THE HONDA SKI TOUR 2007
FINALS ARRIVES AT
SQUAW VALLEY USA
MARCH 8-11
The fourth and
final stop on The Honda Ski Tour 2007 will crown the overall ski
cross and halfpipe champions
The final stop of the BaseCamp Music
Experience headlines G Love & Special Sauce, Donovan
Frankenreiter, The Wailers and George Clinton*
[Squaw
Valley USA] March 1, 2007- Squaw Valley USA
is the fourth and final resort to host the inaugural season of The
Honda Ski Tour (THST). THST is North America’s new elite, four-stop
mountain festival and skiing competition that features the world’s
best halfpipe and ski cross skiers competing for a total of $500,000
over four stops, the largest purse in the sport. Past tour stops
included Sun Valley, ID, Breckenridge, CO, and Aspen/Snowmass, CO.
“The caliber of this event is outstanding,” said Squaw
Valley Ski Corp President and CEO Nancy Cushing. “From the
skiercross and halfpipe competitions and the athletes to the musical
acts and entertainment, the level of excitement is similar to the
last time we hosted a World Cup. The entire valley is
ecstatic.”
The
BaseCamp Music Experience (BCME) at Squaw Valley USA will feature
over 10 big-name musical acts alongside the multi-day alpine
festival including street parties and countless parties. THST’s
Squaw Valley USA stop will be nationally televised (in a one-hour
show) on ABC network television on Sunday, March 25, 2pm EST / 1pm
CT / 12pm MST / 11am PST.
Confirmed athletes for THST Squaw
Valley USA skier halfpipe competition include X Games gold medalists
and previous THST halfpipe winners Simon Dumont (Sun Valley and
Aspen/Snowmass) and Tanner Hall (Breckenridge), who took home
$25,000 each for their winning runs. Also in attendance will be Mike
Riddle who sits in second place in overall points standings and
Peter Olenick, who is the only athlete to ever successfully execute
a double-flat-spin in competition.
The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) recently approved the addition of ski cross for the
2010 Winter Olympics. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA),
the national governing body for Olympic skiing, is officially
calendaring THST 2007 as a sanctioned USSA ski cross event.
Athletes
confirmed for THST Squaw Valley USA ski cross includes THST ski
cross points leader Stanley Hayer who recently won the event in
Aspen/Snowmass, Olympian and two time THST ski cross winner Casey
Puckett, who sits just ten points behind Hayer. X Games gold
medalists Lars Lewen, Enak Gavaggio, ski cross World Champion Tomas
Kraus and U.S. Ski Team legend Daron Rahlves will also be fighting
for the $25,000 winner’s check.
The
nightlife at the Squaw Valley USA stop of The Honda Ski Tour will
rival the on-slope action with BCME headliners such as G. Love &
Special Sauce, Donovan Frankenreiter, The Wailers, George Clinton,
Kamphire Collective, DJ Logic, Matt Reardon & Shane Anderson,
Wisdom, Native Root, Jillian Ann and more.
Showcasing the year’s best action sports segments from the
biggest producers in the game, the Limelight Film Festival
highlights from THST Sun Valley, ID, stop will be aired throughout
the Squaw Valley USA THST on the Jumbotron at the base of the
competitions and in the town’s bars and restaurants. The Limelight
Film Festival covers the entire spectrum of action-adventure
filmmaking from the biggest producers in the game, with segments by
Teton Gravity Research, Warren Miller, Jason Moriarty, Kent
Kreitler, Jamie Mossberg, Standard Films and Lindgren Productions.
Highlights from the five world-class photographers who
showcased the best work of their careers at the Sun Valley Pro Photo
Shootout will also be featured throughout the Squaw Valley USA THST.
Scott Markewitz, Tony Harrington, Charlie Munsey, Corey Rich, and
Gene Dwarkin will showcase epic images from across the globe,
including skiing, surfing, kayaking, climbing and more.
THST was
founded by Kipp Nelson and Steve Brown, former University of
Colorado alpine racers. Nelson, a trustee of the U.S. Ski Team as
well as the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, is putting the fun
back in to ski competition by combining two very separate aspects of
the sport, halfpipe and ski cross into one event.
