burden, con­tributes very large amounts to the national social security system, in most cases has its prices blocked or semi-blocked by the government, and raises wages at least as fast as the country's quick-rising produc­tivity (wages are expected to rise some six percent more this year). French business, therefore, earns an average of only 2.3 percent on sales (com­pared to 7.4 percent in the U.S.). COUNTDOWN TO 1968 France and its enterprises, of course, are still gearing up-through investments, concentrations into larger companies with more capital and bigger production units, research and development of new and 7 improved products, and extension and streamlining of domestic and foreign sales networks-for the fully free competition next year within the Common Market. The six partner-countries in the Euro­pean Economic Community will make the final cuts to bring their tariffs down to zero in 1968. U.S. INVESTMENTS WELCOME In this process of strengthening the economy for hard competition in the freer international market, both the French business community and French govern­ment are welcoming United States in­vestments, most especially those bringing tomorrow's products and technology to the country, and local research programs and laboratories. NON-SCOFFING GOURMETS The Auguste Escoffier Foundation, a museum-library of French culinary art, is now open at Villeneuve-Loubet (Alpes­Maritimes) in the very house where the renowned French chef was born. Docu­ments relative to great French chefs from Taillevent to Escoffier (Le., from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries), will be displayed, including books, paintings, photographs, old and modem publica- Auguste Escoffier. tions, classics on food and wine, silver­ware, porcelain, crystal, and ancient and modem kitchen utensils. The Auguste Escoffier Foundation and its museum have been created through the efforts of one of Escoffier's pupils residing in the United States, Joseph Donon. The local inn, Hotel Belle-Rive, over the Loup River will be turned into "L'Auberge du Musee Escoffier." Its of-ficial opening will be in April 1967. SCHOOL FOR CHEFS Plans are being made to create, by 1969, a culinary institute at Villeneuve­Loubet for qualified cooks from all over the world. As for chefs at the Auberge and teachers in the institute, one com­mentator says: "They will not be hard to find, as the Riviera is full of retired chefs, many of whom were Escoffier's pupils." House, at Villeneuve-Loubet, where Escoffier was born, now the Musee de l'Art Culinaire. 8 FACTS ON FRENCH FACTORIES Between November 1958 and May 1966, some 4,660 new factories were built in France, more than a quarter of them in the fields of metallurgy and me­chanical engineering, and eight percent in electrical engineering and electronics. The average size of the new production units is indicated by the fact that, alto­gether, they created 492,000 new jobs. With the nation's decentralization (from Paris) policy well at work, the favored placement of the new factories was in three departments just beyond the Greater Paris region-more than 140 plants each in the Oise (north), and the Eure-et-Loir and Loir-et-Cher (southwest) departments. Those most neglected -less than five new factories each-were the Pyrenees­Orientales on the south coast and the Hautes-Alpes, the Basses-Alpes and Var departments in southeast France. COMPETITIVE FRENCH GAS TURBINES Winner of a big contract in Pakistan, after sharp international competition: France's Compagnie Electro-Mecanique (CEM). The $14.4 million order calls for the equipment of three plants to produce electricity from gas turbines. Specifically, CEM will deliver: (1) to the power plant in Kotri (West Pakistan), about 60 miles from Karachi, two groups of 15-MW gas turbines, along with CEM-Gardy trans­formers and circuit-breakers; (2) to run the cement plant at Zeal Pak, very close to the above installation, two groups of 15-MW gas turbines, along with trans­formers and circuit-breakers; (3) to the A CEM gas turbine-this one with 6.850 kw. power installed in the plant at Punto-Fijo. • power plant in Shaji Bazar (East Pakistan) about 120 miles from Dacca, four groups of 15-MW gas turbines, along with trans­formers and circuit-breakers. This is the biggest gas turbine order ever given to a French enterprise. Time allowed for de­livery, however, is exceptionally short­all eight turbine groups are to arrive in Pakistan within a maximum 26 months. So six are being constructed by CEM it­self and the other two by Chantiers de I'Atiantique, with which CEM has a work­ing agreement. CEM, incidentally, has already delivered eleven of its advanced gas turbine groups to other foreign cus­tomers. NICE IS EVEN NICER AT CARNIVAL TIME Basic 1967 dates for the incomparable Carnival at Nice: January 28-arrival of His Majesty Carnival 83rd; January 29- grand Carnival procession; February 2- first Battle of Flowers; February 4 -grand illuminated Carnival procession: Febru­ary 5- Carnival corso; February 7- Mardi Gras Corso, with fireworks and the veglione (masked ball); February 9- second Battle of Flowers. Note: The etymology of the word carnival is not certain, but stems most probably from char naval. the procession from the beach into the sc:;a, carrying the effigy of the local saint in a barque. Nice's Carnival, of course, is conducted on dry land, al­though the sea is right there and plenty of other liquid is round-and-about, es­pecially at Carnival time. NO SHRINK IN SALES Pechiney-Saint-Gobain has sold its shrink-proof processing wool patent to customer companies in the Scandinavian countries, Austria, Australia, South Africa; New Zealand, Ireland and Great Britain. Latest buyer: England's Fisons Industrial Chemicals Co. WATER AHOYI A small device, the size of a tin can, has been developed by French enterprise to desalt sea water and aid survivors of shipwrecks on the ocean. It was created by Societe de Recherches Techniques et Industrielles (SRTI), in which C.S.F. (Compagnie Generale de Telegraphie Sans Fil) has a share. Its principle is that of reverse osmosis, diffusing drinking water contained in a saline solution FRANCE ACTUELLE through a semi-permeable membrane at a pressure of approximately 100 kilos per square centimeter (100 bars). PYROMETER FOR SWEDEN A pyrometer, able to measure the tem­perature of flames or plasmas between 1,200 and 10,000 degrees Centigrade, has been supplied by France's Societe de Physique et Industrie to the Swedish Royal Advanced Technical College in Stockholm. This pyrometer, developed by France's National Office for Aero­space Studies and Research (O.N .E.R.A.), is of great service in furthering funda­mental research and in solving certain problems raised by measurement of tem­peratures in various advanced fields of industry. It is based on the principle of reversing the spectral beam, and has a response time of about one microsecond. A number of laboratories in France and abroad are now equipped with it. MOTORS FOR MONTREAL SUBWAY TRAINS Those marvelous new subway trains with rubber-tired wheels on certain Paris underground lines, which have been adopted by the Montreal subway system, are powered by motors made by CEM (Compagnie Electro-Mecanique). And now CEM in Paris announces it has sold the license for production of more than 1000 of its original-design motors to the Canada Iron Foundries Ltd. - Division Tamper in Canada. Comite France Actuelle 31, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie PARIS (XVI), France President ROBERT LEMAIGNEN Vice President BERTRAND HOMMEY Treasurer PIERRE de CALAN Director CLAUDE EVAIN Executive Sec'y ANNE C. de NANTEUIL Address all correspondence to France Actuelle 221 Southern Building Washington, D.C., 20005 Annual subscription ......... $4 For academic use ........... $2 Please allow three weeks for changes of address to become effective. Articles in France Actuelle may be reproduced in other publications. Credit to France Actuelle will be appreciated, as well as a copy of the article or item using France Actuelle material. PROFESSIONAL SKI INSTRUCTORS OF AMERICA, INC. N~ 945 EAST F"IRST SOUTH STREET PHONE BOl 355-4236 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH B4l02 RECEIVED THE OF" ACCOUNT $ ___ _ AMOUNT PA~•I•D• BALANCE D ••• o CASH CHECK $_-­$= o- M:-.D~­. DATE~ 2135 19A'/ .. ~:"'I ' /1' ~/(\,I'1 1i1' 1111111'(') (111, '1• 1111 ' "1f(1I1 1I("<lIIIIIi" Ii' 'ti' "'"" "' /11'1',',11 f' .1 lit 1IIIti ""'1111""" .