Requirements June 1972 until February 1978

1. Do the following:

(a) Give the meaning of the Skier's Safety Code. Explain how you use it.

(b) Present yourself properly equipped and clothed for skiing. Show how to adjust your gear. Describe two kinds of ski bindings (including one release type). Talk over their merits.

(c) Show four exercises that help make a person fit for skiing.

(d) Make a list of the first aid equipment, food, other gear, and clothing you would carry in your pockets and pack on a day ski trip.

2. Do the basic and standard tests of the United States Ski Association listed:

(a) Walk on skis on the level. Use a one-step and a gliding step. Use your skis properly.

(b) Show a kick turn to the left and right on the level.

(c) Show side step up hill (about 15 degrees). Using the forward side step, go up a hill of 100 feet. Use a kick turn between traverses.

(d) Herringbone 50 feet up a 10-degree hill.

(e) Show straight running in a downhill position for 50 feet or more on a 10-degree hill.

(f) Show braking speed for 50 feet on a 10-degree hill. Show a double stem from a standing start, slowing down and speeding up while remaining in the double-stem position. End at named spot.

(g) Show four linked snowplow turns.

(h) Show four linked stem turns on a hill of 15 degrees or more.

(i) Go straight down a hill of 15 to 25 degrees. Show sideslipping, first in one direction and then the other. Link such slipping with turns.

(j) Show right- and left-stop christiania and four linked christiania turns on a hill of 15 degrees or more.

3. Do ONE of the following:

(a) Run a slalom course without faltering or a fall. The course will cause you to mix turns with parallel running. The course will be simple. The gates will allow smooth running. There will be 10 or 12 turns in a drop of about 150 feet.

(b) Make a cross-country ski run of 4 miles in 1 hour. This is to be over country of different kinds of terrain. There shall be travel on the level as well as up and down.

(c) Make four jumps on an official junior ski jumping hill. Show good form. Get good distance.

4. Describe the program and services of the United States Ski Association and the National Ski Patrol. Tell how they affect your skiing activities.