The Honda Ski Tour Squaw Valley USA
Schedule
Events Schedule
Thursday - 3/8/07
Squaw
Mountain
10:00am – 1:00pm Halfpipe Practice
Le
Chamois
8:00pm – 10:00pm Athlete & Locals Welcoming Reception
Friday – 3/9/07
Squaw
Mountain
9:00am – 11:30am Ski Cross Inspection and Sectioning
10:00am – 1:00pm Halfpipe Practice
11:30am – 1:30pm Ski
Cross Training
2:00pm – 4:00pm Après Ski Party at Gold Coast
The Village at Squaw Valley
9:00am – 5:00pm Expo Village
in the Plaza
4:00pm – 6:00pm Après Ski Parties and Giveaways at
Plaza Bar, Balboa Café, Blue Coyote, and Olympic House
5:00pm –
7:00pm Ice Carving Demo in the Village Plaza
The Auld
Dubliner - Free event
3:00pm – 6:00pm Jeff Jones plays for après
ski
8:30pm Mike Brumm
Patio at the Olympic House - Free
event
3:30pm – 5:30pm Elan
5:30pm – 6:00pm Opening Ceremonies
(if bad weather to be held in Basecamp Tent 7:30pm)
6:00pm –
7:00pm Rail Jam
7:00pm Fireworks
Basecamp Pavilion - $10
adv / $15 door
7:00pm Door
7:15pm - 8:00pm Limelight Film
Festival
8:00pm – 9:30pm Donovan Frankenreiter
Crocs
Lounge – Bar One - $19 adv / $20 door
9:30pm Doors
10:15pm –
12:00am Matt Costa
Zenbu Lounge – $10 adv / $10
door
10:00pm Doors
11:00pm – 2:00am DJ Logic
Plaza Bar
- $15 adv / $20 door
9:30pm Doors
10:00pm – 11:00pm Kamphire
Collective
11:20pm – 2:00am Wisdom
The OVL – $19 adv / $20
door
9:30pm Doors
10:30pm Matt Reardon & Shane
Anderson
Saturday - 3/10/07
Squaw
Mountain
10:45am – 11:30am Ski Cross Inspection
11:30am –
1:15pm Ski Cross Training
2:00pm – 3:00pm Ski Cross Timed Runs
9:30am – 10:30am Halfpipe Practice
11:00am – 12:30pm
Halfpipe Finals & Super Final
12:45pm Halfpipe Awards
2:00pm – 4:00pm Après Ski Party at the Gold Coast
The
Village at Squaw Valley
9:00am – 5:00pm Expo Village in the
Plaza
3:00pm – 6:00pm Après Ski Parties & Giveaways in
Village bars; Plaza Bar, Balboa Café, Blue Coyote and Olympic House.
The Auld Dubliner - Free event
3:00pm – 6:00pm Jeff Jones
plays for après ski
10:30pm Doors for Native Root
11:00pm –
1:00am Native Root
Basecamp Pavilion – Parking Lot C - $39
adv / $45 door
5:45pm Doors
6:00pm – 6:45pm Pro Photo
Shootout
7:00pm - 8:15pm Wailers
8:15pm – 8:40pm Athlete
Presentation
8:40 pm – 10:30pm G. Love & Special Sauce
The Village at Squaw Valley
8:00pm – 11:00pm Teen Rock ‘n
Roll Party in the Palisades room at the Village
Plaza Bar -
$15 adv / $15 door
10:30pm Doors
11:00pm – 2:00am Tyrone Wells
Crocs Lounge – Bar One - $10 adv / $10 door
10:30pm
Doors
11:00pm – 2:00am Jillian Ann
OVL - $35 adv / $40
door
10:30pm Doors
11:00pm – 2:00am George Clinton
Sunday – 3/11/07
Squaw
Mountain
9:00am – 10:00am Ski Cross Inspection
10:00am –
11:30am Ski Cross Training
12:00pm Ski Cross Paul Mitchell Dark
Horse Heats
12:30pm – 1:30pm Ski Cross Quarter / Semi Finals
1:30pm Ski Cross Finals
PlumpJack Conference Center
4:00pm – 6:00pm Spring Fashion
Show & Après Ski Party
$99 ALL ACCESS MUSIC PASSES
AVAILABLE!