••• /.', ••••••••... I/r M I. ~41, If'.. . ~1 J' IUD RIfER MOUN'UIN RESCUE UNn Mr. Bill Lash, President, P. S. I. A., 945 East First South St., Salt Lake City, Utah 84102. Dear Bill: i : WAITSFIELD/VERMONT 1185 Park Ave., New York, N. 'l. 10028. April 19, 1967. I do not exaggerate when I tell you that one of the pleasantest things that have happened to me in my life - and there have been many pleasant ones - was to learn that I had made an Honorary Member of the PSIA~ I will admit to you that I spent many night­time hours drafting the original Eastern plan, and then much effort in selling the plan to the Eastern's Board. They were skeptical, because they thought that the Asso­ciation should not meddle in the affairs of the teachers. But there was such a great and obvious need to protect the skiing public from incompetent teachers and to promote the sport, that our little Committee succeeded in pushing it over - in 1937. Actually, the first exam. was held in Woodstock in 1938, on Suicide 6. Charlie Proctor was the examiner, and among the candidates were Bunny Bertram, Arthur Schlat­ter (Pico), John Holden, Sepp Ruschp, I think Sig Buchmayr, and about eight others. The Franconia exam. came after that. I enclose two old documents on the chance that they may interest you - the original draft of the first plan and a letter to Bjarne Langslet, a member of the Committee. Bjarne was a good friend of mine, but he made life dIfficult by a continuous stream of suggestions~ Please return these two papers to me, as they are historical. P.T.O m ¥ Tho olippings you soni. mo will bo very helpful. I duly received the v::::lous items you mention in your letter, though I do not bell.f.;Ye I received the "PSIA em­blem with my name engraved ell. it" ~ I want to thank you, BlII, most sincerely, and the PSIA and its Board,for this very greatly appreciated horior~ Thirty years after·most of the work was done, this reward comes out of a blue sky~ Big things sometimes have very small beginnings, and PSIA is certainly now a big thing, and great for the country. • lI':G1J'l"It'l!:l ,QR ~O_ .. !~-:'!C:: tifJ It:(" 7 '0' ~" l:O r 'r.l ,,--. Do", ~ ,;ol,"oh I ndtl. r. ~ .r.>ol T!JON3 :- 11~~ ~ ~OII .... " ~ QUI ~. ':'~~ d9~ ~ D .. I~ (i. 'P..~ r ~o od . '''b ~ rt l)Ou", ~l a l ~~ ~ R ob ~ tT. ,' . , or ko,. ' ,(ko ;. Il.~" ~or ~ .. u ~ "~ ~ " ~ r U ~ .l ~ " ~ e ~ :. " U ''''~ 1:<1 ,.01 ~. ,. C ~ ~.e ll<l.1r.!. )00: rl' J o.'" ... 1111." ,j . Co"'" :I . li. "x.'Qy" ,.c.!.rou", nnno J. Z.i y,l<lr R"".r ~ - aob" P. "'I~le r ~<>lHln D. loll""k U'"ld ~ l o"k '\1'" ,'.~ .. H. 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' ~O,.' I . ~br;' ~ l H.r Jolan J oh., :':\ J lor ~ . LOld f .... ~ k • • Doare / - - - -- - .. • • • • RECI'lTlUttD ~ CO::vr-:rC! . . L "r"~n 5ur"~U , I!JJ G~ I h ~ [='1uY cj v;J"i (gJo cJ·:J Lr :~' )lJ'~~ :fl-L'- ;L~L~i\~ ~ f1 i li;l: 1/,llLldll)[; DfNVeR llllllnMJIi Ii :, i·. 'jljln; PiiiJ;'IE :\ I yes ,>\511 1I'JlliISr.1 ilfNVlHI:lIl1l \ I: S ht Time in America I July, 1967 Vol. I, No.1 INTERSKI SET FOR ASPEN, COLORADO, APRIL 19 -28,1968 Aspen's famous Tourtelotte Park (slope at right) is anxiously awaiting the scores of foreign and American demonstration teams to test their skill in April. DENVER, Colo.--One of the most important and significant ski events in the world, 8th In­terski, is scheduled to be held in Aspen, Colorado April 19-28, 1968. Interski, the International Congress for Ski Instruction, is internationally known and recognized. To Europeans Interski is as well known and as highly regarded as an Olym­pic meet. To Americans, it is a comparatively new word. In spite of the lack of familiar­ity in American ski circles, (CONTINUED PAGE 2) NONPROfiT ORC. U S. POSTAGE PAID DENVER, COLO. ~'[R,\1Ir r~8 TO: Bonnio R. Pond 241 Collcgcst. Midvale, UT 81047 INTERSKI AT ASPEN (CONT' NUED) Interski has already genera­ted the enthusiasm 'and support of scores of ski instructors, area operators, ski press, ski officials and businesses dir­ectly and indirectly related to skiing. Prof. Stefan Kruckenhauser, President of Interski and In­terski Secretary Franz Hop­pichler have expressed enthus­iasm that 8th Interski will be held in America. The Europeans are most anxious to learn more about America's skiing, who skis and what kind of facili­ties exist at the many ski areas. The first Interski Congress was held in 1951 in Zurs, Austria when a small, inti­mate group of ski instructors gathered for informal discus­sions. The Congress grew to include some 22 nations and 500 delegates when the 7th Interski was held in 1965 in Badgastein, Austria. To those unfamiliar with Interski, the Congress is divided into three groups: 1. Problems of professional ski teachers 2. Ski instruction in public schools 3. Amateur instructors There is no question that Interski is a great event-- a paramount opportunity--for the United States. The world's outstanding ski people will attend the event including ski instructors, ski lift and hill grooming manufacturers and ski equipment people. Each country will perform skill demonstra­tions on Tourtelotte Park, one of Aspen's most popular slopes on Ajax Mountain. The Organizing Committee is fully aware of the job at hand. It is a big one. But, to a man, the committee is confident and enthused about Interski. They believe it is a once-in­a- lifetime opportunity to dis­play America's great ski facil­ities and showcase the skiing industry to these world leaders. 8th INTERSKI TENTATIVE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED ENGELBERG, Switzerland--At the meeting of the Interna­tional Federation for World Ski Instruction held here in May, a tentative program of events for 8th Interski was established. April 19 Arrival in Aspen. Delegates, officials and demonstration teams arrive via chartered jet airliner in Denver. Bus transportation to Aspen. April 20 Free skiing. 5:00 p.m. - Opening Ceremonies. April 21 Meeting of the three Interski working groups. (Professional instructors, amateur instruct­ors and skiing in the schools) . April 22 Nordic demonstrations. April 23 Alpine demonstrations. April 24 Alpine demonstrations. April 25 Alpine demonstrations - last demonstration team U.S. April 26 Alpine demonstrations. National comparison. April 27 Meeting of the three Interski working groups. April 28 General meeting and closing ceremony. Each demonstrating team will have time for lectures and film on the day before their demonstrations. According to Prof. Stefan Kruckenhauser the official program will be finalized sometime in December. 8TH INTERSKI, INC. BUDGET Item Registration Fees 400 Delegates @ $2.00 each 100 Guests & non-members @ 300 American Instructors @ $20.00 each $ 5.00 each Sale of Posters, Patches and Pins Program Advertising Aspen Ski Corporation & Aspen Association Donations and Movie Rights PSIA Net Income* Arrco Industries Far West Ski Instructors Association Other TOTAL ESTIMATED INCOME Transportation Convention Report and Minutes Official 8th Interski Program Special Entertainment Equipment and Personnel for Translating Equipment Delegate Registration Packet Pageantry Salaries Office Expense Fund Raising Publicity and Promotion Administrative Expense Contingency American Demonstration Team TOTAL EXTIMATED EXPENSES HOST FOR INTERSKI Amount $ 800.00 2,000.00 1,500.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 10 ,000.00 1,062.26 500.00 1,000.00 88,837.74 $111 ,700 . 