1.
GV SKI SLOPE
0.04

2.
TV PAN..FROM CROWDS TO FIREMEN
0.09

3.
LV & SV..FIREMEN HOSE (3 SHOTS)
0.21

4.
CU SKIS HOSED (2 SHOTS)
0.26

5.
SV PAN..SKIER DOWN SLOPE SUCCESSFULLY
0.36

6.
SCU PAN..SKIER FALLS BUT SLIDES TO FINISH
0.45

7.
SV PAN..SKIER DOWN SLOPE SUCCESSFULLY
0.58



Initials PBS/V-S/MR/ES


SPORT: SKI

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Background: SKI ENTHUSIASTS AT ABTENAU NEAR THE AUSTRIAN CITY OF SALZBURG HAVE FOUND A WAY TO SKI IN MID-SUMMER WHEN THERE IS NO SNOW ON THE RUNS. THEY SKI ON GRASS.

SEVENTY SKIERS TOOK PART YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) IN A CONTEST ON THEIR GRASS SKI SLOPE.

THE GRASS SKI-ING PROVIDES THE SKIERS WITH THE SAME SENSATION AS SKI-ING ON SNOW, AND THERE ARE SOME SPECTACULAR FALLS TO THRILL THE SPECTATORS.

FIREMEN ASSISTED WITH THE DAY OF SKI SPORTS BY KEEPING THE SLOPE WELL WATERED.

THE SUMMER SKI-ING ALSO HELPS THE ENTHUSIASTS TO KEEP FIT AND IN TOUCH WITH THE SPORT THEY COMPLETE IN DURING WINTER.