Allows one person access to the BaseCamp
Music Experience concerts Fri & Sat night and all of the bar
parties (21+ only) for both nights as well (7 total). Limited supply
available. Access at bar venues is first come first serve basis as
capacity allows. Quantity of All Access Music Passes sold is limited
to make sure that pass holders will be allowed entry to at least on
of the bars at any given time each night.
*Available at www.ticketweb.com. Starting Friday available at
the Will Call/Ticket Office at the Alpenglow Room in the Village at
Squaw
*Tickets
are available now at The North Face Store and Alice's Market in
Squaw Valley
ABC TELEVISION
AIRDATES/TIMES:
THST
will be covered in four hours of network television—one hour per
event— scheduled to air on ABC. Event and airing schedules are as
follows:
Event
date: February 22-25, Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado
ABC airdate/times:
Sunday, March 11, 2pm EST / 1pm CT / 12pm MST / 11am PST
Event
date: March 8-11, Squaw Valley USA, California
ABC airdate/times:
Sunday, March 25, 2pm EST / 1pm CT / 12pm MST / 11am PST
**Times
for all airdates subject to change—check your local
listings
For
videos, stories, photos and general information and BaseCamp Music
Experience ticket information, go to The Honda Ski Tour website
www.theskitour.com
For
up-to-date info on The Honda Ski Tour sent directly to your cell
phone, TEXT the word SKI to 47467
Check
out The Honda Ski Tour myspace page at www.myspace.com/theskitour
The
Honda Ski Tour would like to extend a special thanks to its
sponsors, American Honda Motor Co., Paul Mitchell, Crocs, Spyder,
Salomon, Ice Breaker, Atomic, Bula, Surefoot, Oxygen Plus,
Primaloft, Shred Optics, media partner Outside Magazine and resort
partner Squaw Valley USA, and the Village at Squaw
Valley.
FINALS ARRIVES AT
SQUAW VALLEY USA
MARCH 8-11
The fourth and
final stop on The Honda Ski Tour 2007 will crown the overall ski
cross and halfpipe champions
The final stop of the BaseCamp Music
Experience headlines G Love & Special Sauce, Donovan
Frankenreiter, The Wailers and George Clinton*
[Squaw
Valley USA] March 1, 2007- Squaw Valley USA
is the fourth and final resort to host the inaugural season of The
Honda Ski Tour (THST). THST is North America’s new elite, four-stop
mountain festival and skiing competition that features the world’s
best halfpipe and ski cross skiers competing for a total of $500,000
over four stops, the largest purse in the sport. Past tour stops
included Sun Valley, ID, Breckenridge, CO, and Aspen/Snowmass, CO.
“The caliber of this event is outstanding,” said Squaw
Valley Ski Corp President and CEO Nancy Cushing. “From the
skiercross and halfpipe competitions and the athletes to the musical
acts and entertainment, the level of excitement is similar to the
last time we hosted a World Cup. The entire valley is
ecstatic.”
The
BaseCamp Music Experience (BCME) at Squaw Valley USA will feature
over 10 big-name musical acts alongside the multi-day alpine
festival including street parties and countless parties. THST’s
Squaw Valley USA stop will be nationally televised (in a one-hour
show) on ABC network television on Sunday, March 25, 2pm EST / 1pm
CT / 12pm MST / 11am PST.
Confirmed athletes for THST Squaw
Valley USA skier halfpipe competition include X Games gold medalists
and previous THST halfpipe winners Simon Dumont (Sun Valley and
Aspen/Snowmass) and Tanner Hall (Breckenridge), who took home
$25,000 each for their winning runs. Also in attendance will be Mike
Riddle who sits in second place in overall points standings and
Peter Olenick, who is the only athlete to ever successfully execute
a double-flat-spin in competition.
The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) recently approved the addition of ski cross for the
2010 Winter Olympics. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA),
the national governing body for Olympic skiing, is officially
calendaring THST 2007 as a sanctioned USSA ski cross event.