00 $ 6,000.00 4,400.00 7,900.00 4,000.00 8,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 13,400.00 17,500.00 7,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 7,500.00 20,000.00 $111,700.00 At the foot of Ajax Mountain lies the town of Aspen, 210 miles west of Denver. Seven chairlifts put 5,500 skiers per hour on more than 45 runs, some up to 6 miles long. The mountain has a vertical drop of 3,300 feet. THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Through the determined ef­forts of Denver's Willy Schaef­fler, Salt Lake's Bill Lash and Paul Valar of Franconia, N.H. 8th Interski was awarded to America at the conclusion of the 7th Interski at Badga­stein, Austria. Almost before the trio had set foot on home soil they began forming the foundation of the group that would be responsible for the staging of this important in­ternational event. An Organizing Committee was named and work began earnestly in the summer of 1966. In ad­dition to Schaeffler, Valar and Lash, the Organizing Com­mittee includes Herbert Schnei­der, North Conway, N.H.; D.R.C. Brown, Aspen; Hank Emery, "Ed Hunter, Gerald Gros­wold and Steve Knowlton of Denver and Phil Clark of George­town, Colo. In May of this year 8th In­terski was formed as a non­profit, tax exempt Colorado corporation for the purpose of organizing and staging the event at Aspen. The officers of the corporation are: Willy Schaeffler, President Gerald Groswold, Vice President Ed Hunter, Secretary Hank Emery, Treasurer interski • • IS coming to America! \,i "., WHO'S WHO ON THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WILLY SCHAEFFLER No international event could be totally successful without the assistance, guidance and leadership of Willy Schaeffler. Known throughout the world as an authority on skiing, Schaef­fler manages to perform the duties of Head ski and soccor coach at the University of Denver in addition to direct­ing the Arapahoe Basin Ski School. He is a member of the NCAA Skiing Rules Commit­tee and International Ski Area Consultant and is consultant for Walt Disney's Mineral King Ski Area in central California. The ebullient Schaeffler has been teaching for 32 of his 50 years and as head of 8th Interski has set an energetic and stimulating pace for his co-workers. AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION TEAM Members of the American Demonstration Team will be selected in December at Aspen by the Professional Ski Instructors of America. The American team will consist of 30 ski instruct­ors. TRUSTEES TO MEET IN ASPEN A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of 8th Interski, Inc. is scheduled at Aspen August 5 and 6 at the Aspen Institute. The purpose of the meeting is to acquaint the Trustees with the town of Aspen and tour the demonstration area where the skiers will be performing. The meeting will also pro­vide an opportunity for the Trustees and the citizens of Aspen involved with Interski to exchange ideas and discuss plans for the event. Several com~ittees including Housing, Facilities, Entertainment, Decoration and Translation will be activated at this time. JET CHARTER CONTRACT SIGNED The Organizing Committee announced that final arrange­ments have been made for transporting the European delegates and demonstration teams to Denver. At a meeting held July 24, the Committee voted to accept a contract submitted by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The airline will transport the skiers via two DC-8 jet planes at a cost of $265.00 per person. 8TH INTERSKI NOW HAS OFFICE DENVER, Colo--8th Interski, Inc. has opened an office in downtown Denver and has re­tained Paul Bacon of Vail, Colorado as an administrative assistant and Pat Swenson of Denver, a former Ski Associa­tion Executive Secretary, as recording secretary. Both are employed on a part-time basis. The office is housed with­in the Colorado, Ski Country USA complex. All correspondence and contact should be directed to: 8TH INTERSKI 214 Equitable Bldg. Denver, Colo. 80202 Phone: [phone] WHO'S WHO ON THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GERALD GROSWOLD Members of the Organizing Committee are long on exper­ience in organized skiing and Gerald F. Groswold is no ex­ception. He served 8 terms on the Board of Directors for the Rocky Mountain Ski Associa­tion and was Vice President of the United States Ski As­sociation for 3 terms. As a member of Winter Park Ski Area's Board of Trustees he has spearheaded the active and successful junior jump­ing program there. He is nationally certified as a jumping judge, referee, technical delegate and timer. He has chairmaned countless national ski championships and national intercollegiate championships and was Secre­tary of the Alpine Race Com­mittee during the 1960 Olym­pics. Groswold, a native of Denver, is the son of the well known Thor Groswold who manufactured the Groswold ski and binding. Gerry and wife Mary Ann, along with their three daugh­ters, hardly miss a winter weekend in the mountains. In between ski events he is an executive with Transamerica Title Company. ROCKY HOUNT AIN SKI INSTRUcrORS ASSOCIATION Certificatio~ Examination Policy For 1967-1968 1. Cal~idates to be examined in two stages. Stage I: To consist of examination of all phases in International class levels A,B,&C (beginner through uphill christy). Candidates Imlst obt.ain a minimum score of 16 in the Demonstration Phase & a miniIrlUM score of 16 in the Teaching-Class Handling Phase. They also must obtain a minimum score of 14 in the Free Skiing Phase. Stage II: To consist of examination of all Phases in International class levels DtE,& F (stem christy through wedelin, hmrever, th~y must have maintained proficiency in class levels A,B ,& C also). Candidates must obtain a minimum score of 16 in each of the three phases - Demonstration, Teaching-Class Handling, & Free Skiing-51alom. 2. All candidates Imlst pass the Stage I examination before they are eligible to apply for the Stage II examination. (exceptions noted below) The taking of a supplemontal exam shall not disqnalify a candidate from taking a regular annual examin~tion. 3. All candidates who have taken a Stage I or Stage II examination in the year 1967. or who take such examination in Enbseqllent years, and who receive a qualifying grade in any phase, or phase~~ shall bo c0ncidered as qualified in such phase(s) for 3 years therefrom together wi~h any other phase which was or is passed. No such candidate shall be ~equi?ed to r~take these phases during the 3 year period, and upon successful completion of the deficient phase, or phases, shall be certified in Stage I or Stage II as the case may be. 4. Because of Interski in 1968, a supplemental examination in both Stage I and Stage II will be given at a Colorado ski area in January, 1968. To be eligible for such examination, a candidate Imlst have received a qualifying grade in any phase, or phases, of the 1967 Stage I or Stage II examination, be currently registered in the RMSIA, and have a current Advanced Red Cross card, Payment of the examination fee shall be made n1 advance as directed by the Certification Vice President. 5. Three Stage I exams to be given each season. One in each District, each open to eligible candidates from all Districts. 6. A minimum of one Stage II exam is to be given each season, to coincide with an Annual Clinic & open to eligible candidates from all Districts. 7. Present Rl:BIA AssQciate members will be considered to have qualified in Stage I and will be eligible to take Stage II examination. 8. Associate members from other Divisions must become registered with Rl'.SIA and then will be eligible to take either Stage I or Stage II examinations. 