Different Ways Of
Skiing Explained
To Juneau Club
JUNEAU, Alaska—Narada Coo
mara, Swiss-trained ski instruc
tor from New England and an
instructor at Timberline Lodge.
Mt. Hood, Oregon, recently told
Juneau ski enthusiasts many of
the tricks of professional skiing.
There are many forms of ski
ing, all basically the same but
each phase requiring a different
technique.” he said. “In fact,
those who live in snowy coun
tries and who ski would have to
change the manner of their liv
ing if it were not for the use of
skis. There is skiing for necessity
such as following a trap-line, or
carrying mail, or hunting. There
is military skiing, in which, as
the European armies, soldiers tra
verse high mountain regions with
an ease not achieved with snow
shoes or on foot. There is skiing
for pleasure, much as one would
hike in summertime, and there
is competitive skiing, ski-racing
and jumping.
“Competitve skiiing today is
. divided into four types. Ski jump
ing, cross-country racing, down
mountain racing, and slalom rac
ing. In ski jumping, it is conced
ed that Scandinav'ans excel, and
one, Sig Ulland, has leaped 339
feet. In cross-country racing, hon
ors are divided among Scandin
avians and Finns, the Scandin
avians usually winning the long
er ones.
Ski Jumping
“Ski jumping cal's for broad
t eavy skis usually having three
grooves in the running surface.
While beautiful to watch and call
ing for great skill, ski jumping
«n big hills is limited to a rel
atively small number of skiers
owing to lack of small jumps to
practice on, lack of jumping skis,
and because other forms of the
sport seem :to have more appeal
to most skiers.
“In cross-country racing, there
is a greater number of partici
pants because most skiers have
had at least a little experence in
travelling cross country, and be
cause it is not so terrifying as a
big jump appears to be. In ski
jumping, once stanted down the
in-run, there can be no question
of checking speed to what the
skier thinks he can handle, but
he has to ride it out at top speed.
In cross-country skiing the skier
at least does not have to go fast
er than he wishes.
Downhill Racing
"Top speeds in downhill racing
are equal to those attained on a
ski jump, and yet for every jump
er there are thousands that go in
for downhill racing. The reason
is that the skier has both the
pleasure of swift descent and he
can control his speed. A downhill
ski, that is, the kind sold ito most
people by good ski merchants, is
pc”t way between the heavy
straight-running jumping ski and
the slender light-weight cross
country racing ski. It is about
seven feet long, steel-edged for
grip on icy snow, and equipped
with a rigid binding, usually of
the Kandahar cable type. This
gives complete lateral control of
*he ski when proper ski-boots are
worn.
“A top-notch downhill race is
from two to 10 miles long, of con
tinuous descent, with a vertical
drop in excess of 1,000 feet to a
mile, over varying terrain. There
will be several long straight drops
on a slope of 34 degrees or more,
and between these “Schirses,” (a
Schuss is a long steep slope that
a good skier can .take straight)
there will .be winding sections
that call for great skill in high
speed turning, usually an angl
j I
of more than 90 degrees. There
will be sections of the course
that no skier can take straight
and where judgement will win or
lose him the race, according to
how fast he thinks he can take
the train. A race of this type will
often attract over a hundred en
tries, from all over Europe, or all
over the United States, as the,
case may be. It will be won at an
average speed of from 30 to 50
miles an hour. In; Europe the
governing body of ski-racing is
the F. I. S., a world-wide athletic
association for skiers. F. I. S.
stands for Federation Intern at ion
ale de Ski. The most important
United States ski races are held
under the sanction of the F. I. S. j
To the competitive skier, the;
greatest glory there is, is to win
an F. I. S. race, the honor usually
beng considered greater than to
win a ski race at the Olympics.
Ski Competition
“In the United States the Na
tional Downhill Races are the
peak of yearly ski competition i
The location changes from year
to year, and in the past these
races have often been held in
New England because skiing has
been more advanced tnere; out
with the growth of skiing there is
an increased tendency to make
use of western ski areas with
their greater snowfall and longer
ski runs. In the west, the lead
ing ski jumping tournamenit is at
Ecker Hill, near Salt Lake City,
Utah, and to date, the leading
downhill race is the annual S:l-1
ver Skis Race held on Mount
Rainier, in the spring.
“Slalom racing is mostly a test
of controlled downhill ski tech
nique. The word slalom as under
stood today means the art of j
skiing without halt between 1
pairs of flags set on a steep snow !
slope, arranged to force the skier
to fol ow a difficult winding
course that sets a premium upon ;
his ability to turn frequently.
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YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD to do as well as Ed Newell does, Jump-turning on steep !VIt. Hood
near Portland, Ore. Newell, from Boston, is an accomplished skier and tourney official. ,
HEAVY RAINS BRING DAMAGE TO SOUTH Rain water rushing down from the Santa Monica
Mountains during a blinding storm pushed tons of mud and rocks onto the Roosevelt High
way near Santa Monica. Cailif., and damaged small buildings and houses. Bill, Steeib, whose
cafe at the entrance of Big Rock Canyon was wrecked by the flood, is shown trying to salvage
some of his possessions.
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speedily a.nd sharply.
Slalom Raring
“Slalom racing is extremely
popular at ski resorts, as Sla
loms can be set to suit the mer
est beg:nner or the most expert.i
and Slaloms do not call for such
vast slopes as downhill races;!
also because slaloming is about
the quickest way there is of im
proving one's ability to control1
the skis by means of turning. A
beginner may provoke a lot of;
laughs from spectators as he
struggles among the flags, but an |
experienced slalome will weave j
among the flags so easily and
with such rhythmic movements !
as almost to give the impression;
of dancing.
“Where Norsemen have the
edge in ski-jumping and in cross
country racing over their rivals,
the central Europeans, the Swiss,
the French and the Germans
have achieved greater skill in
down-hill racing. It must be
pointed out that a downhill race
or a Slalom that can be won
either on merits of the wax ap
plied to the running surface of
ski or that can be won on jump!
ir.g skis, is not a true test of
downhill skiing, as in each
case it would mean that thei
course was not steep enough and
that the turns were not sharp
enough to make the skier win
through control and judgement.
Douglas Ski Course
“It is interesting to note that
the new downhill cours cut by
the CCC on Douglass Island last
summer is such that neither wax
nor jumping skis will ever win a
race on it under fast snow condi
tions. Although rather short, itj
design it is probably the best
downhill ski trail on the west
coast at this time. It is a trail
that calls for judgement and con 1
trol. Among the people that use
it, especially among the younger
ones, high schools boys and girls
it is not unreasonable to look for
a champion who will make the
U. S. Olympic team in 1944, or
win an F. I. S. race at Sun Val- j
lev, Idaho.”
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