Athletes
confirmed for THST Squaw Valley USA ski cross includes THST ski
cross points leader Stanley Hayer who recently won the event in
Aspen/Snowmass, Olympian and two time THST ski cross winner Casey
Puckett, who sits just ten points behind Hayer. X Games gold
medalists Lars Lewen, Enak Gavaggio, ski cross World Champion Tomas
Kraus and U.S. Ski Team legend Daron Rahlves will also be fighting
for the $25,000 winner’s check.
The
nightlife at the Squaw Valley USA stop of The Honda Ski Tour will
rival the on-slope action with BCME headliners such as G. Love &
Special Sauce, Donovan Frankenreiter, The Wailers, George Clinton,
Kamphire Collective, DJ Logic, Matt Reardon & Shane Anderson,
Wisdom, Native Root, Jillian Ann and more.
Showcasing the year’s best action sports segments from the
biggest producers in the game, the Limelight Film Festival
highlights from THST Sun Valley, ID, stop will be aired throughout
the Squaw Valley USA THST on the Jumbotron at the base of the
competitions and in the town’s bars and restaurants. The Limelight
Film Festival covers the entire spectrum of action-adventure
filmmaking from the biggest producers in the game, with segments by
Teton Gravity Research, Warren Miller, Jason Moriarty, Kent
Kreitler, Jamie Mossberg, Standard Films and Lindgren Productions.
Highlights from the five world-class photographers who
showcased the best work of their careers at the Sun Valley Pro Photo
Shootout will also be featured throughout the Squaw Valley USA THST.
Scott Markewitz, Tony Harrington, Charlie Munsey, Corey Rich, and
Gene Dwarkin will showcase epic images from across the globe,
including skiing, surfing, kayaking, climbing and more.
THST was
founded by Kipp Nelson and Steve Brown, former University of
Colorado alpine racers. Nelson, a trustee of the U.S. Ski Team as
well as the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, is putting the fun
back in to ski competition by combining two very separate aspects of
the sport, halfpipe and ski cross into one event.
The Honda Ski Tour Squaw Valley USA
Schedule
Events Schedule
Thursday - 3/8/07
Squaw
Mountain
10:00am – 1:00pm Halfpipe Practice
Le
Chamois
8:00pm – 10:00pm Athlete & Locals Welcoming Reception
Friday – 3/9/07
Squaw
Mountain
9:00am – 11:30am Ski Cross Inspection and Sectioning
10:00am – 1:00pm Halfpipe Practice
11:30am – 1:30pm Ski
Cross Training
2:00pm – 4:00pm Après Ski Party at Gold Coast
The Village at Squaw Valley
9:00am – 5:00pm Expo Village
in the Plaza
4:00pm – 6:00pm Après Ski Parties and Giveaways at
Plaza Bar, Balboa Café, Blue Coyote, and Olympic House
5:00pm –
7:00pm Ice Carving Demo in the Village Plaza
The Auld
Dubliner - Free event
3:00pm – 6:00pm Jeff Jones plays for après
ski
8:30pm Mike Brumm
Patio at the Olympic House - Free
event
3:30pm – 5:30pm Elan
5:30pm – 6:00pm Opening Ceremonies
(if bad weather to be held in Basecamp Tent 7:30pm)
6:00pm –
7:00pm Rail Jam
7:00pm Fireworks
Basecamp Pavilion - $10
adv / $15 door
7:00pm Door
7:15pm - 8:00pm Limelight Film
Festival
8:00pm – 9:30pm Donovan Frankenreiter
Crocs
Lounge – Bar One - $19 adv / $20 door
9:30pm Doors
10:15pm –
12:00am Matt Costa
Zenbu Lounge – $10 adv / $10
door
10:00pm Doors
11:00pm – 2:00am DJ Logic
Plaza Bar
- $15 adv / $20 door
9:30pm Doors
10:00pm – 11:00pm Kamphire
Collective
11:20pm – 2:00am Wisdom
The OVL – $19 adv / $20
door
9:30pm Doors
10:30pm Matt Reardon & Shane
Anderson
Saturday - 3/10/07
Squaw
Mountain
10:45am – 11:30am Ski Cross Inspection
11:30am –
1:15pm Ski Cross Training
2:00pm – 3:00pm Ski Cross Timed Runs
9:30am – 10:30am Halfpipe Practice
11:00am – 12:30pm
Halfpipe Finals & Super Final
12:45pm Halfpipe Awards
2:00pm – 4:00pm Après Ski Party at the Gold Coast
The
Village at Squaw Valley
9:00am – 5:00pm Expo Village in the
Plaza
3:00pm – 6:00pm Après Ski Parties & Giveaways in
Village bars; Plaza Bar, Balboa Café, Blue Coyote and Olympic House.
