Capture the <3?apture ■ VatonttrM't Doy Gukto thtt popiXV tuppieMrnartf Unihjt** NAjcmirno v«<hcjhwj <ytit u*\ and r« <»ftv»«?Hiir«y t»wtf ft.* * jrsntr.jr* k • fr# g** Kfcpcji flpi on »o iponcl O i*! JfftCjrtfle w*ff» *T'w>rf fwQGtnearti and cooi ptocmt * to go t< > party »nr»»cfcYOyt tuppinmant w#oHc>con fcjrt o w *« #* ^wvm v*ny» CfQMwQK)pu2/te J>*r»t *» **s *0 Ihe p* a//V» wtii t*» (#» th*» Cxjpy »j* <Jt »«' rjiH COnl(in#Cl in fh* y*t *»**» rrx*r*f artel w«# lfx*u*for«* wmjhtt high mxxmtn* of WWiCXM So whuf wriy »o <'H lUjt*’ ?fw< (joiMitttjn uf o very am #*< ?&*■<♦ < |*r* *. i< ■? K RuMtfWd Friday. February 12 Deadrie Friday, February 5.1 c m D COLOR $40 HAil'NlCf C& MUi t< w***# ia» 344-3712 — Emerald MIDTERM STUDENT SPECIAL WORKOUT $49 No initiation fees • Expires 3-26-93 ✓ State of the art Cybex weight room equipment and free weights ✓ Over 30 Aerobic classes a week, including Step, Circuit classes and Funk ✓ 1 Block from bike and running trails ✓ Personal training ✓ Aerobic equipment includes, Stairmasters, Bikes, Treadmills and Rowers On the comer of Willamette and 27th •t /Vamn Donu fmttrMri ■ IM TOUCH Tumdav. Januftrv 26. 1993 1 IN TOUCH with Club Sports & RIM Nobody’s bored on these boards nowboarding has been around since 1980. w hen the first commercially w ■* produced hoard appeared on the market, hut m the p.tst few ve.irs its popularity as .1 spurt has exploded. “1 know a lot of people who used to ski, I don’t know any* one who used to snowboard,” said snowboard club member Mike Maxfield. "I think it's def initely going to keep getting bigger" Neu iurck magarmc credited snowboarding with giving the ski resort industry a "shot in the arm." At Mount Hood Mead ows, snowboarders account for an estimated 25 percent of 30 percent of all tickets sold. "When I fust started hoard ing, there weren't ten* many people doing it," said Maxfield, a seven-year snowboard veter an. "Now sometimes it seems like there arc almost as many hoarders as skiers." More akin to surfing and skateboarding than skiing, snowboarding offers us own unique challenges and thrills "You can definitely do a lot of things wuh a snowboard that you can’t with skis," Maxfield said "There are all kinds of skatc board-type moves that you can do on a board, on the other hand, you can’t go as fast on a snowboard, and since both your feet are strapped to it, you can get stuck in powder or on .1 flat spot." (hie result of snowhoarding's popularity has been the rise of intercollegiate teams and com petition. "When we first started the club three years ago, there were only one or two other teams on the W'est Coast," said club founder and coordinator Lea Wavraire. "Now there are at least seven or eight and more every year." Snowboard competitions gen erally consist of two events, the slalom and the half pipe. In the slalom, contestants race through C«Hiftr«y photo Snowboarding's new popularity has been a “shot in the arm" to the ski resort industry and has given rise to a club sport snow boarding team. gates ana receive a score raseu i>n their time. In the half pipe, boarders try to impress judges by launching up the sides of a man made ravine, or halt pipe. Con testants are judged by the height, difficulty and number of their "airs." "We've done pretty good in competitions, considering that we haven’t been able to train as much as we should," Waynure said Problems getting qualified drivers to drive the club sports van to Willamette Pass have kept the club from holding any training sessions yet this year, hut Waynure said they would lx* starting soon. In addition to competing, the club offers the chance for snowboarders ol all levels to hone their skills with coach Krisi Anderson and to get into shajx* before the first snow falls. “We have optional physical training sessions before the sea Come See All Of The New *93 Arrivals! Mongoose Rockadile-SX with Suspension Fork. Only $629°° Closeout... IRD Suspension Fork Only *375! um One Only - Specialized Suspension Fork Only *275! -«g CYCLZ-ai REPAIRS A CYCLES ( 1340 Willamette 687-0288 5% discount for U ofO students! (on all new merchandise) son" Waymirc said. "We moun tain hike or play ultimate fris bee, it’s pretty fun." To raise money to supple ment, the club showed the Warren Miller movie, Fear of a FLtt Planet , last month, and will likely show more in the future. In the past, they have raffled off a snowboard and other winter 'ports equipment. The slub will send riders to the rimberluic Classic on beb. 27-28 at Mount 1 iood's Tim berline lodge. In addition.it will host the third annual North west Collegiate Snowboard competition at the Willamette Pass ski area on March 6-7. Waymire satd although the snowboarding season has already started, it is not too late to join the club. Anyone inter ested should attend the club meetings every Tuesday at 7 p.m in EMU Cedar Room D or call Lea Waymire at 687-9578 —Chris Lockner