9. Non-reciprocal Certified instructo~s must become registe~ed with RMSIA & then ~~at attend a Stage II examination for review of their qualifications. RESIA Certification Examination Policy For 1967-1968 Page 2 10. All non-member candidates from Rl,SIA Division must be registered before they will be eligible to take an exam. 11. All candidates in Stages I &: II examinations will be examined only on the American Technique as interpreted & published by the ~BIA Technical Coordinating Committee_ 12. There will be one official pin of the organization. This will be a small lapel-type replica of the present Fully Certified pin. This pin will have on it, only the words ItCertified Instructor" and the letters "RI':SIAtI. 13. Upon successful completion of a Stage I examination, a candidate will become a member of RlSIA and \'1i11 receive an Instructorf s Handbook and will be eligible to purchase a new pin, just as will be all present members. They will also receive a. membership book (passport type). 14. A Certificate will be given only to those who successfully pass the Stage II examination. 15. Requirements on how to become an examiner 1) Aspiring apprentice ~xnminer3 must have been Stage II Certified Instructors of RJ':SIA and actively employed by a recognized ski school of RH3IA for a minimum of three years L~no~lately prior to application. Applicants must have lett.ers of r€co}T\.ll1~ndation from their Ski School Directors and be membe:os in good standing of m:s IA 2) To remain a member of the Ce::tification Committee, an examiner must: a) attend an Examiners Clinic at loast every other year b) remain a member in good standing in ffiJSIA c) remain active in teaching This Certification Policy approved. by the Ifr~IA Board of Directors September, 1967 --------- ----------- .. ';'s~~C'cia.t.ior: of Ski instru8to~3 of ~~Tyol T H 'J __ .:lars r~he fo:c~~~oir~~~ :'.f; ~-l. t::-UG n.Dcl cv~"~plGte trar:_21;;.tior~_ 0: t:1.'~~ OY'j 2:~_:-·.~1 dcr;':J!(j"3r~t.) ':lr:I.tten it: uc:;:r::-::P#~'l, :Jith "r;Jhic::. l,'ln~u_::se I ~~~.i! -;:'~C:"C corlversant. SKIPRO CII.IJI)IIIX EX'l'EIIllS IIIVITATIOH The Frenoh National Ski School in Chamonix, is again inviting ten American ski instructors to take part in a training course for one month, starting November 20th through December 21st. The school will furnipn, at no cost t training in all aspects of ski tea.ching, passes, room and board, and transportation costs from Paris to Chamonix. The individual will be responsible for his own expenses prior to departation from Paris. A S100.00 deposit will be required upon the applioants approval. It will be refunded on arrival at Chamonix. Requirements for acceptance are that instru­ctors be fully Certified and in current stand­ing in both their regional division and PSIA. We would prefer to have 80me representatives from all regions of the United states. Applications must be received by this office no later than October 20th, in order that the list of candidates be screened and. approved as soon as possible. This is an excellent opportunity for young instructors to receive advanced training. PSIA ELECTS NEW BOARD _lBERS The two new faces on the PSIA Board of Dir­ectors are those of Hank Emery, Denver, and Glen Young, Bellevue, Washington. Both were elected to the Board at the New Hampshire Conv­ention this spring. Nick Fiore was re-elected to another term. The new Directors replace two men who have devoted much time to PSIA during the past, Jim Winthers, Sacramento, and Buzz Fiorini, Seattle. JOHNSTON ASSUlIES JUDGESHIP Jimmy Johnston James H. Johnston, PSIA Secretary, was award­ed a Judgeship August 2, 1967, by Minnesota Gov­ernor, Harold LeVander. His law practice will be turned over to his associates for more regular hours on the Henepin County Municiple Court bench. Unhampered by the busy life of a practicing Attorney, Jimmy will have more time to devote to his family and PSIA activities. BONNIE R. PONO 244 COLLEGE ST. tJJOVAU., uTA~ October, 1967 Vol. 1, No.1 PSIA SIGNS LICENSING CONTRACT Early this September, the Professional Ski Instructors of America, Inc. (PSIA) signed a contract that will mean new prestige and prof­its to the organization. Under the terms of an agreement with Licens­ing Corporation of America (LeA), a limited group of manufacturers will be selected, screen­ed and approved, before receiving the rights to associate their products wi th PSIA. Acting as agent, LCA will promote the entire Licensed-merchandising program, with both pro­ducts and marketing methods subject to approval by PSIA. Soon we hope to see products "selected by the PROFESSIONAL SKI INSTRUCTORS OF AMERICA" mark­eted on a national scale. Items both for the skiing participant and the spectator will be found wearing the PSIA logo. A high level of quali ty will be maintained, both in products and advertising. Formed in 1960, LeA enjoyed moderate success. Then during the super-spy craze the acquisition of the James Bond-"007" line created a boom. A year later Batman heroically strode upon the scene, making LeA the largest broker in the lic­ensing business. The Dynamic Dtlo behind the operation is Jay Emmett and Allen Stone who have brought into association with LeA, such distinguished comp­anies as the United States Davis Cup Team, Superman, Hallmark Cards, Harper's Bazaar, Desilu Productions, and now, a fast growing member of the ski world, The Professional Ski Instructors of America. ;, " A PEIlSONAL MESSAGE TO OUR JoIEMllERS The primary requirement of a newsletter is news. Our intent is to keep PSIA members informed on people, places, and events of interest to the organization and the ski teaching profession. We cannot do it alone. PSIA is your Organ­ization and you must contribute by supplying newsworthy and informative items. Skiers are as diversified in personality as they are in skiing style. They like to see their names in print and a humorous or unusual event might make an interesting feature for the enjoyment and/or edification of others. We are asking for contributions on almost any subject: What I S new in your area or ski school? Who are the personalities, currently spotlighted, that bring oradi t to PSIA. Awards, competi tien, new tricks of the trade, the poss­i tili ties for subject material are endless. We are always open to suggestion. If you have an opinion, express it. "Guest Edi torial ll will allow you to propound your theo­ries. COLLECTIVE LE'l'I'ERS In the next issue a special feature will appear, hopefully to become a regular department of SKIPRO. Readers are asked to submit quest­ions concerning various aspects of PSIA, ski instruction, and skiing in general. Queries will be forwarded to a panel of members whose duty it will be to select the one most appropr­iate. The question will then be presented to the membership for its opinion and answers in the form of collective letters will be printed in the following issue. Answers should be submitted in a minimum of words, no more than one page double spaced. Subjects are unlimited and any of the follow­ing are sure to elici t a variety of opinion: Organization, Policy, Administration, Certific­ation, Techniqu,e, Methods, Mechanics, Interski, etc. To launch the project a volunteer group will formulate and answer the first question. After that, the responsibility lies with the member to keep the body alive. Don't avoid controversial questions. Pro­blems with one obvious solution are dull, as is a string of identical letters. As said be­fore; SKI PRO is your vehicle. To evolve it into your ideal can only be done through coop­erative effort. Those wishing to share their ideas should address all material to: Faye Hadley t PSIA NEWSLETrER, 945 East First South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102. INSTRUCTORS WANTED-Three men and two women. Salaries $100 and S80 per week respectively. Room free. Will receive 5(}',t. of private lessons given. Employment for nine weeks beginning December 15, contract to be extended under fav­orable weather condi tiona. Contact: Luis A. Sanchez, Director, Charni ta Ski School, Fair­field, Rt. 1, Pennsylvania l1320 •••• Telephone [phone]. SKI EMPLOYMEIlI' SERVICE The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) is now offering job employment service to its mem­bera. The service was previously handled by the East­~ rn Areas Operators Association, sho relinquished 1 t for the benefit of ski area job applicants on a national scale. Individuals seeking employment are advised to address their request to: NSAA, 369 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10017. Inquires will be confidential upon request. DOCTOR. LAWYER. MERCHANT. CHIEF The symptom of a nervous, uncertain child is often belligerence, an attitude that can stand in the way of correct ski instru.ction, and en­tangle the teacher in a snare of disciplinary problema. The instructor is challenged to create a rapport whereby he and his students are welded into a unit striving for the same goals. Ski training and cooperation need not be a grim bus­iness drummed into the child at all costs •••• The point to remember is; the best teacher is the one whose class thinks him best. He must fill the role of amateur psychologist with un­derstanding and enthusiasm, unblemished by a condescending attitude. This sounds high-flown and idealistic; but there are methods by which it can be accomplish_ ed. One is the utilization of games. Anything described to a child as fun is an exci ting prospect. The instructor can make use of youth's com!)t~itive instincts and desire to be the best. USE OF RELAY The class is divided i:1to rival teams woo race each other in relays. I<~irst, side-step up a gentle slope in carefully selected terrain. Then skiing a short, straight, run-down they touch the team-~te next In line; and the pro­cess i:a repeated. The downhill run can be given a professional touch by marking it with slalom flags. Disappointment at losing is rarely in­tense in a mutually enjoyed game with other stUdents. Another relay is a versIon of the slalom course. A door-shaped frame is built of ski poles, low enough that the child must lower his body to snowplow through it. By staggering three or four of these down the slope the inst­ructor gives his pupil excellent exercise in control. SKI WEEK QUEEN The deadline for girls entering the National Ski Week Queen contest is December 1st. Entries should be accompanied by a photograph of the girl wearing ski clothing and a short resume containing information on her skiing ability, interests, hobbies. Applications may be submitted by ski retailers or members of any of the following organizations I Professional Ski Instructors of America, Ski Industries of America and their representatives, National Ski Patrol System, National Ski Areas Assoc., United States Ski Assoc., U. S. Ski IIri t­ers Assoc., and the Federal Recreational Servic­es Forest Service. Ski Week for 1968 will run January 19 - 28. Address Applications to: National Ski Week Coordinator, c/o Ski Industry Advisor, 432 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016. c:::;j c:::::J INTERSKI ~ 0 ADDRESS CHANGES Members are urged to notify this office when changing residence. Correspondence is often returned to us for lack of current address. Af­ter all •••• we've never moved without notifying you. IIUnder the Bridgell Wi th instructor Dailey Oliver A third idea, pictured here, uses little dir­ect competition. It relies more on the child IS desire to improve himself. The children sit down on their skis, the obJect is to ski between the instructors widespread. legs wi thout bumping him. For the instructor's safety, it is ad­visable that they do this without poles. We have noted just three samples of games children play that are particularly effective in encouraging them to participate actively wi th­out disciplinary problems. An imaginative inst­ructor can devise others which he may prefer. Wi th them he will gain cooperation, a necessary eiement for proper instruction. OCCUPATIONS PSIA Ski Instructors don't fit into a spec­ific category. They are not localized by nat­ural habitat, nor can they be filed in a neat slot marked 'occupation'. For eight months of the year, skiing is a dominant part of their lives, but not necessar­ily their livelyhood. They slide the occupatIon­al alphabet from architecture to zoology. Teaching is a talent. Many members spend their weekdays in the public schoolroom and their weekends on open slopes. We list Contracting, Construction and Car­pentry. There is the proverbial Doctor, Lawyer, Mer­chant, and Chief Buyer. Physicists, Physicians, Psycologists, Physi­cal Therapists, and Pysical Education. Quite a few carry the tell-tale string of educated initials behind their name. They hail from East Coast, West Coast, all around the world. Australia, France, Germany, Maine, New Hampshire, California, and Seattle, Washington. We have an Alaskan smoke Jumper and a former Bavarian Border Guard. Our salesmen promote stock, real estate, sporting goods, automobiles, and insurance. We enroll airplane pilots, radio hams, de­signers, photographers, writers, and public relations experts. The uniform of the day, away from the slope, may be 'Businessman Blue' or 'Carpenter Cover­all' • It doesn't matter. Instructors share a love of skiing and a talent that allows them to pass their skill on to others •••• SKI FILM AVAILABLE liThe Rules of the Slope" is noW' available for free showings. This excellent film is sponsored by Humble Oil Company. All requests are to be made through the PSIA Office. PRINCIPLES AND POLICY The following letter was addressed to the PSIA Board of Directors. Copies lJere also mail­ed to organizational heads of other national ski groups. We felt the principles it expressed would be helpful in clarifying the attitudes and goals of the PSIA Board of Directors and evaluating the general membership' 8 responsibility to the org­anization. TO: PSIA-Board of Directors FROM: R. L. Voorhees, M. D., Member of PSIA, Member of the Technical Comn\i ttee SUBJECT: PSIA Board. of Directors Gentlemen: I was recently elected to the Board of Dir­ectors of the National Association on Hearing and Speech Agencies. In attending their recent BOD .Meeting un Houston, Texas, June 20-22, 1967, it was interesting to learn that their organiz­ational and administrative problems are similar to PSIA. Both organizations are classified as nonprofi t, although, the National Association of Hearing and Speech Agencies has a large paid staff. Dr. Noel Johnson, President of Defiance Col­lege, Defiance, Ohio, an individual who has been involved in community chest drives in many org­anizations at the National level, was asked to deliver a talk. He was to relate his experiences wi th the relationship of members of the board of directors to the executive director and the org­anization. He stated the following principles: 1. All boani members must believe in the organization or get out. 2. The purposes of the organization and the activi ties of the organization must be constant­ly reviewed. If they are no longer valid, the organization should disband. 3. The board should demonstrate a thorough interest in detailed reports from management. But the board should not do the managerial work, nor should it feel that it must assume this repponsibili ty. Policy making, however, is a proper function of the board of directors. 4. This commitment involves one of the board members tlme; of appropriate finanCial support when indicated and the board. member is in a position to do so, and finally, a corrunit­ment of onew own particular skills and abilities. Time is a common factor to everyone and should be contributed accordingly. Appropriate fin­ancial support, of course, would come primarily from those who are on a board in which they are in a particular position to make a SUbstantial contribution, such as, the American Heart Assoc­iation. 5. Board members must properly identify with the organization. Some board members affiliate wi th the board because they only expect to obt­ain prestige from the position. The opposite should be the case. One should lend his pres­tige to the organization. 