European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Two sports for the Price of one by Bucky Fox sunday Magazine editor Tennis in the Winter. In Bavaria. In Between ski runs. If that s a shivering picture warm it up a Tad. Brush in an Arena. Sketch in hard courts. Touch it up with Central heating. Finish the scene and what you have is a Tennis ski setting. Tennis and skiing on one trip look pal it you think we re swimming in that kind of Money you re All wet. Maybe the Lamborghini crowd can afford to steer straight from the slopes to the courts but not a service member and certainly not the family too. Right depends on where you sleep. If you stay at the schweizerhof hotel in St. Moritz Switzerland for $150 a night sure you could be snowed under in debt. But even St. Moritz where Donald Trump must seem like a pauper is an affordable ski Tennis Haven. Stay at the Staz Ersee pension ski the wonderful Corv Atsch Glacier and swing through the Cortiglia Tennis Center and you be dropped a reasonable $150 for a weekend not including meals. St. Moritz tourist Board 0823-3147 that s the kind of Cost that makes the armed forces recreation Center a major draw. The Garmisch Germany indoor Tennis courts Cost just $8 per hour. That Means you could Wake up from your arc hotel ski All Day with your arc pass and play Tennis at night on arc courts a All the while spending dollars and not Wallet deflating Marks. A ski Tennis weekend at arc Garmisch could Cost $150 a if you spend two nights ski two Days and play Tennis two nights. Meals Are extra. What if you yearn for Alpine Tennis with just a sprinkling of skiing the Way to go is Garmisch s Tennis University. With a name like that arc is betting you re going to learn the sport. And the stakes Aren t even that High for arc s indoor Tennis school $80 for two Days $120 for three Days and $199 for five Days. The Tennis University opened oct. 1 and runs through april 6. It offers three hours of instruction each Day. You might learn from arc s director of Tennis Gay Bourgeois in his eighth year from Gulf port miss., or . Carroll a Bozman mont., native with a zaniness you d swear he Learned in California or German teacher Anna Helbrant. Their classes cover the forehand backhand Volley slam and tactics a Quot shots from different places on the court Quot said Bourgeois. Does the Tennis University really help it did for Steve ski mania top arc director of Tonnis Gary Bourgeois left leads a class at Garmisch. Above the indoor Tennis facility at St. Moritz. Feuerbach s forehand. He took the course with his wife Julie last Winter and credits the videotaping of his strokes with boosting his main weapon. Quot the videotape helped me see the stroke. Now i m hitting my forehand with More authority and topspin Quot Feuerbach said from the army Hospital in Wurzburg Germany where he s a family physician. Quot and i m serving better than  Feuerbach who fit in a Day of skiing to Cap his Tennis week plans to do the Garmisch double again this Winter. To Contact Bourgeois for registration or to Reserve court time cull ets 440-2875. The two court Hall is open from 9 . To 9 . Monday through Friday and 9 . To 8 . Saturday and sunday. Bourgeois said that plenty of Tennis players pop into his classes after driving Down with a ski Friend. Quot it there s a lot of Snow we have a Good turnout Quot he said. Quot skiers come Down with non skiers who Are looking Tor things to  Bourgeois said Garmisch s popular i Kuusberg slopes could have enough Snow by mid november with the Zug Spitze ready for skiing about now. Another arc ski Tennis idea Chi Emsee. Stay at the arc hotel ski the Winkelfoos Stei Plutte then hit the courts at Bernuy. Bernuy s six court Hall with Sauna and bar is open from 8 . To i i . Every Day. I or hourly rate is 23 Marks about $ i 5 in the morning 27 Marks in the Early afternoon and 31 Marks alter 4 . Reservations and c lasses costing 54 Marks per hour c an be made by c Alling 0805 1 -8822. Grassau is another town that oilers indoor Tennis near Chi Emsee s arc hotel. Its four court operation includes Sauna and bar. The hourly rates arc 25 Marks in the morning 29 Marks after noon and 4 1 Marks after 4 . Call 08841-501 8 for court time or classes which run 80 Marks an  weird sport for weird people by Cindy Chambers hard As it is to believe there Are Many people in Europe who like nothing better than to strap highly waxed aerodynamically designed boards to their feet so they can career helplessly Down icy mountains at the Speed of sound. People who will gladly pay up to $400 a Day to experience Snow blindness at a Scenic european locale. Folks who a Call them crazy if you must i certainly would a consider a Winter vacation successful if they arrive Home with their entire spleen. Our Friend Dennis is one of these people. Seemingly Normal in every respect Dennis admits that something magical happens when he slips into a water repellent Lycra jumpsuit. Suddenly he becomes More than just another Elvis Impersonator. A snap of bindings and Cindy Chambers suddenly he is transformed into. Ski Man ski Man a capable of leaping giant moguls in a single bound ski Man a Able to understand incomprehensible Snow reports like Quot Power pack powder on a five foot base Quot ski Man a known to write his entire name in the Snow after six or seven hot toddy a without using his hands Dennis first picked up ski poles 18 years ago and has been going downhill Ever since. What i wondered was the lure of the sport Quot Well Quot he explained Quot you re standing there staring Down at a Virgin slope Pristine and untouched. Gently you push off. Your poles thrust Forward propelling you faster and faster. Your heart pounds As you pick up Speed. You feel like you re going to lose control suddenly there s a Brilliant Flash of Sun on Snow and you find yourself sliding sliding sliding Quot whoa Dennis this is a family column Quot i interrupted making a mental note to take up skiing this week Snow or no Snow. Quoter a How about sharing some tips for first time skiers instead Quot he mopped his forehead and proceeded to give me a whole bum h of really important information. I be told me things about skiing that could save people thousands of dollars hours of valuable time and possibly even their lives. But frankly alter his description of downhill skiing i was a Little flustered. So i neglected to write anything Down and now i Only vaguely recall a few of the things lie said sult h is 1. Bindings Are very important 2. Skiing can be extremely dangerous unless you do exactly what Dennis tells you to 3. Watch those All important bindings 4. Dress warmly or you will probably gel c old and 5. As Long As you re shopping for bindings you might As Well pit k up some sort of skis. Additionally Dennis said Many nit e things about aares sports stores and the National ski patrol t be told me to talk to a trained ski let Hician before doing anything stupid like going out on the slopes. But he also said that his Lavonte ski resort is a place it ailed Quot Ishol Quot so now i m wondering How nun h of the other Slutt he made up too. At any rate there you have it at comprehensive ski guide Tor the 1992 season join us next month when our topic will be Quot Ross country skiing it s probably not As Boring As it i ooks1&Quot Cindy cd Arnhorst is a military faintly run Mtjoy Whoso us Luann nonnally appears in Iho sunday Lucja Ine h Tober 23, 1991 25