The Auld Dubliner - Free event
3:00pm – 6:00pm Jeff Jones
plays for après ski
10:30pm Doors for Native Root
11:00pm –
1:00am Native Root
Basecamp Pavilion – Parking Lot C - $39
adv / $45 door
5:45pm Doors
6:00pm – 6:45pm Pro Photo
Shootout
7:00pm - 8:15pm Wailers
8:15pm – 8:40pm Athlete
Presentation
8:40 pm – 10:30pm G. Love & Special Sauce
The Village at Squaw Valley
8:00pm – 11:00pm Teen Rock ‘n
Roll Party in the Palisades room at the Village
Plaza Bar -
$15 adv / $15 door
10:30pm Doors
11:00pm – 2:00am Tyrone Wells
Crocs Lounge – Bar One - $10 adv / $10 door
10:30pm
Doors
11:00pm – 2:00am Jillian Ann
OVL - $35 adv / $40
door
10:30pm Doors
11:00pm – 2:00am George Clinton
Sunday – 3/11/07
Squaw
Mountain
9:00am – 10:00am Ski Cross Inspection
10:00am –
11:30am Ski Cross Training
12:00pm Ski Cross Paul Mitchell Dark
Horse Heats
12:30pm – 1:30pm Ski Cross Quarter / Semi Finals
1:30pm Ski Cross Finals
PlumpJack Conference Center
4:00pm – 6:00pm Spring Fashion
Show & Après Ski Party
$99 ALL ACCESS MUSIC PASSES
AVAILABLE!
Allows one person access to the BaseCamp
Music Experience concerts Fri & Sat night and all of the bar
parties (21+ only) for both nights as well (7 total). Limited supply
available. Access at bar venues is first come first serve basis as
capacity allows. Quantity of All Access Music Passes sold is limited
to make sure that pass holders will be allowed entry to at least on
of the bars at any given time each night.
*Available at www.ticketweb.com. Starting Friday available at
the Will Call/Ticket Office at the Alpenglow Room in the Village at
Squaw
*Tickets
are available now at The North Face Store and Alice's Market in
Squaw Valley
ABC TELEVISION
AIRDATES/TIMES:
THST
will be covered in four hours of network television—one hour per
event— scheduled to air on ABC. Event and airing schedules are as
follows:
Event
date: February 22-25, Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado
ABC airdate/times:
Sunday, March 11, 2pm EST / 1pm CT / 12pm MST / 11am PST
Event
date: March 8-11, Squaw Valley USA, California
ABC airdate/times:
Sunday, March 25, 2pm EST / 1pm CT / 12pm MST / 11am PST
**Times
for all airdates subject to change—check your local
listings
For
videos, stories, photos and general information and BaseCamp Music
Experience ticket information, go to The Honda Ski Tour website
www.theskitour.com
For
up-to-date info on The Honda Ski Tour sent directly to your cell
phone, TEXT the word SKI to 47467
Check
out The Honda Ski Tour myspace page at www.myspace.com/theskitour
The
Honda Ski Tour would like to extend a special thanks to its
sponsors, American Honda Motor Co., Paul Mitchell, Crocs, Spyder,
Salomon, Ice Breaker, Atomic, Bula, Surefoot, Oxygen Plus,
Primaloft, Shred Optics, media partner Outside Magazine and resort
partner Squaw Valley USA, and the Village at Squaw
Valley.