6. At all costs avoid conflict of interests relating to the business of the organization. 7. Support whole-heartedly your executive director. The director is caught between many influences. He is often the final arbiter be­tween the members of the board. His poai tion is a lonely one. He is entitled to concern from you for his personal welfare and that of his family. He should be criticized directly when criticism in your opinion, as a board member, is due. But under no circumstance should such criticisms be allowed to ferment without action. Similarly, if the executive director feels that you as a board member are not contributing your time, skills /lJ1d ability he has every rIght, in the name of the good of the organization, to criticize you if necessary. The organization does not profit from either a poor executive director or a board member who is not carrying his share of the load. It has been remarked that too often the executive dir­ector is something less than a citizen. For example: a joke is that of the board of direc­tors who when learning that their executive director was seriously ill in the hospital, sent him a telegram saying: "The Board of Directors is very sorry to hear of your illness and wishes you a speedy recovery by a vote of seven to six." GOSSIP BOX Byron Nishkian was elected President of the United States Ski Association (USSA) at the organization's 59th Annual Gonvention, held at Lake PlaCid, New York. The re-election rep­resents his third term as head of USSA. Recently a copy of a letter was forwarded to PSIA from a woman who was apparently the first Certified female ski instructor in the Eastern Uni ted States. Herta Richter Bergmann took the U. S. Professional Ski Teacher Examination in December 1938, in Franconia, New Hampshire under Wal ter Prager, Benno Rybizka, and Roland Peabody. She was previously an Austrian instructor, Cert­ified there in 1933. Al though she no longer teaches, Herta still skis for pleasure and remains active in the ski world. is coming to America OAST SALES SHOW WIDE INTEREST Al though summer slowed sales of the Offlcial American Ski Technique, orders continue~ arrive at a steady rate. Now, with snow paint­ing our higher mountain peaks, early-ski-fever is inoreasing the flow. Many manuals have been sent to foreign count­ries. France, Japan, Turkey, Austria, Scotland, Germany, Switzerland and Australia are among the variety of cultures receiving shipments. Libraries place numerous requests for hard­bound copies and the demand for this edition far exceeded our expectations. They are temporarily out of stock but delivery is expected from the bindery very soon. Bulk orders of softbound copies go to ski schoole and shops, and a surprising number of Universities, who are using the technique in ski training courses. Even the government gets into the act. The U. S. Military Academ;y at West Point and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Recreation Assoc­iation (FBIRA for the short winded) are among the more intriguing customers whose orders have been filled. PSIA is a banding together of rugged indiv_ idualists striving for the attainment of the ~etterment of skiing. Even though such a goal ~s intangible it is none the less important. Wi th out a true national organization, we have no mechanism for obtaining publicity that will enhance the position of the local area - short of buying that publicity. M,y personal feeling is, that as the INTERSKI approaches it is time we seriously reflected on how much each of us has individually contributed to the betterment of the organization. Much better that these efforts be extended ahead of time, so that they can better the INTERSKI, than to wait until the magnitude of an INTERNATIONAL SKI SCHOOL CONGRESS cuases each of us to be charged up all too late to help in this chore. Recall the little boy who was continously sent home from school for swearing, and wanted to attend a party. His mother gave permission on the basis that he would give up swearing. He was home a half hour later. The mother as_ sumed and accused him of swearing. He said: "No Mother, the --- damned party ias yesterday." CAN YOU AFFORD NOT TO TAKE LESSONS? by Jim 'dinthers The question of whether or not to take ski less~ns conti~ues to plague the skiing public, who IS determl.ned to cover as much yardage as possible in the brief time that it is able to spend on the slopes. Wi thout question, ski lessons are the best insurance for fun and safety. One need only to turn to local, state and national ski patrol records to be convinced that lessons pa;y off. The beginning and intermediate skier will spend several hundred dollars pur­chasing new equipment for this pleasurable sport, and yet many will fail to invest a few dollars in a series of lessons which will perfect the utilization of the equipment. Although it is true that scheduled lessons may interfere wi th the freedom of a non-scheduled weekend, those who have not thought seriously about lessons may do well to consider the following: Many beginning and intermediate skiers lose enjoyable skiing hours because their skills do not allow them to control certain terrain or snow conditions. There is always a sharp de­crease in participation in the deep powder or heavier anow. Many wait fOI' the powder to be packed or for ideal snow condi tiona which would not be necessary if they had. spent the time to acquire the skills required for fun in a variety of snow conditions. The time taken to learn the skills add many hours of skiing enjoyment. There are those who seek assistance from a friend who skis well and is able to handle a variety of snow conditions, but who, unfortunat­ely, does not have the training to interpret the meohanics involved and give professional guid­ance needed for those who attempt to progress in this manner. The good skier who is sincerely attempting to be of some help to a friend is usually unaware of the werious responsibilities wi th which he is charged. Before attempting to teach otheIS, the exper­ienced skier should inventory his own skills and knowledge to make sure that he full under­stands all that is involved in safety; the pro­per sequence of successful teaching; the vary­ing degrees of student abilities and the best approach to use with each learner; and the warn­ing signs of fatigue and fear which are ,hysic­ally and psychologically vi tal in building con­fidence and success in the novice and intermed­iate skier. Nearly all ski areas today provide the public wi th professional ski schools, staffed with high­ly profioient instructors who are deeply con­cerned with the progress of their students. These instructors attend training sessions and clinics to keep abreast of the best teaching methods. Most ski schools conduct local train­ing sessions to perfect their ability to demon­strate, to discuss common teaching problems, to trade ideas, and to searoh for common under­standing of technique. The student who spends time wi th an instruct­or will progress rapidly from one plateau to another and acquire a variety of skills which will enable him to experienoe a thrill of pro­ficiency unequaled in its personal rewards. The time and money spent on lessons will be more than repaid by the skill and assurance the skier takes flying wi th him down the slopes of skiing fun and adventure. ., r---­1 November, 1967 Number 3 N ,E W S LET T E R If things are going right with you, you'll have your first payoheok of the season in your pocket as you read this newsletter. Early ijovember snow meant early opening for several areas, and other areas are well into their on-the-snew clinics for apprentice instructors, It's good to be back at workt The results are in, and so is the new bunch. That t s a disrespectful way to talk about the new meooers of the BOD •. wJl SUPpOSEl L SQ - our hean1estcongra.tulat1cns