- drinks to some, ‘but: in.

_ the: world ‘of |
‘freéstyle ‘skier this is

terminology , for some 7

. of ‘the more. ‘Advance
. ski manoeuvres

‘Although

big trend ‘setter: in: the’ ski

industry. In the: early! 1970's.

-. the high flyer:

professional. ; association. In

began: to get

1973 the: U.S, held its. first -

National Freestyle "skiing
championships with. finals at
Sun Valley, Idah

freestyle.

monies were

year. ,

And * this winter” “Van--
couver gets to’ “play. dost to...
the: world’s: best. when the’

World Cup Freestyle ‘finals
take place on Grouse
Mountain this' " coming
March and April. ~~ © >,

The finals on Grouse
Mountain concludes a nine
stop tour with contests in
Austria, France, Swit-
zerland, Italy, Germany, the
U.S.A. and three events in
Canada. A total of 90 male
competitors from
Yogoslavia, Germany,
Sweden, Switzerland, Italy,
France,. Austria, Japan,
Australia, Britain, the
United States and Canada
will be competing.

THE BEST

And Canada fields some of
the top stars - John Eaves,
‘1978 combined world
champion and world cup
serial champion, from
Montreal will be trying for
his ‘third straight combined

championship, Greg Athans,

local World Cup Ballet and
Mogul Champion for 1978,
Keith Reid of North Van-
couver who was Ist overall
at Silver Star in 1978,

The World Cup Freestyle
Finals are sponsored by
Labatt Breweries: of B.C.
Ltd., who have been sup-
porting freestyle skiing since
ts inception here and has
done ‘much to foster the
more serious image of the
sport which has surfaced
during the past few years.
On‘ hand for the = an-
nouncement of the World
Cup at Grouse Mountain last
week was' John Johnston,

Labatt’s National Ski Co-
ordinator, now based in
Montreal.

John was born in Van-

couver and learned to ski on

Grousé Mountain when he
was 16. Two years later he
was 8 ski instructor with the
Grouse Mountain Ski
School. Skiing, was John's

: recently new |
_ Sport,. freestyle: ‘Skiing! is‘ the. _

‘organize a

the.

Bt great love 2 and ski acrobatics ..
. his joy, the wilder the better

and he’ and his high flying .
Grouse Mountain friends
just loved to experiment.

NO RULES |

There were no “rules: and.

no expeits to” ‘show-the: way” oy
then, and a couple. of painfal

falls led John to. work out'a™
more serious? training
program for. his-far out. ski -
exercises, This, coupled with |

a winter at. European ski-

Centres, two. years as a full
time ski instructor, with time
out to compete in U.S.
freestyle contests, plus
intensive summer training
and’: trampoline . work
brought John to the top in.
freestyle competition. His
early recognition of the need
for gymnastic training and
intensive preparation for
freestyle acrobatics had paid
off. j

Taking time out from his
Tornados, Outriggers,
Zowies and other freestyle
tricks in 1973 John joined
with another top ranking

‘freestylist, Darryle Bowie of

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of this Associations, which is
dedicated -to setting

- professional _ standards. for

the sport” and ‘promoting

Tha
: “developed » ‘and. “directed:
» Labatt’s Freestyle Ski Team; |

. designed to bring. ‘safety to

freestyle technique. Team ;
John *
Johnston, Michel Daigle of |
then Canadian -
and |

members were

Montréal,
Champion,
Darryl Bowie.

Dedicated to
others the right way to go, in

_ 1974 John teamed up again

with Bowie and Daigle to put
together a comprehensive
illustrated guide to freestyle
ski’ technique entitled
“Freestyle Skiing”, a
technical manual designed

to show how to train and get

in shape to learn the various
freestyle manoeuvres, and
how to dq them, once in
shape.

For honest estimates and
advice, call John Lock-
wood.

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_and as National Ski Co-
ordinator for Labatt's is now
involved-in many different
types of. skiing, from Cross

- country events to this year's
new. -Progranr’ in B. Cc. ~ the

Labatt’s Ski . Bump, _ Al

Karaki, Labatt’s B:C. SkiCo- ©

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province with this program
which is an exciting head to
head mogul competition
open to any amateur, 19 or
older. In Prince George last

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