20 Terrace Review — Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1986 okiing program -expands TERRACE — Are you one of those people who despises winter? Do you tend to hiber- nate once the cold weather arrives and stay that way until spring? Have you ever wondered why local skiers get so excited once the first snow flies and seem to stay fit, healthy and hap- py through the long winter months? Well maybe it’s time you found out what you've been missing. Try downhill skiing at Kit- sumkalum. Skiing is the best way to discover winter. Nothing quite compares to the exhiliration of gliding down mountain runs all day in Terrace’s great. outdoors or the camaraderie that devel- ops amongst fellow ski- ers in the chalet at day’s end, Skiing can be fun for | the entire family — you don’t have to be the world’s best athlete to enjoy it and you can ski for a lifetime. Improvements in equipment and clothing, better instruction, more grooming of ski runs and provision of modern fac- ilities at the ski areas, all have made the sport easier to learn, safer and more enjoyable. Well, wait no longer. For only $10, first-timers will receive use of rental equipment, a one-hour professional group be- ginner’s lesson and ac- cess to the beginner slopes and lifts for a day” at any one of the par- ticipating ski areas. Ski results Official results for the northern zone Pepsi Challenge Series for the Canadian Ski Associa- tion, B.C. Division re- cently held on Hudson Bay Mountain in Smithers, were: Boys’ Giant Slalom Ryan Stevenson plac- ed fifth for the Kit- sumkalum Ski Club; Brian Cox was eighth; Jason Konst 13th, Chris Thomsen [8th, Rody McMynn 19th, Kelly Gingles 22nd, and Mat- thew Phillips, 28th. Girls’ Giant Slalom Nicole Jenkins placed iith for the Kitsumka- lum Ski Club. Girls’ Slalom Nicole Jenkins placed lith and Sandy Lopt- son, 13th. Boys’ Slalom Brian Cox finished seventh, Ryan Steven- son 13th, Kelly Gingles 14th, Rody McMynn 17th, Kyle Stevenson 18th, and Jason Elorza 25th. Terrace skiers are Invited to take part in the "Skiing is Believing” program. ~ Participating ski areas include: Terrace’s Kit- sumkalum, Smithers’ Hudson Bay Mountain Ski Smithers, Prince George’s Purden Lake or Tabor Mountain, Fort St. John's Big Bam Ski Club, Fort St.’ James’ Murray Ridge, Macken- zie’s Powder King Ski Village, Dawson Creek’s Bear Mountain, and Quesnel’s Troll Resort. Registration at. any one of the participating ski shops runs until Feb. 15. All Seasons Sports and Sundance Ski & Sports are the ski shops in the Terrace area. These shops enable skiers to buy a gift cer- tificate for $10, which people can give to a friend or use themselves. The gift certificate is good for all the areas particapating in ‘‘Skiing is Believing’. When registering, par- ticipants are given an op- portunity to choose a particular ski day or postpone the date for more ideal ski condi- tions. “Skiing is Believing” ends on March 2 and is open to people of all ages. Much of the natural fear and embarrassment of the new skiers is reduced by this prepara- tion and, because the ski area knows they are coming, there is enough rental equipment and in- structors to take care of them when they arrive. The experience is a fun one because everbody in the class is in the same boat. _ The theory behind “‘Skiing is Believing’’ is, given a good introduc- tion to the sport, many people will stay with it. Both the American and Okanagan results bear this out. As anyone who skis knows, the sport is so much fun and far easier to learn than most peo- ple think, that the return rate is very high. In the Okanagan last year 3,300 people out of a total population of 250,000 took the offer. A follow-up survey to over half of the par- ticipants indicated the following: e@ 80 percent said they intended to ski again. @ 95 percent said they would recommend it to their friends. @ 22 percent bought ski equipment and 31 per- cent bought accessories or apparel within three months of trying the sport. @ and over 7,000 extra _ lift tickets were purchas- ed within the same time period, Now that’s con- version! So if you have always secretly wanted to learn how to ski, or know somebody who does, this is the winter to do it. Just look for the ‘‘Ski- ing is Believing’’ logo in the local ski shop in any of the six regions of B.C. and Alberta. The people there can answer all your ques- tions. For further informa- tion on ‘Skiing is Believ- ing’’ contact Jamie Doran, program co- ordinator for western Canada in Vernon at (604) 549-1404 or the ap- propriate regional co- ordinator in your area. All of us will gladly make ourselves available for interviews! 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