t(L _.. Jim Isham of'-SierraBl8,nca, Southern Distriot; Jerry YAlth of Vail, Western Distriot; Jim Nelson of 10linter Park, Front Range; and Theo Noosburger of A-Basin, Member-at-large. They're your representatives, so be sure to let them know what you want from your orgtmization. In the same irreverent vein, it seems a shame to repeat last year's aot, so we won't congratulate Charles Paterson, re-eleoted President, or Bud Marolt, re-eleoted Exeoutive Vice-President. Better to say the Board thought they were doing suoh a fine job that they asked Charley and Bud to stiok around for another term. Those of you who were at the Aspen moeting SaW yours truly running around with a tape reoorder from KOA. John Henry there hopes to usc ski pointers on his five day a week ski show at 5:2.5 p.m. i!fe hope he willi Mike Noore of Skiers Gazette is also looking for ski pointers, but in written form. We'd like you to send any thoughts you have direotly to us in Boulder - we'll send them on. Ken Menzer, an apprentioe tr"ember, shows us a lot ~ He just missed being certified last spring and wants to retake the exrun. That's no big deal - except that Ken is enrolled in the University of London King's College. Would you believe stem turns in a London fog, Ken? Hope to see you back for the test. Are you an instructor of independently wealthy means 7 You might want to think about going to the O~pics in Grenoble, France. rum 5.n cooperation with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club is chartering a PanAm jet direct from Denver. Just about everything is covered in the $.518.7.5 tab - round trip ticket, hotel including break­fast and tickets to the Olympic events. For details write or call: Joe Rapp,Chairman Olympic Trip Committee, P.O. Box 70, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477, Phone [phone]. The BOD would like the apprentioe examiners policy made olear. If you've applied in the past without results, please reapply with Rudi. That's the only way the Chief Examiner will know you're still interested. Here are the requ:trements: 1) You must have been a stage II Certified InstJructor and actively employed by a ~IA ski school for a minimum of three yea.rs :hllllledi.a.tely prlo-x,I-,o.a.ppli oation 2) You must apply on the form supplied by Rudi 3) You must have a letter of recommendation from your ski school director 4) You must be a member in good standing November. 1967 Number :3 NEvIS LETTER Page 2 .-.-. ID-:5IA has been fortunate enough to receive some good publioity in area newspapers and radio recently. Our thanks to the editors who have oooperated so graoious~1 We Think publioity for RhSIA will help the public understand how lessons can help them ski better faster! What happened at the Seminars held in conjunction with the Aspen meeting? Well, yours truly and Bob Parker of Vail held forth on Communications. The members at the seminar seemed strongly in favor of better oommunioations within RISIA (such as this Newsletter) and with the publio. lJTe explained our new program to reach more people through radio, TV, and press ooverage. It was felt that one way of bettering communications - and ski teaching - would be through an exohange of teaching aids. If you have any. channel them through this office. We'll use them in the Newsletters and we can also use them in various news media. ---Helen-MeCl~ and ~ Ma.:t"t'insson-ehe.i;re<i the seminax-oninstruetion for til&- handi­capped. Arne has worked with handicapped persons for near~ five years and says that it's the most satisfying work he's ever done. Helen stated that just as simple a thing as a snowplow oan mean a great deal to a handicapped child and oan even change a ohild's life. It's hard to put in writing, but this was an emotionally powerful meeting I Arne says that if details can be worked out, he'll be glad to run a clinic on teaching the handicapped in oonjunction with the Taos olinic. We hope it does work out, and we hope our ski schools can start pilot programs for the handicapped - it eould be one of the best things we've ever done. "Can you Afford to be a Ski Instructor?" was the provocative subject of the seminar led by Steen Gantzel and Jim Riley" Til') oqw;l;"y ?1'O~lOc.'ttive answer was "probably not". The seasonal nature of our business S"lJi!.F):,1 :i."r'T\.j.1'~8 U:J to have some other sort of work. One suggestion was that ru':BIA might look ini.,o tr.e p03sibilities of starting a clearing house for summer job openings. If we can't eppord to be instructors, then why do it? The best answer seems to be that we enjoy skiing too much. This helps compensate for the financial ups and downs. At the conclusion of the seminar, a vote indicated that most of the members present felt that RES IA should increase its efforts in behalf of members. If you have any ideas, drop us a line. Technical Coordinating was directed by Nax Dercum and Jerry Muth. They explained the reasoning behind our ne't>1 certification policy. This should not lower our standards in any way. A candidate going back to pick up a phase he miSS"e'd should be much better prepared in that phase. His ski school director can spend just that much more time on the candidate'S weak points. Of course, the exam can be just that much more demanding, toet Since the TCC held its on-the-snow meeting last spring, "strike zones" for all phases of the Amerioan Technique have been established. This will be a big help in bringing teaching and examining oloser in the mEIA area. For the first time, enough examiners t directors and supervisors were together to produce general agreement on how che various turns should look. That ought to make it easier for everyonet Tage Pedersen, Olympic trainer, held his seminar (?) on Health and Exercise. The (1) means that after their workout, members were treated to a sauna - and that's got to be a pretty great sort of seminar. Naturally, the Aspen meeting produced lots of socializing. Seems as though when you're 'teaching, you just ca.n't get around to visit, but Aspen was the time and plaoe. Lots of friendly drinks were doisted and it was a good plaoe to be. If you didntt make itt how about next year? ---~-~--- November, 1867 Number 3 NEWSLETTER Page 3 SKIPRO, the brand-new publication of PSIA would like to hear from its members. You're asked to submit questions about PSIA. ski teaching, or skiing in general. They say they're not afraid of controversy either. Drop a line to: Faye Hadley, PSIA Newsletter 945 E. 1st South, Salt lake City, Utah 84102. P.S, to PSIA: Feel free to use anything from our ne'!r1sletter, too, 1a.ke Eldora seems overloaded with chiefs this year. Hans Garger directs the ski school there, but he also has a couple of extra directors wandering around in case he loses his grip some hectic day. Bill Berry, director of Nonarch, and Jim Allen, director of Evergreen Basin, are with Hans for the season. 