Okay, Here’s A Tougher One.
Clearly there are some knowledgable snow sports enthusiasts out there. Based on your responses from the last few Mystery Glimpse photos, you not only knew the right answers, you added details about the people and the pictures. So this week, we’re posing a little more difficult puzzle.
Who are these stuffed creatures and what do they represent? If you know, respond in COMMENTS below the picture.
Credit: Alf Engen Ski Museum, Park City, UT
Last Week
This is the infamous Jet Turn or Avalement which made a brief flash in the early 70s. We learned it is also called the Slow Dog Noodle by at least a few responders.
Former SKI Magazine editor, founder of Snow Country and creator of NASTAR John Fry commented on this maneuver:
“Avalement is not a turn, and Killy despised it. It was a technique term invented by Georges Joubert, derived from the French ‘avaler’ to swallow. The skier swallows bumps and irregularities in the terrain by collapsing and extending legs. At one point in the process, the skier looks like he or she is sitting back. It was more suited to hotdogging than to effective technique in slalom or gs.
For more on Joubert and Killy, read my book, The Story of Modern Skiing.”
We believe the skier is Tom Leroy, a forerunner of freestyle and the first person to do a double forward somersault back in the 6os.
Powder, Coal and Copper were the official mascots of the Salt Lake City Olympics.
The 3 Olympic “mascots” from 2002 in Salt Lake. Powder, Copper, Coal
A rabbit, a bear, and a wolf.
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It may have been Leroy, but I think he liked LeRoi.