FRIDAY AFTERNOON’S SHORT SNOW SQUALLS fittingly enough came just a few hours before the start of the Eastern Slope Ski Club’s 49th annual Ski Sale at the North Conway Community Center, which continues today at the center from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Roy “the Skiing DJ” Prescott of WMWV 93.5-FM said he dropped off some of his racing skis Thursday night for the sale as due to his chronic shoulder issues, he has had to give up his racing career but not his skiing passion. As they say, “Old racers don’t die — they just go downhill!
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