1'1ax Dercum, conversationalist extraordinaire, will be a guest on the Bill Barker talk show on KOA radio, Friday night, November 24th at 10: 30pm. Be sure tnhea.r-~ _ beCAllSewe know Max-will-~epresentm1SIAtten. ---'' - - Ken Oakes of Aspen took us up on our oomments about Ezra Bowen's article in SKI magazine. I guess Nr. Bowen was right. we are too wrapped up in technique - at least Ken was the only person to write us his thoughts. OK, you guysl Are 'tie teaching people to have fun on skis? Or are we teaching tem to be mechanically precise? Or don't you oare? The public thinks it's important. Personal note to Erich Hindisch: Remember the "superb instructor" compliment we gave you at the Communications Seminar? It just OC0.urr~d to us that we ought to charge you for being so gracious in front of that large group. So - how about backgrounding us on your participation in Interski? Tho mm:ibers 't-l'ould like to know from someone w~o's been there. Finally, A personal plea. At the Aspen meeting, there seemed to be a good deal of feeling that RIEIA should do a better job of inforning the public and the members. ',,\Te're trying, gang. But we need your help. We asked for it there, and we're asking again here. Hiracles we don't expect, just a few thoughts from you. What's going on? Got any teaching aids that have worked 'tiell for you? Want to start some _,oontroversy? In short, drop us a note. Like right nowt Mark P. Addison, Communications Vice President-RMSIA 990 Rose Hill Drive Boulder, Colorado 80302 ,----~~ GRAND TARGHEE TEACHING PROCEDURES This sequence of manuevers is presented as a broad outline of the Grand Targhee Ski School procedures and presumes the clarification of specific manuevers during on-the-hill sessions and that each instructor is encouraged to employ his "common sense" in devising methods within the framework of the outlined procedures. All manuevers are introduced statically whenever possible. A. Introduction and equipment check 1, Walking and sliding 2. Pie turns-around tips and around tails 3, Falling and getting up 4. Climbing B. Straight running (feet hip width apart) I. Straight running 2. Weighting one ski then the other 3. Bouncing 4. Straight running over small bumps in terrain garden Co Straight snowplow (high gliding position-narrow plow=watch terrain) 1. Static snowplow position on flat 2. Hoving snowplow 3. Snowplow change-up D. Snowplow turn 1, Crab Turn (static) 2. Snowplow turn with edging-(both knees to inside of turn) a, Heel push exercise (pulsations) if necessary to soften edge 30 Snowplow turn with edging and weight transfer E. Traverse 10 Wide track 20 Bouncing 3. l10ve weight from ski to opposite ski 4. Step uphill to stop Note: Adept private lesson and exceptional classes (particularly GLM) can be wide tracked directly to parallel. F. Snowplow turn = Christy 10 Snowplow traverse-change edge on uphill ski 20 Elementary snowplow christy 3. Square stem christy 40 Ski class slightly faster stressing knees to inside, upper body outside which will induce skidding naturally. Open both skis from traverse unless in extremely soft snowo 50 Parallel entry -~- --- ---------- ----------------- G. Sideslip 1. Knee roll exercise statically 2. Vertical slip 3. Forward Slip (use "stem-close" entry if necessary) 4. Forward slip with body projection Ho Uphill christy I. J. I, Forward sideslip with forward lean 20 Forward slip with forward transfer and increased edge (down motion) 3. Uphill christy with body projection 4. Fall line christy Parallel christy 1. Parallel garlands 2. Wide track hop christies in fall line 3. Edge change over small bump with down motion 4. Scare turn (or runaway turn) 5. Weighted uphill ski (GS turn) 6. Body projectio.n (dt~h~~Vgh wi~dow~ /F' " J (.)L I L . , \ 'l.../til-.Jl ~(;'"V'-- Short Swing ~\I'~~5h- '1 L~ ','c ,.. Stop christyia' out l rve P I f- ~r=c..t=.$.5A 12y') j. Stop christy with rebound, body projection t~change of edges 1J0 Short swing s: Jetting K. Hogul skiing 1. Uphill christy with extension 2. Steeper uphill christies with extension then compression coupled with body projection to change edges 3. Traversing swallowing bumps (extension - compression) 4. Christy turns with extension - compress in small bumps 5. Christy turns with increased extension compression (avalement) for larger bumps L. Powder skiing 1. Uphill christies in powder (extension - compression method preferred, however, begin with up-unweighting in difficult snow) 20 Bouncing in traverse 3. Garlands, equal ~eight with heel push then pulling heels back up under body (extension compression) 4. Christies in powder snow ~ stress timing '-"._- ._-- --- --_._- -- .. "'-------- ' "Ow'll 'l,() ~t\.X TH£ .NL Y',/, j-'iq.l'll<"H /~' A.y. (;;\.\0'C J <;,i' i I:,~..x-. r~ , J (.tH. Va urnet ,Pli' e.r~~LJt~~P-2{~tg9 L 1 ~-§1 1~~1~~C!l§ closely r eHlemble A,Iller!can T~ch ntqu e S110rt ~win9 . 'L'he tall? of tp.e skf,s are we igh t:'l~d sqarply I coupleq w .~tb. a dqcisive edge s~t o Un"fe!~9h1. if19 occurs a s a r~: l" ult qf a re ,Laxatlon of 'he le"4s foUQIIV,1ng \ he ed~c s~ t , TJ!6 sk ~ s will b ~g !n tq tu~ n ,as a re sult qf the I;x>dy ' s pre..,. stressed ,an\J!clp,atud positl.l)n 0 The u ppl~ r body cOl\ttlnuE~ S its !HOVement down the hHl to accomplish a for..vard ra ~sfer of \'Ifeight aft~r the urn ts An Uatedo PressL~r~ gradua l~y ,equaHz es between the heels and the balls of the feet asa pBlanced Pos' tion is re s umed prior t.o the eclge set for the next tun, 0 .Ih~v.!J:.fL~t ~t(S c.\ tu n that a110# 5 a skier to ski ~ntermediate s lope. that are elthEl(" mogu!ed or smooth/'at moderate speeds while he keeps constant sJd/snovV contacto It differ." from fllnf.shed fonn parallel in that the body relaxes at the mitLation of the turn and extends through the completion of the tum . 'l'he upper pocly assumes the posj.tAon of a ntlci;.patlon eady. ':At the pole plant the upper body relaxes, tlle knees bend lightly 4 and the skier allo'tls h f..mfj~lf to be compressed into e s l ghtly s eated posltion . 1"'e -upper bod:, t ~.p.s downhill q falHng in Cl line b t v'tleen the po e plant and the skis. ,£h(~ sk ~s will be pulled into the turn If·; ~thout lo ... i.ng·, Cn­tact Nith the s;nowo '1'l1e body nON s tra f.\~hte ns as .. e legs extend through t..~e co;npleUon of the turn . Ann movements should be restricted. A~.m:ent is used on very bumpy slopes at igh speed. It is the baste serpentine tum coupled ~'!j.th the movemel t of ovalement Nhtch permfit s eb8orpt~on of the bump ell d a _ecrea c.e or elimi,nati n f the vigorous butld- up of pressure normally ex e&~ed on the skis. The "movement of avalement is a reu"action of the knees with a re$ u l~.4Da. shooting forward of the feet followed by a stra!ghtenh'lgr of the whole body so that the skis remafin. in contact with the snov'V. 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ROCKY MOUNTAIN SKI mSTRUc:rOBS ASSOCIATION =PRO.P.O;O;ED; ;B.U;D;G.E;l' .F.O.R. ;TH=E -Y-EA-R- 1-9-67---6-8 -IN.C-O-M-E: Du~s - Registered Apprentice Regular JTellJbers Initiation Fees (transferees only) Registration Fees (Serrdna.r.Armuall-1tg. & Clinics) Pins Certification Exam Misc DISBURSE!'ENTS: Office- Exec.Secy.Salary B.O.D~Secy. exuense F.I.C.A. Withh~lding Postage Telephone Supplies Equipment Repair New Equipment Board of Directors Travel Neeting Expense General lIeeting Expense $4,200.00 120.00 350.00 800.00 200.00 800~OO 50.1)0 ---100 .. 00 $2 r 000"OO ....§O('1"OQ (Seminar,Annual Mtg. & Cl:in:ics) Har.dbooks Pins Certification Exam District Expense Committee Chairmen Expense I risc - Audit Fire Insurance Representative to other Divisional meetings Contingency & Savings Fund ----------- $ 110,,00 15.00 300.00 $ ),000.00 7,500.00 50.00 775.00 200.00 5,000.00 50 •00_ ..,.$1....,6.-.-57~5. 00 $ 6,620.00 2,600.00 200,00 .500.00 200.00 .5.000.00 150.00 200.00 42.5.00 680eOO $16,.57.5.00 $16.575.00 ROCKY NOUNTAIN SKI INSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 1966-67 Dues: 300 500 Initiation :f'ins Registered Members @ ~10.00 !Yiembers .:i 15.00 Fees (transferees only) degistration Fees: Seminar de Annual II'!~g~ New ~Jexico Clinic Colorado Clinic Certification BXam 1"1isc. DISBURSEl'JENTS f :FICE: Exec. Secy. Salary b.O.D.Secy. expense Postage Telephone Supplies Equipment rlepair New Bquipment -BOARD OF DIRECTO-RS Travel l'Jeeting Expense GENERAL HEETING EXPENSE Seminar & Annual beeting New hexico Clinic Colorado Clinic HANDBOOKS !:INS Q§rlTIFICATION EXA1'1 DISTRICTS EXPENSE C01'11'UTTEE CHAIRiVIEN EXPENSE IlISC. Audit Fire Insurance Representatives to other Divisional meetings CONTINGENCY & SAVINGS FUND 2.00 3·00 3·00 3,000.00 120.00 700.00 225.00 700.00 50.00 100.00 2,250.00 750. 02 200.00 300.00 300.00 130.00 15.00 800.00 .jj)3,000.OO 7,SOO.00 100.00 37S.00 240.00 150.00 4so.00 5,000.00 100.00 .f16 , 91S. 00 4,89S.00 3,000.00 800.00 500.00 375.00 S,ooo.OO 300.00 600.00 945.00 500.00 -wIt>, 915.06 ~16,91S.00 $16,915.00 ---- ----~----------- -------------~--- ~---.---