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Canadian champ on the move. Water skier George Athans is defending his professional water skiing championship on weekend at Centre Island while pursui(...)
Canadian champ on the move. Water skier George Athans is defending his professional water skiing championship on weekend at Centre Island while pursui(...)

Canadian champ on the move. Water skier George Athans is defending his professional water skiing championship on weekend at Centre Island while pursui(...)

Date8/8/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Canadian champ on the move. Water skier George Athans is defending his professional water skiing championship on weekend at Centre Island while pursuing three careers, a skier, student and apprentice film-maker. Athans, 22, doesn't want to be selling skis when competitive ays are over and knows his sport still can't command superstar attention. He won world title in 1971 and came home to dismal press coverage.
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Skier extraordinaire Greg Athans and girlfriend Lyn Cowan
Skier extraordinaire Greg Athans and girlfriend Lyn Cowan
Spremo, Boris
12/5/1978
Brampton water skier Ryan Bush turns a somersault at his parents' water ski centre in Bala
Brampton water skier Ryan Bush turns a somersault at his parents' water ski centre in Bala
Rankin, Jim
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Janis Griffiths of Toronto, who won the Canadian water skiing title in slalom and trick earlier this year, is a member of the national team which will(...)
Janis Griffiths of Toronto, who won the Canadian water skiing title in slalom and trick earlier this year, is a member of the national team which will(...)
Spremo, Boris
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A great cure for a hangover said 26-year-old Brian Cullingford of Hamilton after water-skiing a total distance of 45 miles from Hamilton's Confederati(...)
A great cure for a hangover said 26-year-old Brian Cullingford of Hamilton after water-skiing a total distance of 45 miles from Hamilton's Confederati(...)
Goode, Jeff
1/1/1975
Dennis Riley kicks up a wall of water as he goes through his paces on way to winning senior men's slalom
Dennis Riley kicks up a wall of water as he goes through his paces on way to winning senior men's slalom
Combs, Erin
7/23/1978
George Athans. A bit of hedging
George Athans. A bit of hedging
Athénagoras, I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1886-1972
9/29/1971
The waterskiing show at Cypress Gardens, near Orlando, is one of the most expert on the continent, complete with a chorus line, clowns and a skier who(...)
The waterskiing show at Cypress Gardens, near Orlando, is one of the most expert on the continent, complete with a chorus line, clowns and a skier who(...)
Bryant, George
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She's a hot dog! Toronto skier Stephanie Sloan, 24, is off to Europe to continue her freestyle, or hot dog, skiing career after earning $7,500 last we(...)
She's a hot dog! Toronto skier Stephanie Sloan, 24, is off to Europe to continue her freestyle, or hot dog, skiing career after earning $7,500 last we(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
1/25/1977
Water skiing on South Lake, Minden, Ontario
Water skiing on South Lake, Minden, Ontario
Ontario Tourism and Information
7/19/1968
Hot dogging at Blue Mountain, In the aerial finals of the Canadian freestyle skiing championships yesterday at the Blue Mountain Apple Bowl. Near Coll(...)
Hot dogging at Blue Mountain, In the aerial finals of the Canadian freestyle skiing championships yesterday at the Blue Mountain Apple Bowl. Near Coll(...)
Lennon, Frank
3/10/1974
Skiing in a winter wonderland. On her way to victory in ladies' 5-kilometre event of Toronto Open cross-country ski championships, held at Summit area(...)
Skiing in a winter wonderland. On her way to victory in ladies' 5-kilometre event of Toronto Open cross-country ski championships, held at Summit area(...)
Lennon, Frank
12/28/1969
Judy picks a winner. Toronto skier Judy Crawford, former member of Canadian national women's team, makes weekly draw for $1,000 prizes in Olympic Trus(...)
Judy picks a winner. Toronto skier Judy Crawford, former member of Canadian national women's team, makes weekly draw for $1,000 prizes in Olympic Trus(...)
Crawford, Judy
10/23/1974