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Contents: Buy Better – Late-Winter Bargains (In spring, skiers thoughts turn to phenomenal late-season skiing and fantastic ski shop bargains. But beware – don’t let spring fever blow common sense); Eight For Spring (Here are eight versatile and forgiving skis that can help make the most of those long, fun – but often unpredictable – spring skiing days); Future Boots (Although you’ll find plenty of top-boot models still available in ski shops, here’s a peek at what’s to come in the season’s ahead); Seven Steps For Summer (Proper preparation of skis, boots and bindings for summer storage can preserve performances for seasons to come); Home Ski Storage (A do-it-yourself report on how to get skis out of the closet and out of the way) Ski Better – What’s Your Line? (Out of the starting gate, your first two turns can make or break your run); Looking Good (Even Though You’re Not) (Look good. Ski good. Sketchy grammar perhaps, but it’s solid skiing advice. Take our looking-glass test on your basic skiing stance and watch your skiing improve fast); Getting Down Skinny (It’s the best of both worlds – Nordic and Alpine – down-mountain skiing or ultra-light gear); Ski With Both Feet (Ballet maneuvers can teach you to ski with both feet naturally, says Stratton’s Stefan Schernthaner, who uses racing and freestyle basics to put students back in touch with themselves and the hill) Special Features – The Indomitable Snowmen (Who are these guys who cut the liftlines and get to ski the snow before we do? They’re ski patrollers – rednecks, radicals and old-time hippies, first on the scene when you need them); California Dreamin’ (Lotus Land has hoards of skiers and a wealth of potential ski terrain – but in recent years a nightmare of legal morass has all but blocked out dreams of further ski development. Are things finally changing?) A Women’s Special! – How to select the right gear, technique tips, winter beauty care, women in skiing; Everywoman’s Guide To Ski Equipment (Poor equipment, not poor technique, is often the reason women don’t ski as well as they should); Elissa’s World: Where Women Learn Faster (The national Women’s Way Ski Seminars compromises the only organized ski teaching program in the country specifically for women. Meet the woman who began it all); Making It In The Ski World (Thinking about a ski career? Here’s advice from women who have broken the barriers in a traditionally man’s world); Saving Your Skin (Attitude may be great for skiing, but it will be disastrous for a woman’s skin. A skiers hide gets a lot of abuse – here’s how to avoid it); You’ve Come The Long Way, Lady (From ski bunnies of yesteryear to skiing women of today – It’s been a struggle. But the woman skier has finally shrugged off her fuchsia stretch pants and emerged a new skier) Where To Ski – Summer Ski Camps ’80 (A world-wide directory for year-round skiers by Catherine Williams. Are ski camps really worth it? Former U.S. Ski Team head coach Hank Tauber answers the question); We Skied South America’s Highest (An encounter with culture shock and other Andean maladies in a high-altitude ski adventure to top them all); Non-Stop To Summer (Long seasons have always been Oregon’s trump card. Now Mt. Hood’s Palmer chairlift is flaunting the longest season of all) Departments – Letters; Doug Pfeiffer’s Ski Clinic; What’s New At Mammoth; Ski Life; February Crossword; Classified; Reader Service
Issue: Late Winter 1980
Condition: Very Good