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next month in Sarajevo,
Yugoslavia. °
~ Thirteen-year-old * Shan-
non Allison, another
Trudeau pupil currently
holds the Canadian novice
championship title.
_ They are only two of lit-
erally thousands of young
skaters with super stardom -
in their eyes, hopeful of
becoming the next Karen
Magnussen, or Toller
Cranston, or maybe half of
a. Christopher Dean/Jayne
Torvill duo. =

There are 156,000 skaters
registered with the Canadian
Figure Skating Association,
and more than 15,000 come
from B.C. ‘

And although only three
per cent could be classed as
championship-calibre skat-

- ers, that’s still a lot of
youngsters dreaming of

24 - Wednesday, November 27, 1985 ~ North Shore News

becoming a
skates.

You have to be a high
achiever and totally commit-
ted to the sport to withstand
the gruelling pace of a com-
petitive skater, says
Trudeau.

“Keen Skaters will be on
the ice for six hours a day,
five days a week — take
Saturday off, and come back
Sunday for a few hours of
recreational skating. To be
on the ice at 5:43 a.m. every
day, you have to be
dedicated. .

“‘The ice is their life, but
scholastically these kids
don’t seem to suffer. Most
of them are above average
students,’’ added Trudeau.

However, being a
dedicated skater isn’t

superstar on

enough. You have to have

plenty of money, too, to pay
for the special skates, ice

time, professional coaching,
travel expenses and the
elaborate costumes.

To perfect those seemingly
effortless spins, spirals and
jumps, you are fooking at
thousands of dollars each
year to make a champion.

More effort is being put
into off-ice training, too.
Strength and stretch exer-
cises and ballet for move-
ment are part of a com-
petitive skater's regimen,
says Trudeau.

Trudeau knows her
skating.

She was three when she
put on her first pair of
skates to strengthen her
weak ankles, trained and
competed with Karen
Magnussen (both are pro-
ducts of the North Shore
Winter Club, says Trudeau),
and has coached for 16
years.

Sit back. Enjoy the sensational scenery. And save yoursell for the
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BC Rail has ski-trains to iake you to British Columbia's most

She feels most coaches
know their technique and
theory, but she’d like to see
more research professionals
in the sport. The athletic ad-
vancement and the superior

AFTER A two-year closure,
Manning Park Resort has

returned onto the ski scene’
in south “western British:

Columbia.

Long known for a vaca-
tion or weekend get away in
the heart of Canada’s
Cascade Playground, Mann-
ing Park is being re-vitalized
and re-vamped to offer fam-
ilies affordable and fun
holidays.

Cross—country facilities
have been up-graded to in-
clude 18 miles of groomed

ating requires grace
gth and stamina

level of athletes demands
more study into human
movement, or kinesology,
said Trudeau.

The rewards from skating,
however, aren't reserved just

Manning Park
_bursts back

track-set trails that wind
their way through pictur-

esque flat bottomed valleys
_and up, over or around ma-

jestic mountains.

Many additional miles of
wilderness trails also provide
adventurous cross—country
skiers with enough rugged
terrain to challenge even the
most avid explorer.

Downhil! skiers are not
forgotten at Manning Park.

A bus or van transports

skiiers from the lodge to the
groomed slopes of the
Alpine area. Two double

for the superior skater,
Trudeau emphasized.

A favorite saying she likes
to tell her students is: ‘‘Suc-
cess lies not in being your
best, but doing your best.”’

chairlifts, a T-Bar and Rope
Tow provide excellent skiing
for all levels of.downhill en-
thusiasts. . .,

At the base of the. moun--
tain, the day lodge offers
lunches and an opportunity
to compare notes with
friends and family on «which
Tuns to try this afternoon.

For the old fashioned at
heart, Manning Park Resort
offers flood-lit outdoor ice
skating, exciting toboggan
runs, hiking trails and the
romance of sleighbells and
horses.

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