Friedl Pfeifer

Beaming back at Friedl Pfeifer, founder of the world's first professional ski racing association, Anderl Molterer of Austria claims the automobile he has just won with four brilliant runs down Aspen Mountain

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With $1,500 waiting at the finish, Christian Pravda took the first pro race at Aspen

Both are available in full measure at Aspen, the ski resort with the most varied trails and most cosmopolitan night life of any ski town in the U.S.

For a skier who is confident of his parallel turns, the next natural step is slalom practice. Slalom is run on an irregular downhill course between pairs of poles, each pair known as a gate. The simplest slalom to...