Three years ago U. S. citizens spent $417,000 for skis and snowshoes. Last year they spent $3,000,000 for skis, $6,000,000 for ski clothes, $15,000,000 for transportation and lodging at ski spots.
Most ski addicts can trace their initial interest in the sport to the spellbinding ski jumps seen in the newsreels. But they soon learned that ski jumping could not be mastered in "ten easy lessons." Last week, when the national ski-jumping champion ships were held at St. Paul, only a few natives were good enough to enter the Class A competition.
Last year Norway's Birger Ruud won the U. S. title. The...
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